Aggie Aces Highlight All-Big 12 Squad
May 31, 2004 | Baseball
May 31, 2004
Eight players from the No. 14 Texas A&M baseball team were named to the All-Big 12 team, the league office announced on Monday evening.
Outfielder Cory Patton and starting pitchers Jason Meyer and Zach Jackson were named to the first team. Catcher Craig Stinson and shortstop Cliff Pennington are second-team members, while second baseman Erik Schindewolf, third baseman Austin Boggs and first baseman Coby Mavroulis received honorable mention honors.
In addition, Meyer was named the Freshman Pitcher of the Year. After sitting out last year to rehab an elbow surgery, the Abilene, Texas, native burst onto the scene as a relief pitcher. After starting the season 4-0 and earning four saves, he was moved to the starting rotation at the beginning of the conference schedule. He finished the regular-season with a record of 8-2 and allowed just 74 hits while striking out 96 in 91.1 innings of work.
Jackson, the second Aggie ace, became the first A&M pitcher to record at least 100 strikeouts since the 1999 season. The junior transfer from Cranberry Township, Pa., fanned 110 opposing hitters in 104 innings. He opened the season by throwing a seven-inning no-hitter against Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and carried a perfect game into the ninth inning against Nebraska by retiring the first 24 men he faced in the game. Jackson finished the regular season with a record of 10-5 to compliment an ERA of 3.55.
Patton slammed his way onto the All-Big 12 first team by hitting .341 with a team-high 11 home runs, 16 doubles and 64 RBI. Last season, the senior from Owasso, Okla., was a second-team selection. In 208 at bats Patton fanned just 20 times and he contributed defensively with eight outfield assists.
Pennington, earning his second straight second-team award, finished the regular season hitting .322 with four homers and 28 RBI. The sophomore from Corpus Christi, Texas, thrilled Big 12 baseball fans with numerous defensive highlights from the shortstop position. He also saw action on the mound in six games, earning two saves in 4.1 innings of work.
Stinson, a sophomore from Cranston, R.I., made his first appearance on the elite list of Big 12 baseballers as the second-team catcher. He hit .291 on the season, belted three homers and drove in 37 runs. Additionally, he threw out 36 percent of the runners that tried to steal while he was behind the dish.
Schindewolf made his second appearance on the All-Big 12 squad by hitting .314 with four home runs and 28 RBI despite missing a month of the season with a broken hand. The senior from Spring, Texas, earned second-team honors after his junior year. Schindewolf committed just three errors in 201 chances at second base.
Boggs, a native of Pflugerville, Texas, earned honorable mention honors as a true freshman after ending the regular season with an average of .336. He also hit five homers and drove in 46 runs. Boggs made only seven errors in 148 chances at the hot corner.
Mavroulis, a redshirt-sophomore from Abilene, Texas, finished the regular season with a team-leading .344 batting average. He also slugged four homers and had 45 RBI. He committed just one error in 494 tries at first for an astonishing .998 fielding percentage.
2004 ALL-BIG 12 CONFERENCE BASEBALL TEAM (As Selected by Conference Head Coaches)
