Thursday,
January 3, 2002
THREE BLUE HOSE BASEBALL PLAYERS
RECEIVE PRE-SEASON HONORS FROM COLLEGIATE BASEBALL
Matt Warren named pre-season All-American
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ROMEOVILLE,
Ill. – Presbyterian College’s junior first baseman Matt
Warren (Lexington, SC) has been selected as an NCAA
Division II Pre-Season All-American chosen by the American
Baseball Coaches Association’s Division II All-American
Committee announced this week in Collegiate Baseball. The
All-American team was chosen from returning players from last
year’s All-American teams and All Region squads.
Warren a 6-2, 222 pound first baseman led the team with
a .402 batting average, 14 HR, and 60 RBI to go with 14 2B and
was an All-Region selection. |
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outfielder Chris Turco (Marietta, GA) was selected as a
Player to Watch and freshman pitcher Matt Boone (Kernersville,
NC) was named as a Newcomer to Watch in 2002.
Turco, a 5-8, 175 pound centerfielder returns after earning All-SAC and SAC Tournament honors in 2001. He had a .363 batting average, 2 HR, and 34 RBI to go along with a team best 82 hits, 18 2B, 4 3B, and 23 stolen bases for the Blue Hose last year. |
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Boone,
a 6-2, 180 pound right-handed pitcher comes to Presbyterian
College from Glenn High School in Kernersville, NC.
Boone is a hard throwing, well built, pitcher who will
see some time this spring.
He finished the fall with a great outing in the
Blue/Gray World Series. He
has been clocked at 90 mph.
He is a hard worker with tremendous upside.
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