Rendon Named ABCA Rawlings National Player of the Year
6/28/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 28, 2010
OMAHA, Neb. - Rice sophomore Anthony Rendon was named the 2010 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Sporting Goods Division I Player of the Year and a First Team All-America selection, the ABCA announced from the College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
In selecting its annual Player of the Year honoree, the ABCA considers both offensive and defensive performance as well as value to the team. This season Rendon batted .394 while leading Conference USA in home runs (26). He was among the nation's leaders in runs scored (83) and walks (65), and drove-in 85 runs in Rice's 63 games. Rendon maintained an .801 slugging percentage, a .530 on-base percentage, and finished with more home runs (26) than strikeouts (22). Defensively he had a .973 fielding percentage at third base and started a total of 16 double-plays for the Owls.
The Houston native was recently named a national finalist for the prestigious Howser Award and he was selected as the college player of the year by Baseball America magazine. Rendon is just the second player in C-USA history to be named the league's player of the year in back-to-back seasons. He picked up that honor again in 2010 after leading the Owls to the regular season league championship and the school's 16th-consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. The two-time first team All-C-USA selection was named to the 2010 C-USA Championship All-Tournament team and the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Austin Regional.
Rendon joins an impressive list of honorees who have been named the ABCA/Rawlings Division I Player of the Year. The ABCA's previous winners include Mark Prior (Southern California, 2001), Khalil Greene (Clemson, 2002), Rickie Weeks (Southern, 2003), Jered Weaver (Long Beach State, 2004), Alex Gordon (Nebraska, 2005), Brad Lincoln (Houston, 2006), David Price (Vanderbilt), Buster Posey (Florida State, 2008) and Mike Leake (Arizona State, 2009).
The ABCA All-America teams are collegiate baseball's oldest selections, dating back to 1949. All Division I coaches have the opportunity to nominate and vote on these selections, which are initially compiled into eight All-Region teams. These teams are then finalized as the first, second and third All-America teams by the ABCA's NCAA Division I All-America/Coach of the Year Committee. This year Rendon headlined the committee's 64 ABCA All-American selections.
2010 ABCA/RAWLINGS NCAA DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
First Team
RHP Seth Blair, Jr., Arizona State (12-0, 3.35 ERA, 104 K, 102 IP)
LHP Danny Hultzen, So., Virginia (11-1, 2.78 ERA, 123 K, 106 IP)
LHP Drew Pomeranz, Jr., Mississippi (9-2, 2.24 ERA, 139 K, 100.2 IP)
LHP Matt Purke, Fr., TCU, (14-0, 3.23 ERA, 133 K, 103 IP)
LHP Chris Sale, Jr., Florida Gulf Coast (11-0, 2.01 ERA, 146 K, 103 IP)
Relief RHP Chance Ruffin, Jr., Texas (6-1, 14 saves, 1.11 ERA, 97 K, 64.2 IP)
C Yasmani Grandal, Jr., Miami (.401, 15 HR, 60 RBI, 89 H, 24 2B)
1B Hunter Morris, Jr., Auburn (.386, 23 HR, 76 RBI, 105 H, 18 2B)
2B Zack MacPhee, So., Arizona State (.394, 9 HR, 64 RBI, 87 H, 14 3B)
2B Ryan Wright, So., Louisville (.366, 16 HR, 80 RBI, 93 H, 17 2B)
SS Christian Colon, Jr., Cal State Fullerton (.358, 17 HR, 68 RBI, 96 H, 32 SB)
3B Anthony Rendon, So., Rice (.394, 26 HR, 85 RBI, 89 H, 14 SB)
OF Gary Brown, Jr., Cal State Fullerton (.438, 92 H, 6 HR, 41 RBI, 32 SB)
