DeLand, Fla. – More post-season accolades for Stetson outfielder Jeremy Cruz and second baseman Mark Jones. Cruz has been named to the 2009 All-Ping! Baseball Third Team and Jones was named to the All-Ping! Baseball Freshman Team.
According to the All-Ping! Website, “There are over 300 DI college baseball teams and approximately 30 players per ball club which means there are nearly 9,000 players to choose from for about 125 All Ping! Baseball positions. Thus, our team is narrowed down to the top 1% of college players.”
Cruz, a senior out of Miami, Florida has already earned TPX Louisville Slugger Second Team honors, was named the A-Sun Player of the Year, and yesterday was drafted in the 13th round (411th overall) by the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.
Cruz completed the season with a .399 batting average, 18 home runs and 80 runs batted in. He narrowly missed batting over .400 for the second consecutive season by just percentage points. His 18 home runs tied the team record for home runs in a season, and his 80 RBI placed him at the top of the conference, and in the Top-5 in the nation. His RBI effort tied him for the sixth-best single-season total in A-Sun history and is the third-highest total in the league in the last 20 years. Cruz also led Stetson in hits (91), doubles (19), runs scored (62), slugging percentage (.719), and on base percentage (.474).
Jones, a freshman from Palm Coast, Florida has already been named to the TPX Louisville Slugger All-Freshman Team as well as the Atlantic Sun Conference All-Freshman Team. He had an incredible rookie campaign at the plate finishing second on the team and 14th in the A-Sun in batting at .363. He was a model of consistency. After a 6-for-8 start in the first two games he never dipped below .340 the entire season. He was also second on the team in hits (82) and doubles (12), and fourth in home runs (7) and RBI (44).
Full Listing of the 2009 All-Ping! Baseball Teams
http://www.pingbaseball.com/players/allping09.php
Full listing of the 2009 All-Ping! Baseball Freshman Team
http://www.pingbaseball.com/players/allping09_freshman.php
Courtesy: Stetson University
