WildcatRick
05-20-2008, 04:21 PM
A league-high four Kentucky players earned first-team All-Southeastern Conference recognition, in a voting of the league’s coaches, the conference office announced Tuesday.
19th-ranked Kentucky placed the most players on the team in school history, equaling the four Wildcats placed to the 1976 first-team. Outfielders Sawyer Carroll and Collin Cowgill made up two of the three first-team spots, with second baseman Ryan Wilkes and starting pitcher Chris Rusin checking in as well. Cowgill and Wilkes were each named to the SEC All-Defensive team.
Carroll, a senior right-fielder, has had a career year while leading the SEC in batting average (.416) and RBI (77). Carroll’s RBI total ranks tied of the school record of 77, set in 2006 by SEC Player of the Year Ryan Strieby. The Henryetta, Okla., native ranks amongst the conference leaders in nearly every offensive stat, including slugging (.756, 3rd), on-base percentage (.510), runs scored (58, 6th), hits (87, 2nd), doubles (19, 4th), home runs (16, 6th), total bases (158, 3rd) and walks (38, 8th). After hitting .350 with 23 doubles and three homers in 2007, Carroll added muscle in the offseason and became one of the top hitters in the college game.
Cowgill, a Lexington, Ky., native returned to the UK lineup in 2008 after redshirting in 2007, functioning as UK’s everyday centerfielder and batting for a .364 average, leading the club with 18 home runs. Has added 56 RBI, 13 doubles, two triples and a team-best 44 walks, stealing 20-of-24 bases. Cowgill ranks among the SEC leaders in several categories, including average (10th), slugging (.703, 5th), on-base percentage (.487, 6th), runs scored (70, 2nd), RBI (56, 6th), home runs (18, 4th), total bases (147, 4th), walks (44, 3rd), steals (20, 4th). While playing centerfield for much of the year, Cowgill has added seven outfield assists – including four in SEC play, fielding .981 while making several run-saving, diving grabs.
Carroll and Cowgill are both members of the Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist listing of the top 16 players in college baseball. The duo is also on the USA Baseball Golden Spikes and Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch Lists.
http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_article_id=22137&change_well_id=2
19th-ranked Kentucky placed the most players on the team in school history, equaling the four Wildcats placed to the 1976 first-team. Outfielders Sawyer Carroll and Collin Cowgill made up two of the three first-team spots, with second baseman Ryan Wilkes and starting pitcher Chris Rusin checking in as well. Cowgill and Wilkes were each named to the SEC All-Defensive team.
Carroll, a senior right-fielder, has had a career year while leading the SEC in batting average (.416) and RBI (77). Carroll’s RBI total ranks tied of the school record of 77, set in 2006 by SEC Player of the Year Ryan Strieby. The Henryetta, Okla., native ranks amongst the conference leaders in nearly every offensive stat, including slugging (.756, 3rd), on-base percentage (.510), runs scored (58, 6th), hits (87, 2nd), doubles (19, 4th), home runs (16, 6th), total bases (158, 3rd) and walks (38, 8th). After hitting .350 with 23 doubles and three homers in 2007, Carroll added muscle in the offseason and became one of the top hitters in the college game.
Cowgill, a Lexington, Ky., native returned to the UK lineup in 2008 after redshirting in 2007, functioning as UK’s everyday centerfielder and batting for a .364 average, leading the club with 18 home runs. Has added 56 RBI, 13 doubles, two triples and a team-best 44 walks, stealing 20-of-24 bases. Cowgill ranks among the SEC leaders in several categories, including average (10th), slugging (.703, 5th), on-base percentage (.487, 6th), runs scored (70, 2nd), RBI (56, 6th), home runs (18, 4th), total bases (147, 4th), walks (44, 3rd), steals (20, 4th). While playing centerfield for much of the year, Cowgill has added seven outfield assists – including four in SEC play, fielding .981 while making several run-saving, diving grabs.
Carroll and Cowgill are both members of the Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist listing of the top 16 players in college baseball. The duo is also on the USA Baseball Golden Spikes and Brooks Wallace Player of the Year Watch Lists.
http://www.ukathletics.com/index.php?s=&url_channel_id=36&url_article_id=22137&change_well_id=2