Eight Pirates Earn All C-USA Honors
May 24, 2011 | Baseball
May 24, 2011
PEARL, Miss. - East Carolina's Seth Maness was one of eight Pirates to earn All-Conference USA honors the league office announced Tuesday afternoon.
Maness took home first-team All C-USA honors for the fourth-straight season after leading the Pirates in wins (8), strikeouts (67) and innings pitched (87.0). The right-hander tossed three complete games in 13 starts and posted a 2.07 ERA. Over his four-year career, Maness owns a 36-11 record with 321 punch outs in 393.2 innings.
A quartet of Pirates were named to second-team all-conference in Kevin Brandt, Brad Mincey, Trent Whitehead and Zach Wright. Brandt has appeared in 17 games (10 starts) posting a 6-3 record with a 2.27 ERA with 57 strikeouts in 83.1 innings, while Mincey owns a 5-3 ledger in 29 games with 45 punch outs and a league-best 1.23 ERA.
Whitehead, who was a preseason all-conference selection, shared the team lead in average (.333), while leading in hits (73), doubles (20), stolen bases (14) and has posted multiple hits in 22 of 55 games. Wright earned all-league honors after belting 13 home runs, which ranked second in C-USA. The two-time Johnny Bench Award Watch List candidate batted .292 (59-for-202) with 15 doubles, 45 RBI and 39 runs scored.
Ben Fultz, Chase McDonald and Jack Reinheimer were each named to the All-Freshman squad marking the most Pirate selections since 2005. Fultz has started 39 games for ECU in his rookie season where he is batting .301 (46-for-153) with four home runs, six doubles, four triples and 25 RBI. McDonald is also batting .301 (49-for-163) on the season where he has belted three home runs, roped nine doubles and drove in 25.
Reinheimer rounds out the All-Freshman Team where he shares the team lead with Whitehead in average (.333/62-for-186). The Charlotte, N.C. native has started 48 of 52 games at short where he has four doubles, 21 RBI and 32 runs.
The Pirates (37-18) will kickoff the C-USA Championships Wednesday, May 25 when they square off with sixth seed Houston at 5 p.m. (EDT) at Trustmark Park.
2011 CONFERENCE USA BASEBALL AWARDS
PLAYER-OF-THE-YEAR
Chad Zurcher, Jr., IF, Memphis
PITCHER-OF-THE-YEAR
Todd McInnis, Sr., RHP, Southern Miss
FRESHMAN-OF-THE-YEAR
Austin Kubitza, Fr., RHP, Rice
NEWCOMER-OF-THE-YEAR
Dillon Napoleon, Jr., RHP, UAB
KEITH LeCLAIR COACH-OF-THE-YEAR
Scott Berry, Southern Miss
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
IF - Jonathan Griffin, Sr., UCF
IF - Michael Ratterree, So., Rice
IF - B.A. Vollmuth, Jr., Southern Miss
IF - Chad Zurcher, Jr., Memphis
OF - Jamal Austin, Jr., UAB
OF - Marc Bourgeois, Sr., Southern Miss
OF - Tyler Koelling, Sr., Southern Miss
C - Jeremy Schaeffer, Jr., Tulane
DH/UT - Anthony Rendon, Jr., Rice
P - Austin Kubitza, Fr., Rice
P - Seth Maness, Sr., East Carolina
P - Todd McInnis, Sr., Southern Miss
P - Geoffrey Thomas, So., Southern Miss
RP - Nick Pepitone, Jr., Tulane
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
IF - Nick Crawford, Sr., UAB
IF - Adam Doleac, Sr., Southern Miss
IF - T.J. Rich, Jr., Memphis
IF - Kenny Socorro, Sr., Marshall
OF - Drew Martinez, Jr. Memphis
OF - Caleb Ramsey, Sr., Houston
OF - Trent Whitehead, Sr., East Carolina
C - Zach Wright, Jr., East Carolina
DH/UT - D.J. Hicks, So., UCF
P - Kevin Brandt, Jr., East Carolina
P - Brad Mincey, Sr., East Carolina
P - Dillon Napoleon, Jr., UAB
P - Ryan Woolley, Sr., UAB
RP - Collin Cargill, Jr., Southern Miss
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
C - Jared Bales, Southern Miss
SS - Jack Reinheimer, East Carolina
3B - Shane Hoelscher, Rice
OF - Ben Fultz, East Carolina
OF - Landon Appling, Houston
DH - Chase McDonald, East Carolina
P - Aaron Blair, Marshall
P - Austin Kubitza, Rice
P - John Simms, Rice
P - Alex Facundus, Tulane
P - Ben Lively, UCF
