Joe Ingle Named To NCBWA Freshman All-America Team
June 08, 2015 | Baseball
Complete Freshman All-America Team 
LYNCHBURG, Va. - Just two weeks after being selected to the American Athletic Conference All-Tournament Team, right-handed pitcher Joe Ingle was named National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) First-Team Freshman All-America the organization announced Monday afternoon.
In his rookie season with the Pirates, Ingle appeared in a team and conference-best 32 games out of the bullpen posting a 1-0 record with eight saves in 31.2 innings of work. He allowed just five runs (four earned) on 17 hits sporting a team-best 1.14 ERA with 41 strikeouts to 23 walks.
Ingle earned Louisville Slugger National Player-of-the-Week honors by Collegiate Baseball after tallying 10 strikeouts in 5.1 scoreless innings over three appearances from Mar. 24-29. During the week, he registered a career-high seven strikeouts at UNC Wilmington (Mar. 24) in which he fanned all seven batters he faced in 2.2 frames. The lone out he didn't record via strikeout came when Travis Watkins threw out a runner to end the bottom of the fifth. He registered one strikeout against Memphis (Mar. 28) in game two of a doubleheader while allowing a hit in one inning of work. The righty capped off the week with two more punch-outs in the series finale against the Tigers (Mar. 29) tossing 1.2 scoreless innings of relief.
The Fayetteville, N.C. native, who set three ECU freshman records (appearances, ERA and saves), was on of four Pirates to earn AAC All-Tournament honors after appearing in three games posting a 1-0 record with a pair of saves and posting a 1.80 ERA in five innings, helping the Pirates claim the 2015 AAC Tournament Title.
Ingle, just one of two AAC players on the list, becomes the 13th Freshman All-American in school history and first since David Lucroy (Collegiate Baseball) in 2013.
