Five Owls Earn Academic All-District Honor
5/11/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 11, 2006
DELAWARE, Ohio -- Senior pitcher Eddie Degerman's selection to the all-District VI first team highlighted a list of five Rice Owls who earned 2006 ESPN The Magazine all-district academic honors for baseball, the national Collegiate Sports Information Directors Association (CoSIDA) announced on Thursday, May 11.
Degerman was named to the all-District VI academic first team while junior Craig Crow and sophomores Brian Friday, Tyler Henley and Joe Savery earned second team honors. This season on the pitcher's mound Degerman is 9-0 with a 1.18 earned run average, registering 111 strikeouts in 83.2 innings of work. The standout from Granada Hills, Calif., has been just as successful in the classroom, juggling baseball and the books to maintain a 3.37 grade point average as an Economics major. Degerman and all the first team all-district honorees from across the country are now eligible for consideration for national academic all-America, to be determined by sports information directors later this month.
CoSIDA's district VI encompasses all Division I schools in Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico. The Owls' second team honorees also had successful seasons in the classroom. Crow (3.69 GPA, English & Economics), Henley (3.30, Economics & Managerial Studies), Friday (3.28 Economics) and Savery (3.20, Kinesiology & Managerial Studies) make Rice the school with the most honorees in District VI.
The Rice baseball team is 40-9 and ranked number one in the country. The Owls host crosstown rival Houston in a three-game Conference USA series this weekend at Reckling Park. Game times with the Cougars are 7 pm, 2 pm and 1 pm, respectively.
ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA District VI Academic Winners
FIRST TEAM
Pitcher Eddie Degerman RICE Sr. Granada Hills, Calif,. 3.37 Economics
Pitcher Brooks Dunn MISSISSIPPI STATE Sr. Birmingham, Ala. 3.77 Physical Education
Catcher Zach Dillon BAYLOR Gr. Urbandale, Iowa 3.86 Sport Management
Infield Ryan Rohlinger OKLAHOMA Sr.West Bend, Wis. 3.63 Economics
Infield Marc Maddox SOUTHERN MISS Sr. Hattiesburg, Miss .3.79 Business Administration
Infield Jason Long NEW MEXICO STATE Sr. Midwest City, Okla. 3.78 Business Management
Infield Mark Hamilton TULANE Jr. Bellaire 3.26 Cell & Molecular Biology
Infield Ian Hollick NEW MEXICO So. Corona, Calif. 3.65 General Management
Outfield Drew Stubbs TEXAS Jr. Atlanta 3.62 Management
Outfield Aaron Ivey OKLAHOMA Jr. Oklahoma City, Okla. 4.0 Finance
Outfield Jacob Stover ARKANSAS-LITTLE ROCK Sr. Salt Lake City, Utah 4.0 Health Sciences
Utility/DH Chris Carlson NEW MEXICO Jr. Topeka, Kan. 3.69 General Management
SECOND TEAM
Pitcher Craig Crow RICE Jr. New Braunfels 3.69 Economics & English
Pitcher Trey Holloway ARKANSAS Sr. Booneville, Ark. 3.57 Kinesiology
Pitcher Charley Boyce ARKANSAS Sr. Broken Arrow, Okla. 3.65 Marketing
Catcher Brian Walker ARKANSAS So. Tulsa, Okla. 3.46 Kinesiology
Infield Brian Friday RICE So. Bellaire 3.28 Economics
Infield Joe Savery RICE So. Bellaire 3.20 Kinesiology & Managerial Studies
Infield Trey Sutton SOUTHERN MISS So. Hattiesburg, Miss. 3.73 General Studies
Outfield Brandon Bowser NEW ORLEANS Jr. Roaring Spring, Pa. 3.76 Mechanical Enginnering
Outfield Drew Holder DALLAS BAPTIST Sr. Austin, 3.3 Management
Outfield Luke Cannon TEXAS STATE Sr. Crandall 3.39 Exercise and Sports Science
Outfield Tyler Henley RICE So. Colleyville 3.30 Economics & Managerial Studies
Outfield Michael McKennon TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO Jr. Pearland 3.50 Marketing
Utility/DH Jeff Mandel BAYLOR Jr. Houston 3.26 Chemistry
