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 June 1, 2006

Jones Collects All-American Honors
        EDWARDSVILLE, Ill. -- Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Cougar baseball pitcher Kyle Jones has been named to the 2006 Rawlings/ABCA All-American First Team.
        Jones, a native of New Baden, is the first Cougar to be named to the first team since Mark Bugger claimed that honor in 2001.
        Jones also was named the Great Lakes Valley Conference and North Central Region Pitcher of the Year, as he notched first team GLVC and North Central Region honors.
        The righthander ended his season with a 11-1 record and a 0.85 earned run average. Jones fanned 103 batters, allowing 30 walks in 84 and two-third innings pitched.
        Jones holds the single-season record for earned run average (0.85) and he tied the SIUE single-season record for wins (11) tying John Groennert (1987), Jones' coach at Wesclin High School.
        He set NCAA D-II record with 54 and one-third innings consecutive scoreless innings pitched. Jones also had a string of six 1-0 victories from Mar. 10 to Apr. 15 this season.
        Jones was a member of an SIUE pitching staff that set an NCAA record with 21 shutouts this season. Jones set an NCAA record with six shutouts this season, while he combinded for four other shutouts.
        The Cougars set another NCAA record as they started the NCAA Tournament with 22 consecutive scoreless innings before giving up a run. Jones threw six of those innings, getting an NCAA tournament win over Northern Kentucky on May 18.
        SIUE ended its season with a 40-19-1 mark and a third place finish in the North Central Regional Tournament.
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        2006 Rawlings/ABCA All-American Team
First Team
1B: Jeff Miller, Junior, West Virginia State (.487 BA, 19 HR/69 RBI, 70 R, 17 2B)
2B: Ryan Taylor, Senior, West Virginia State (.447, 17/75, 84 R, 25 2B)
3B: Brandon Bacon, Senior, Central Oklahoma (.423, 19/79, 57 R, 23 2B)
SS: Garrett Olson, Junior, Franklin Pierce (.378, 13/59, 19 SB)
IF: Brock Godwin, Senior, Barton (.404, 4/44, 18 2B)
C: John Brummett, Senior, Pittsburg State (.434, 13/53)
OF: Lee Cruz, Senior, Tampa (.438, 23/88, 18 2B, 74 R)
OF: Orlando Rosales, Senior, Tampa (.428, 14/68, 74 R, 18 2B, 8 3B, 19 SB)
OF: Sean VanElderen, Senior, Mesa State (.409, 13/56, 59 R, 18 2B)
OF: Brandon Halstead, Junior, West Virginia State (.420, 15/67, 78 R, 18 2B)
DH: Kyle Jones, Senior, West Virginia State (.419, 25/82, 54 R, 14 2B)
P: Kyle Jones, Senior, SIU Edwardsville (11-1, 0.85, 6 CG, 6 SHO, 103K/84 2/3 IP)
P: Gabe Medina, Senior, Emporia State (13-1, 2.50, 133K/29 BB/97 1/3 IP)
P: Sergio Perez, Junior, Tampa (10-2, 2.15, 119 K/88 IP)
P: Dylan Owen, Sophomore, Francis Marion (12-2, 2.15, 124 K /117 1/3 IP)
RP: Nick Wandless, Senior, USC Aiken (2-1, 1.56, 17 SV, 48 K, 16 H/34 2/3 IP)

Second Team
1B: Jason Klug, Junior, CSU Dominguez Hills (.405, 11/56. 42 R, 17 2B)
2B: Justin Randall, Junior, Ashland (.422, 2/61, 19 2B, 13 SB)
3B: Bridger Hunt, Junior, Central Missouri State (.415, 9/74, 66 R, 21 2B, 22 SB)
SS: Mike DeVeaux, Senior, Georgia College (.347, 10/78, 53 R, 18 2B)
IF: John Raymond Hehn, Senior, Christian Brothers (.482, 13/64.19 2B)
C: Matthew Smith, Senior, Catawba (.403, 4/56, 71 R, 30 2B)
OF: Casey Jirsa, Junior, Ashland (.423, 6/52, 23 2B)
OF: James Barksdale, Junior, North Alabama (.436, 2/38, 67 R, 7 3B, 59 SB)
OF: Brandon Anderson, Junior, Georgia College (.354, 7/65, 62 R, 18 2B, 4 3B, 23 SB)
OF: Jonathan Baksh, Junior, Florida Tech (.469, 9/67, 67 R, 21 2B, 4 3B, 18 SB)
DH: Joel Wells, Senior, Abilene Christian (.396. 18/70, 56 R, 18 2B, 4 3B)
P: Rusty Rayborn, Junior, Delta State (11-2, 1.89, 1 SV, 9 CG)
P: Nick Waechter, Junior, Western Oregon (12-0, 2.36, 3 CG)
P: Grant Payton, Senior, Grand Valley State (12-1, 2.08, 5 CG, 3 SHO)
P: Michael Antonini, Junior, Georgia College (11-1, 2.93)
RP: Zach Andrews, Sophomore, Montevallo (5-0, 2.20, 11 SV, 61 K/57 1/3 IP)

Third Team
1B: Jose Jimenez, Freshman, Tampa (.395, 17/61, 14 2B)
2B: Brian Lauderdale, Senior, North Georgia College (.391, 5/40, 67 R, 16 2B, 4 SB)
3B: Robbie Knapp, Senior, Erskine (.371, 17/79, 61 R, 23 2B)
SS: Greg Stotser, Senior, Tusculum (.369, 14/58, 50 R)
IF: Bryan Duplissie, Senior, Franklin Pierce (.352, 13/61, 18 2B)
C: Jeremy Triche, Junior, Southern Arkansas (.372, 13/66. 18 2B)
OF: Bryan Williamson, Senior, Delta State (.378, 12/70, 24 2B)
OF: Collin Brown, Senior, Shepherd (.465, 8/42, 69 R, 21 2B, 3 3B, 24 SB)
OF: Mark McBratney, Junior, Emporia State (.400, 13/80, 70 R, 21 2B, 5 3B, 15 SB)
OF: Ronnie Gaines, Senior, Angelo Sate (.417, 9/59, 66 R, 4 3B, 27 SB)
DH: Miguel Porchas, Junior, New Mexico Highlands (.431, 17/67, 59 R, 18 2B)
P: Ryan Williams, Junior, St. Anselm (6-3, 1.03, 8 CG, 95 K, 12 BB/105 IP)
P: Nathan Starner, Senior, Shippensburg (8-2, 2.19, 82 K/74 IP)
P: Cody Jones, Sophomore, Southern Arkansas (12-3, 2.98, 9 CG, 115 K, 19 BB/126 2/3 IP)
P: Bobby Lewton, Junior, Fort Hays State (12-3, 2.03, 6 CG, 3 SH, 18 BB/110 2/3 IP)
RP: Marcus Martinez, Junior, Chico State (2-0, 1.59, 12 SV, 24 K/22.2 IP)
RP: Logan McElwain, Senior, Rockhurst (7-2, 1.08, 10 SV, 50 K, 17 BB/58 1/3 IP)

Player of the year: Lee Cruz, Senior, Tampa
Position player of the year: Lee Cruz, Senior, Tampa
Pitcher of the year: Gabe Medina, Senior, Emporia State