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Two UHV Jaguars named Second Team All-Americans

Fri, May 29 - [baseball]

Two University of Houston-Victoria Jaguars are part of the 2009 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Baseball All-Americans selected by the NAIA Baseball Coaches Association (BCA) All-America Selection Committee.

Senior pitcher Ray Maldonado of Cuero and outfielder Zane Williams, who hails from Devil's Pocket, Texas, were honored as Second Team All-Americans.

Maldonado, a right-hander, went 10-0 in 2009 with an earned run average of 2.43 in 14 starts. His win total tied him for third best in the NAIA. Maldonado stuck out 96 batters and walked only 32 in 78.1 innings. His 14 strikeouts in a win over Bacone on Feb. 7 set a new school record. In his two-year career at UHV, Maldonado went 19-2 with an ERA of 2.53. He pitched 142 innings, striking out 180 batters and walking 45.

Williams' only season at UHV was impressive. He set several single-season school records, including home runs (17), RBIs (78) and slugging percentage (.799). Williams, a transfer from Southern Arkansas University, also batted .374 and was named NAIA Athlete of the Week for the week of March 16. The Jaguars are coached by former Houston Astros outfielder Terry Puhl and qualified for the opening round of the 2009 NAIA Baseball National Championships in the second year of UHV's athletics program.

The All-America Teams consist of 17 members on the First Team, 17 on the Second Team and an Honorable Mention Team, which is limited to 34 players. The HM Team is not position-specific.

The 2009 NAIA Coach of the Year will be announced in early January at the ABCA Coaches Convention.

2009 NAIA Baseball All-Americans

First Team

Player

School

Pos.

Yr.

Hometown

Brent Weaver^

Oklahoma City

1B

Sr.

Midwest City, Okla.

Brett Cook

Wayland Baptist (Texas)

2B

Sr.

Kearney, Ariz.

Jono Waugh

Southern Poly (Ga.)

SS Jr.

Oxford, Ala.

Ross Blondin

Lubbock Christian (Texas)

3B

Jr.

Sonoma, Calif.

Brice Cutspec

Azusa Pacific (Calif.)

INF

Jr.

Westminster, Calif.

Andrew Brouillette

LSU-Shreveport (La.)

C

So.

Benton, La.

Matt Powell

Southern Nazarene (Okla.)

C

Sr.

La Mesa, Calif.

Will Stramp

Lubbock Christian (Texas)

OF

Sr.

Keller, Texas

Julian Alvarez

Lee (Tenn.)

OF

Sr.

Boston, Mass.

Sammy Lee

Oklahoma City

OF

Sr.

Ninnekah, Okla.

Chris Schultz

Purdue-North Central (Ind.)

OF

Sr.

Elgin, Ill.

Tim Dunn

Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)

P Jr.

Bardwell, Ky.

Justin Zinkovich

Embry-Riddle (Fla.)

P Jr.

Cocoa, Fla.

Jayson Koehn

St. Xavier (Ill.)

P Jr.

Beecher, Ill.

Micah Spencer

William Penn (Iowa)

P Sr.

Modesto, Calif.

Billy Vopinek

Biola (Calif.)

RP

Jr.

Bellflower, Calif.

Kevin Orso

Mobile (Ala.)

DH

Sr.

Satsuma, Ala.

 

^ NAIA Player of the Year

Second Team

Player

School

Pos.

Yr.

Hometown

Brian Chase

Campbellsville (Ky.)

1B

Jr.

San Jose, Calif.

Ryson Mauricio

Oregon Tech

2B

Jr.

Mililani, Hawaii

Ryan Stovall

Thomas (Ga.)

SS Sr.

Live Oak, Fla.

Chris Curley

Campbellsville (Ky.)

3B

Jr.

Ft. Mitchell, Ky.

Josh Collazo

Oklahoma Baptist

INF

Sr.

Tampa Bay, Fla.

Brian Burke

Kansas Wesleyan

C

Jr.

Lancaster, Calif.

Matt Stanley

Tennessee Wesleyan

C

Sr.

Louisville, Ky.

Kevin Leslie

Faulkner (Ala.)

OF

Sr.

Stone Mountain, Ga.

Zane Williams

Houston-Victoria (Texas)

OF

Sr.

Devil's Pocket, Texas

Cody Shields

Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)

OF

Sr.

Panama City, Fla.

Sam Mercado

Southern Nazarene (Okla.)

OF

Sr.

Norwalk, Calif.

R.L. Eisenbach

Lubbock Christian (Texas)

P Jr.

Newark, Ohio

Ray Maldonado

Houston-Victoria (Texas)

P

Sr.

Cuero, Texas

Craig Westcott

Belhaven (Miss.)

P Sr.

Chalmette, La.

Ashur Tolliver

Oklahoma City

P Jr.

Little Rock, Ark.

Matt McCalley

Berry (Ga.)

RP

Jr.

Conyers, Ga.

Nick Allaire

Kansas Wesleyan

DH

Sr.

Arvada, Colo.