Recent Varsity News
Dec. 20, 2011
QUEENS, N.Y. - Juniors Jeremy Baltz and Kyle Hansen have both been named third team Louisville Slugger Preseason All-Americans as announced by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. The selections mark the second-straight season that Baltz (second team) and Hansen (third team) have earned Preseason All-America honors from Louisville Slugger.
A two-time first team All-BIG EAST selection, Baltz batted .311 a season ago with 12 doubles, three triples and six home runs. The outfielder also racked up a team-best 60 RBI, which also ranked tied for third in the BIG EAST. Baltz also posted a .444 on-base percentage and a .483 slugging percentage.
Hansen, a two-time All-BIG EAST honoree and a two-time ABCA All-Northeast Region selection, went 8-7 with a 3.09 ERA a season ago. The righty racked up 106 strikeouts in a school-record 107.2 innings of work and limited opponents to just a .223 average. Hansen tossed one complete game shutout and also added one save.
Paced by 18 returning letterwinners, including six starting position players and the entire starting rotation, St. John's has already been ranked No. 11 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper preseason poll, the first of the 2012 preseason polls to be released.
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