2009 BASEBALL ALL-CONFERENCE HONORS
ARIZONA STATE'S JASON KIPNIS NAMED PAC-10 BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
ARIZONA STATE'S MIKE LEAKE NAMED PITCHER OF THE YEAR
STANFORD’S JAKE SCHLANDER NAMED DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR
UCLA’S TREVOR BAUER NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
ARIZONA STATE'S PAT MURPHY NAMED COACH OF THE YEAR
(Courtesy Pac 10 Conference)
WALNUT CREEK, Calif. – ARIZONA STATE junior outfielder Jason Kipnis
has been named the 2009 Pacific-10 Conference Baseball Player of the
Year, while teammate junior right-hander Mike Leake has earned Pitcher
of the Year honors. STANFORD sophomore Jake Schlander has been
selected the Defensive Player of the Year, UCLA right-handed pitcher
Trevor Bauer has been named Freshman of the Year and Arizona State's
Pat Murphy has earned Coach of the Year honors, Commissioner Tom
Hansen announced today. The awards are determined by a vote of the
league’s coaches.
Kipnis, the 2008 Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year, leads the Pac-10 in four
statistical categories this season, including slugging percentage (.
720), runs scored (66), total bases (144) and stolen bases (21). The
Northbrook, Ill., native also ranks in the top-3 in the Conference in
batting average (.380, 2nd), on-base percentage (.496, 2nd), RBI (65,
2nd) and hits (76, 3rd). Kipnis has been selected as one of 30
semifinalists for the 2009 Golden Spikes Award, presented annually to
the top player in college baseball. A Sun Devil has now been selected
the Conference’s Player of the Year for the last three seasons (Brett
Wallace 2007, 2008). Coincidentally, Arizona State was the last
institution to produce three straight winners (Willie Bloomquist 1999,
Casey Myers 2000, 2001).
Leake garners his second consecutive Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year award,
becoming the first ever back-to-back winner and the fourth two-time
recipient. The Fallbrook, Calif., native leads the nation with 14 wins
on the season, setting a new career high. His 1.24 ERA is second
nationally and he leads the Conference in innings pitched (115.2),
opposing batting average (.170) and batters struck out (128). In
Pac-10 play, the righty posted a 9-0 record, with six complete games
including two shutouts. He struck out 87 batters while walking just 12
in his nine league appearances. A mid-season All-American, Leake is
also a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award. In addition to his
athletic honors, the junior has also been tabbed the Academic All-
American of the Year by ESPN The Magazine and CoSIDA.
Schlander, a native of Scottsdale, Ariz., started all 55 of the
Cardinal's games this season. The sophomore has also started all 122
games of his Stanford career, becoming the first Cardinal shortstop to
accomplish that feat. Schlander registered a .965 fielding
percentage, while committing just nine errors, three in the final two
games, in 254 total chances. He was errorless in 47 of Stanford’s 55
games this year as he had a 14-game and a 13-game errorless streak
during the campaign. He is second in the Pac-10 with 167 assists and
had a hand in 27 double plays during the season. In addition, he hit .
232 with 12 doubles, one triple, one home run and 22 RBI for the
Cardinal.
Bauer led UCLA with nine wins and a 2.99 ERA in his debut season. He
threw four complete games, three in Conference games, including a
complete-game shutout against Washington on April 18. He was a perfect
7-0 in Pac-10 play. The Valencia, Calif., native is ranked in the
top-10 in several Conference pitching categories, including innings
pitched (105.1, 2nd), wins (9, t2nd), batters struck out (92, 7th) and
opposing batting average (.225, 9th). He is one of only two pitchers
in UCLA history to notch nine wins as a freshman (Pete Janicki, 1990).
He has been invited to the 2009 USA Baseball National Team Trials
taking place in June.
Murphy has guided the Sun Devils to their third straight Pac-10 title,
the first team to accomplish that feat since the division merged in
1999. It is the fourth Conference crown for the Syracuse, N.Y., native
in his 15th season at the helm of the program. ASU was picked to win
the Pac-10 championship in the coaches’ preseason poll and has been
ranked in the top-10 nationally all year. This is Murphy’s fourth
Pac-10 Coach of the Year accolade, winning in 2000 and now three
straight from 2007-09. The Sun Devils will be making their 10th
consecutive NCAA postseason appearance as they have received the No. 5
overall seed in the 2009 NCAA Tournament.
Complete list of Conference honors:
ALL-PAC-10 TEAM
Name School Pos Yr Ht Wt Hometown
Dillon Baird ARIZ 1B Jr. 6-3 215 Prescott, Ariz.
Trevor Bauer UCLA RHP Fr. 6-1 175 Valencia, Calif.
Brad Boxberger USC RHP Jr. 6-2 200 Tustin, Calif.
Mark Canha CAL 1B So. 6-2 195 San Jose, Calif.
Dwight Childs ARIZ C Jr. 6-3 180 Elk Grove, Calif.
Gerrit Cole UCLA RHP Fr. 6-4 215 Santa Ana, Calif.
Kyle Conley (2) WASH OF Jr. 6-4 205 Richland, Wash.
Cody Decker UCLA 1B Sr. 6-0 225 Santa Monica, Calif.
Grant Green (2) USC SS Jr. 6-3 180 Anaheim Hills, Calif.
Brett Jackson CAL OF Jr. 6-2 210 Orinda, Calif.
Jeremy Johnson WSU RHP Jr. 5-10 150 Centralia, Wash.
Kellen Killsgaard STAN OF So. 6-2 225 Auburn, Wash.
Jason Kipnis (2) ASU OF Jr. 6-0 180 Northbrook, Ill.
Jeff Kobernus CAL 2B Jr. 6-2 195 San Leandro, Calif.
Mitchell Lambson ASU LHP Fr. 6-1 190 Tualatin, Ore.
Mike Leake (3) ASU RHP Jr. 6-0 170 Fallbrook, Calif.
Matt Newman ASU LHP/OF So. 5-11 180 Glendale, Ariz.
Bryce Ortega ARIZ SS So. 5-11 175 Palos Verdes, Calif.
Ryan Ortiz (2) OSU C Jr. 6-3 205 San Diego, Calif.
Jared Prince WSU OF Sr. 6-2 211 Poulsbo, Wash.
Carlos Ramirez ASU C Jr. 6-0 210 Tucson, Ariz.
Blake Smith CAL DH Jr. 6-2 220 Modesto, Calif.
Josh Spence ASU LHP Jr. 6-1 170 Victoria, Australia
Drew Storen (2) STAN RHP So. 6-2 175 Brownsburg, Ind.
Matt Way WSU LHP Sr. 6-2 182 Sitka, Alaska
(2) - Two-time All-Conference selection
(3) - Three-time All-Conference selection
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