Wednesday, January 15, 2003
BLUE
HOSE BASEBALL HOLDS ANNUAL BANQUET
CLINTON,
S.C. – The
Presbyterian College Baseball team held its annual banquet
Monday night honoring its players, coaches, support staff, and
fans for a great 2002 season.
This
past season the Blue Hose posted a 27-30 overall record and a
12-9 mark in the South Atlantic Conference good for 2nd
place in the conference.
Five awards were given out as well as the announcement
of this years team captains, senior shortstop Tombo Hite (Abbeville,
SC) and senior first baseman Matt Warren (Lexington,
SC). The award
winners for the evening are as follows:
MVP
and Silver Bat:
Kevin White
Gold
Glove:
Davis Rice
Cy
Young: Richard
Barkley
PC
Hustle Award: Chris
Turco
Rookie
of the Year: Jake
Lunnen
Barkley:
Led
the Blue Hose pitching staff with a 7-2 record, 3.01 ERA,
three shutouts, 107.2 innings pitched, and 90 strikeouts.
He was selected to the 2002 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division
II All-South Region second team.
Hite:
Batted
.377 with five home runs, 29 RBI’s, and 78 hits.
From his shortstop position he had a .941 fielding
percentage.
Lunnen:
Second on the team with a 2.98 ERA, pitched 54.1 innings
pitched and tallied 27 strikeouts.
Rice:
Batted
.323 with three home runs, 26 RBI’s, and 40 hits.
From his shortstop position he had a .928 fielding
percentage while committing only 12 errors.
Rice was also selected to the 2002 Verizon Academic
All-District second team.
Turco:
Batted
.267 with 56 hits and 15 stolen bases out of 16 attempts.
Had a .976 fielding percentage from his outfield
position. This was Turco’s second year receiving the PC Hustle Award.
Warren:
Second
on the team in hitting with a .403 batting average, eight home
runs, 51 RBI’s, and 81 hits.
From his position at first base he had a .985 fielding
percentage with only seven errors during the season.
He was selected to the 2002 second team ABCA/Rawlings
All-South Region team as well as the 2002 Verizon Academic
All-District second team.
White:
Led
team in hitting with .425 batting average, .802 slugging
percentage, 18 home runs, 72 RBI’s, and 90 hits.
He also registered a .966 fielding percentage and only
four errors from his outfield position.
He was selected as 2002 NCBWA Division II South Region
Player of the Year, 2002 ABCA/Rawlings second team
All-American, and 2002 first team ABCA/Rawlings All-South
Region team.