First Team 1B-Josh Brady, Texas Tech, 5-10, 187, Jr., Lindon, Utah 2B-Russell Raley, Oklahoma, 5-10, 175, So., Uvalde, Texas SS-Cameron Blair, Texas Tech, 5-10, 166, Jr., Dallas, Texas 3B-Alex Gordon, Nebraska, 6-1, 210, So., Lincoln, Neb. C-Jason Jaramillo, Oklahoma State, 6-1, 200, Jr., Franksville, Wis. OF-(tie in voting) Cory Patton, Texas A&M, 5-10, 210, Sr., Owasso, Okla.; Michael Mask, Texas Tech, 5-9, 180, Jr., Sarasota, Fla.; Matt Baty, Kansas, 5-11, 185, So., Wichita, Kan.; Carson Kainer, Texas, 6-1, 195, Fr., Tomball, Texas; Drew Stubbs, Texas, 6-4, 190, Fr., Atlanta, Texas DH-Lee Laskowski, Missouri, 6-1, 210, Sr., Clayton, Mo. UT-Curtis Thigpen, Texas, 6-0, 188, Jr., Forney, Texas Starting Pitchers-J.P. Howell, Texas, 6-1, 180, Jr., Sacramento, Calif.; Jason Meyer, Texas A&M, 5-9, 175, Fr., Abilene, Texas; Garrett Broshuis, Missouri, 6-2, 185, Jr., Advance, Mo.; Zach Jackson, Texas A&M, 6-5, 220, Jr., Cranberry Township, Pa. Relief Pitchers-(tie in voting) Huston Street, Texas, 6-0, 190, Jr., Austin, Texas; Jarod McAuliff, Oklahoma, 6-0, 170, Jr., Stillwater, Okla.; J. Brent Cox, Texas, 6-3, 215, So., Bay City, Texas Player of the Year-3B Alex Gordon, Nebraska Pitcher of the Year-J.P. Howell, Texas Coach of the Year-Augie Garrido, Texas Newcomer of the Year-1B Ole Sheldon, Oklahoma, 6-3, 207, Jr., Roseburg, Ore. Freshman of the Year-OF Drew Stubbs, Texas Freshman Pitcher of the Year-Jason Meyer, Texas A&M Second Team (Ties in voting) 1B-Ole Sheldon, Oklahoma 2B-Jake Mullinax, Nebraska, 6-1, 205, Sr., Hesperia, Calif. SS-Ritchie Price, Kansas, 6-2, 180, So., San Luis Obispo, Calif.; Chris Gutierrez, Oklahoma State, 5-11, 175, So., Orlando, Fla.; Robby Hudson, Texas, 6-0, 165, Jr., Redlands, Calif. 3B-Josh Haney, Texas Tech, 5-9, 189, Sr., Midland, Texas C-Sean Richardson, Kansas, 6-1, 185, Jr., Vista, Calif.; Craig Stinson, Texas A&M, 6-2, 195, So., Cranston, R.I. OF-Reid Brees, Baylor, 6-1, 210, Jr., Austin, Texas; Steve Murphy, Kansas State, 6-2, 205, So., Kansas City, Mo.; Ryan Rallo, Missouri, 6-2, 195, Sr., Chesterfield, Mo.; Scott Kirby, Oklahoma State, 6-1, 205, Sr., San Mateo, Calif. DH-Eric Thornton, Oklahoma, 5-11, 220, Jr., McCloud, Okla. UT-Cliff Pennington, Texas A&M, 5-11, 170, So., Corpus Christi, Texas Starting Pitchers-Spencer Grogan, Oklahoma State, 6-4, 220, Jr., Cantonment, Fla.; Mark Roberts, Oklahoma, 5-11, 185, Sr., Owasso, Okla.; Zach Kroenke, Nebraska, 6-2, 200, So., Omaha, Neb.; David Purcey, Oklahoma, 6-5, 240, Jr., Dallas, Texas Relief Pitchers-Justin Pekarek, Nebraska, 6-3, 220, Sr., Staplehurst, Neb.; Corey Gerstner, Texas Tech, 5-9, 156, Sr., Burkburnett, Texas Honorable Mention 1B Ryan Baty, Kansas; 1B Cody Ehlers, Missouri; 1B Curtis Ledbetter, Nebraska; 1B Coby Mavroulis, Texas A&M; 2B Erik Schindewolf, Texas A&M; 3B Travis Metcalf, Kansas; 3B Josh Fields, Oklahoma State; DH Josh Ford, Baylor; SP Trey Taylor, Baylor; SP Danny Hill, Missouri; SP Dallas Braden, Texas Tech; RP Abe Woody, Baylor; RP Mark Alexander, Missouri; OF Ty Wright, Oklahoma State; 2B Paul Witt, Baylor; 2B Seth Johnston, Texas; 3B Michael Griffin, Baylor; 3B Austin Boggs, Texas A&M; SS Joe Simokaitis, Nebraska; SS Ryan Rohlinger, Oklahoma; C Taylor Teagarden, Texas; OF Matt Tribble, Kansas; OF Terry Blunt, Kansas State; OF James Boone, Missouri; OF Hunter Harris, Texas; DH Ryan Russ, Texas; SP Ryan Knippschild, Kansas; SP Mike Zagurski, Kansas; SP Sam LeCure, Texas; SP Justin Simmons, Texas; RP Mark Alexander, Missouri; RP Daniel McCutchen, Oklahoma; RP Scott Richmond, Oklahoma State; RP Buck Cody, Texas; SP Kyle McCulloch, Texas; SP Nathan Culp, Missouri
