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Diamond Dogs' Poythress receives more accolades
Issue date: 6/16/09 Section: Sports
Georgia junior first baseman Rich Poythress added to his list of 2009 honors by being named Baseball America First Team All-America and to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-South Region First Team.
Poythress has already been named Louisville Slugger All-America, Rivals.com All-America, NCBWA All-America, NCBWA District IV Player of the Year and First Team All-SEC. He was also a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy.
A native of Grovetown, Ga., Poythress was the Bulldogs' triple crown winner in 2009 with a .376 average, 25 home runs and a single season school record 86 RBI. He is fifth on Georgia's career home runs list with 43 and second on the career RBI list with 185. Poythress led Georgia to a 38-24 record in 2009 and the program's first No. 1 ranking in the regular season.
Poythress, who was Baseball America's Midseason Player of the Year, was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the second round of the MLB draft last week.
Georgia has had four Baseball America All-Americans in the last four years including Josh Fields (2006, 2008), Joey Side (2006), Gordon Beckham (2008) and Poythress.
2009 BASEBALL AMERICA ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
Selected by Baseball America staff
FIRST TEAM
C Tony Sanchez, Boston College
1B Dustin Ackley, North Carolina
2B Derek McCallum, Minnesota
3B Chris Dominguez, Louisville
SS Stephen Cardullo, Florida State
OF Jason Kipnis, Arizona State
OF Marc Krauss, Ohio
OF Kent Matthes, Alabama
DH Rich Poythress, Georgia
UT Bryce Brentz, Middle Tennessee State
SP Louis Coleman, Louisiana State
SP Mike Leake, Arizona State
SP A.J. Morris, Kansas State
SP Stephen Strasburg, San Diego State
RP Kyle Bellamy, Miami
UT Bryce Brentz, Middle Tennessee State
SECOND TEAM
C J.T. Wise, Oklahoma
1B Troy Channing, St. Mary's
2B Chris Sedon, Pittsburgh
3B Anthony Rendon, Rice
SS Christian Colon, Cal State Fullerton
OF Tyler Holt, Florida State
OF Jarrett Parker, Virginia
OF Tim Wheeler, Sacramento State
DH Wade Gaynor, Western Kentucky
UT Mike McGee, Florida State
SP Eric Arnett, Indiana
SP Daniel Bibona, UC Irvine
SP Kyle Gibson, Missouri
SP Deck McGuire, Georgia Tech
RP Addison Reed, San Diego State
UT Mike McGee, Florida State
THIRD TEAM
C Josh Phegley, Indiana
1B Paul Goldschmidt, Texas State
2B Ryan Wood, East Carolina
3B Tom Mendonca, Fresno State
SS Ryan Goins, Dallas Baptist
OF Jeremy Hazelbaker, Ball State
OF A.J. Pollock, Notre Dame
OF Tyler Townsend, Florida International
DH Luke Murton, Georgia Tech
UT Danny Hultzen, Virginia
SP Justin Marks, Louisville
SP Daniel Renken, Cal State Fullerton
SP Josh Spence, Arizona State
SP Alex Wimmers, Ohio State
RP Brian Moran, North Carolina
UT Danny Hultzen, Virginia
- Georgia Sports Communications
Poythress has already been named Louisville Slugger All-America, Rivals.com All-America, NCBWA All-America, NCBWA District IV Player of the Year and First Team All-SEC. He was also a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy.
A native of Grovetown, Ga., Poythress was the Bulldogs' triple crown winner in 2009 with a .376 average, 25 home runs and a single season school record 86 RBI. He is fifth on Georgia's career home runs list with 43 and second on the career RBI list with 185. Poythress led Georgia to a 38-24 record in 2009 and the program's first No. 1 ranking in the regular season.
Poythress, who was Baseball America's Midseason Player of the Year, was drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the second round of the MLB draft last week.
Georgia has had four Baseball America All-Americans in the last four years including Josh Fields (2006, 2008), Joey Side (2006), Gordon Beckham (2008) and Poythress.
2009 BASEBALL AMERICA ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
Selected by Baseball America staff
FIRST TEAM
C Tony Sanchez, Boston College
1B Dustin Ackley, North Carolina
2B Derek McCallum, Minnesota
3B Chris Dominguez, Louisville
SS Stephen Cardullo, Florida State
OF Jason Kipnis, Arizona State
OF Marc Krauss, Ohio
OF Kent Matthes, Alabama
DH Rich Poythress, Georgia
UT Bryce Brentz, Middle Tennessee State
SP Louis Coleman, Louisiana State
SP Mike Leake, Arizona State
SP A.J. Morris, Kansas State
SP Stephen Strasburg, San Diego State
RP Kyle Bellamy, Miami
UT Bryce Brentz, Middle Tennessee State
SECOND TEAM
C J.T. Wise, Oklahoma
1B Troy Channing, St. Mary's
2B Chris Sedon, Pittsburgh
3B Anthony Rendon, Rice
SS Christian Colon, Cal State Fullerton
OF Tyler Holt, Florida State
OF Jarrett Parker, Virginia
OF Tim Wheeler, Sacramento State
DH Wade Gaynor, Western Kentucky
UT Mike McGee, Florida State
SP Eric Arnett, Indiana
SP Daniel Bibona, UC Irvine
SP Kyle Gibson, Missouri
SP Deck McGuire, Georgia Tech
RP Addison Reed, San Diego State
UT Mike McGee, Florida State
THIRD TEAM
C Josh Phegley, Indiana
1B Paul Goldschmidt, Texas State
2B Ryan Wood, East Carolina
3B Tom Mendonca, Fresno State
SS Ryan Goins, Dallas Baptist
OF Jeremy Hazelbaker, Ball State
OF A.J. Pollock, Notre Dame
OF Tyler Townsend, Florida International
DH Luke Murton, Georgia Tech
UT Danny Hultzen, Virginia
SP Justin Marks, Louisville
SP Daniel Renken, Cal State Fullerton
SP Josh Spence, Arizona State
SP Alex Wimmers, Ohio State
RP Brian Moran, North Carolina
UT Danny Hultzen, Virginia
- Georgia Sports Communications
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