OF Alex Dickerson, So., Indiana (.419, 24 HR, 99 H, 75 RBI, 19 2B)
OF Chris Duffy, Sr., Central Florida (.447, 21 HR, 92 H, 18 2B)
DH A.J. Kirby-Jones, Jr., Tennessee Tech (.388, 26 HR, 71 RBI, 80 H, 192B)
UTIL Kolbrin Vitek, Jr., Ball State (.361, 17 HR, 68 RBI, 73 R, 3.28 ERA)
Second Team
LHP Daniel Bibona, Sr., UC Irvine (9-2, 2.48 ERA, 102 K, 94.1 IP)
RHP Blake Cooper, Sr., South Carolina (12-1, 2.81 ERA, 105 K, 118 IP)
RHP Cole Green, Jr., Texas (11-2, 2.74 ERA, 75 K, 111.2 IP)
RHP Noe Ramirez, So., Cal State Fullerton (12-1, 2.54 ERA, 119 K, 106.1 IP)
RHP Alex Wimmers, Jr., Ohio State (9-0, 1.60 ERA, 86 K, 73 IP)
Relief RHP Kevin Arico, Jr., Virginia (18 saves, 2.88 ERA, 44 K, 34.1 IP)
Relief RHP Neil Holland, Jr., Louisville (8-1, 17 saves, 2.08 ERA, 59 K, 56.1 IP)
C Bryan Holaday, Sr., TCU (.350, 13 HR, 48 RBI, 90 H, 23 2B)
1B Jordan Ribera, Jr., Fresno State (.343, 27 HR, 69 RBI, 86 H, 20 2B)
2B Kevin Tokarski, So., Illinois State (.412, 8 HR, 53 RBI, 84 H, 33 SB)
SS Jedd Gyorko, Jr., West Virginia (.381, 19 HR, 57 RBI, 90 H, 28 2B)
3B Zack Cox, So., Arkansas (.429, 9 HR, 48 RBI, 102 H)
3B Joe Leonard, Jr., Pittsburgh (.436, 8 HR, 68 RBI, 99 H, 23 2B)
OF Jeremy Baltz, Fr., St. John's (.396, 24 HR, 85 RBI, 95 H, 16 2B)
OF Taylor Dugas, So., Alabama (.395, 96 H, 37 RBI, 70 R, 19 SB)
OF Nick Martini, So., Kansas State (.416, 96 H, 59 RBI, 17 2B, 19 SB)
OF Chad Oberacker, Jr., Tennessee Tech (.452, 108 H, 70 RBI, 29 2B)
OF Nate Roberts, Jr., High Point (.416, 19 HR, 69 RBI, 87 H, 88 R, 36 SB)
DH Mac Doyle, So., Wofford (.377, 16 HR, 75 RBI, 83 H, 23 2B)
UTIL Garrett Wittels, So., Florida International (.413, 100 H, 60 RBI, 21 2B)
Third Team
RHP Barret Loux, Jr., Texas A&M (11-2, 2.83 ERA, 136 K, 105 IP)
RHP Anthony Meo, So., Coastal Carolina (13-2, 2.61 ERA, 94 K, 96.2 IP)
RHP Zach Osborne, Sr., Louisiana-Lafayette (9-4, 2.37 ERA, 112 K, 121.1 IP)
RHP Matt Ridings, Sr., Western Kentucky (9-1, 3.01 ERA, 90 K, 92.2 IP)
RHP Thomas Royse, Jr., Louisville (9-1, 2.85 ERA, 99 K, 104.1 IP)
RHP Asher Wojciechowski, Jr., The Citadel (12-3, 3.58 ERA, 155 K, 125 IP)
Relief RHP Kevin Munson, Jr., James Madison (8-1, 10 saves, 1.64 ERA, 70 K, 55 IP)
Relief RHP Jordan Swagerty, So., Arizona State (2-0, 14 saves, 2.06 ERA, 46 K, 35 IP)
C Micah Gibbs, Jr., LSU (.388, 10 HR, 60 RBI, 95 H)
C Matt Rice, Sr., Western Kentucky (.369, 10 HR, 65 RBI, 89 H)
1B Mike Nemeth, Jr., Connecticut (.386, 15 HR, 84 RBI, 98 H, 20 2B)
1B Tony Plagman, Sr., Georgia Tech (.360, 21 HR, 78 RBI, 16 2B)
1B Aaron Senne, Sr., Missouri (.400, 16 HR, 59 RBI, 22 2B)
2B Steve McQuail, Jr., Canisius (.397, 20 HR, 81 RBI, 21 2B, 89 H)
2B Dallas Poulk, Sr., North Carolina State (.360, 11 HR, 60 RBI, 94 H, 23 2B)
SS Adam Bryant, Jr., Troy (.356, 23 HR, 65 RBI, 89 H)
3B Garrett Buechele, So., Oklahoma (.371, 16 HR, 64 RBI, 92 H)
3B Matt Leeds, So., College of Charleston (.326, 21 HR, 88 RBI, 23 2B)
OF Pat Biserta, Jr., Rutgers (.368, 18 HR, 56 RBI, 86 H)
OF Michael Choice, Jr., Texas-Arlington (.383, 16 HR, 59 RBI, 75 H)
OF Ryan Enos, Sr., Dallas Baptist (.397, 18 HR, 59 RBI, 93 H, 19 2B)
OF Brian Fletcher, Jr., Auburn (.357, 22 HR, 75 RBI, 90 H, 17 2B)
OF Robert Maddox III, Jr., Ohio (.377, 21 HR, 78 RBI, 89 H, 20 2B)
OF Kyle Parker, Jr., Clemson (.353, 20 HR, 64 RBI, 83 H)
DH Justin Shults, Jr., UC Riverside (.390, 11 HR, 62 RBI, 20 2B)
UTIL Sean Allaire, Sr., Central Connecticut (.426, 13 HR, 73 RBI, 100 H, 22 2B)
UTIL Brett Eibner, Jr., Arkansas (.333, 22 HR, 71 RBI, 66R)
