Longoria Named Pre-Season All-American
Dirtbags Leadoff Season January 26, Open Season February 3

December 28, 2005

LONG BEACH, CA-- Long Beach State infielder Evan Longoria (Downey), the Dirtbags returning hitter for the 2006 season, was named a third team All-American by Collegiate Baseball. Longoria, the MVP of this summer's Cape Cod League, and a member of Baseball America's Summer All-America team, batted .330 last year with a team-best 30 RBIs, and added to his resume by leading the Cape in homers and RBIs. He is rated as the 10th-best prospect for the 2006 draft.

Longoria is not the only member of the Dirtbag family on pre-season All-America teams, as Jared Hughes (Laguna Beach) was named a third team All-American by the NCBWA earlier this month. Both are on the initial watch list for the Wallace National Player of the Year.

The Dirtbags open up the pre-season with their leadoff weekend, of dinner (Thursday), golf (Friday) and alumni games (Saturday) beginning on January 26. They open the regular season against USC on February 3. Season tickets are on sale now, starting at $110, by calling (562) 985-4949.

The Walter Pyramid will be host to the fourth annual Southern California Baseball Media on January 18, featuring 13 Division-I coaches and broadcast live on CSTV, as surfing neighbors RHP Ian Kennedy (USC-1st), catcher Chad Tracy (Pepperdine-1st), RHP Blair Erickson (UC Irvine-2nd), RHP Vinnie Pestano (CS Fullerton-3rd) and Paul Koss (USC-3rd) were also named All-Americans.

COLLEGIATE BASEBALL PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICANS
First Team Pre-Season All-Americans
RHP Dallas Buck, Oregon St.  (12-1, 2.09 ERA, 118 K, 51 BB)
LHP Andrew Miller, North Carolina (8-4, 2.98 ERA, 104 K, 52 BB)
RHP Max Scherzer, Missouri (9-4, 1.86 ERA, 131 K, 41 BB)
RHP Joba Chamberlain, Nebraska (10-2, 2.81 ERA, 130 K, 33 BB)
RHP Kyle McCulloch, Texas (12-4, 2.92 ERA, 99 K, 45 BB)
RHP Ian Kennedy, Southern California (12-3, 2.54 ERA, 158 K, 38 BB)
Relief Brett Jensen, Nebraska (16 SV, 1.96 ERA, 46 K, 9 BB)
C Chad Tracy, Pepperdine (.367, 22 2B, 12 HR, 61 RBI)
1B Matt LaPorta, Florida (.328, 26 HR, 16 2B, 79 RBI)
2B Taylor Harbin, Clemson (.343, 28 2B, 10 HR, 63 RBI)
3B Wes Hodges, Georgia Tech. (.397, 18 2B, 9 HR, 51 RBI)
SS Jay Heafner, Davidson (.448, 18 2B, 11 HR, 58 RBI, 13 SB)
OF Shane Robinson, Florida St. (.427, 25 2B, 49 SB, 40-game hitting streak)
OF Drew Stubbs, Texas (.311, 20 2B, 11 HR, 46 RBI, 32 SB)
OF Nathan Southard, Tulane (.341, 24 2B, 12 HR, 53 RBI, 16 SB)
DH Chris Carlson, New Mexico (.395, 24 2B, 15 HR, 79 RBI)
UT Joe Savery, Rice (.382, 17 2B, 8-5 pitching record, 2.43 ERA, 129 K, 37 BB)
 
Second Team Pre-Season All-Americans
RHP Mickey Storey, Florida Atlantic
LHP Nick Hill, Army
LHP Scott Reese, Creighton
RHP Luke Trubee, Dayton
RHP Johnny Dorn, Nebraska
RHP Jonah Nickerson, Oregon St.
RHP Adrian Alaniz, Texas
Relief Blair Erickson, U.C. Irvine
Relief Kevin Gunderson, Oregon St.
C Jeff Kunkel, Michigan
C J.P. Arencibia, Tennessee
1B Matt Rizzotti, Manhattan
1B Luke Hopkins, New Mexico St.
2B Jordan Pacheco, New Mexico
3B Chris Coghlan, Mississippi
SS Josh Rodriguez, Rice
OF Mark Wright, Mississippi
OF Jon Jay, Miami (Fla.)
OF John Raynor, N.C. Wilmington
UT Heath Rollins, Winthrop
 
Third Team Pre-Season All-Americans
RHP Kenn Kasparek, Texas
RHP Eddie Degerman, Rice
RHP Blake Wood, Georgia Tech.
LHP Clay Dirks, Louisiana St.
RHP Tim Lincecum, Washington
RHP Tim Bascom, Central Florida
LHP Keith Weiser, Miami (Ohio)
LHP James Adkins, Tennessee
RHP Daniel Bard, North Carolina
Relief Daniel Best, Southern Mississippi
Relief Tyler Chambliss, Florida St.
Relief Vinnie Pestano, Cal. St. Fullerton
Relief Darren O'Day, Florida
Relief Paul Koss, Southern California
C Jordan Newton, Western Kentucky
C Michael Ambort, Lamar
1B Justin Baum, Pacific
1B Aaron Bates, North Carolina St.
1B Mike Priest, Campbell
1B Aaron Grijalva, Liberty
1B Chris Johnson, Stetson
2B Jim Negrych, Pittsburgh
2B Chris Campbell, Charleston
2B Scott Sizemore, Va. Commonwealth
3B Evan Longoria, Long Beach St.
3B Brad Emaus, Tulane
3B Derek Schermerhorn, Wichita St.
3B Beau Mills, Fresno St.
3B Matt Poulk, N.C. Wilmington
SS Mitch Hilligoss, Purdue
SS Chuck Hargis, East Tennessee St.
OF Brennan Boesch, California
OF Mike McBryde, Florida Atlantic
OF Shane Byrne, East Tennessee St.
OF Jeremy Jones, North Carolina A&T
UT Matt Wieters, Georgia Tech.

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