Pre-Season Honors Continue For Maness
December 23, 2008 | Baseball
Dec. 23, 2008
GREENVILLE, N.C. - East Carolina pitcher Seth Maness picked up his third pre-season honor Wednesday when he was named 2009 Louisville Slugger third-team pre-season All-America by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
Last week Maness was tabbed pre-season second-team All-America by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and was named to the 2009 Brooks Wallace Player-of-the-Year Award Pre-season Watch List back on Dec. 5 by the College Baseball Foundation.
The Pinehurst, N.C. native, who was named Conference USA Freshman-of-the-Year in 2008, had one of the best freshman seasons in school history after posting a 9-2 record with a 3.27 ERA and 81 strikeouts with just 20 walks in 98.1 pitched. Maness became just the second freshman in ECU history to win nine games following Mickey Britt's 1977 season.
Maness became one of the most decorated Pirates in school history after being named to seven All-America teams, five of those coming as a freshman. He joined former Pirate greats Cory Scott (2000) and Greg Bunn (2004) as the only players in school history to be selected to at least five all-america teams in the same season.
The Pirates will begin spring practice on Friday, Feb. 1 in preparation for the season opener against Monmouth on Feb. 20, 2009.
Seth Maness' 2008-09 Honors:
