Packard Named Collegiate Baseball First-Team Preseason All-American
December 17, 2018 | Baseball
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GREENVILLE, N.C. – ECU junior Bryant Packard has been named First-Team Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball the publication announced Monday afternoon.
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Packard, who became the first player in program history to earn inclusion to seven All-America teams in the same season a year ago, led the Pirates in seven offensive categories including batting average (.406), ranking sixth nationally. He also stood first in the American Athletic Conference in hits (89), slugging percentage (.671) and total bases (147), while ranking among the league leaders (Top 10) in on-base percentage (.462/third), home runs (14/t3rd), runs (51/sixth) and RBI (50/t8th) on his way to AAC Player-of-the-Year accolades.
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The Greenville, N.C. native set the program record for consecutive games with a hit (30), breaking Stephen Batt's 11-year old mark with a single in the fifth inning at Connecticut on May 17, 2018. His streak came to an end (32 games) during the first round of the AAC Championships vs. UCF. A semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, Packard became the 16th player in school history to win the hitting triple crown and first since John Wooten in 2012.
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Packard capped his 2018 season earning a roster spot on the Collegiate National Team helping Team USA to a 12-3 record over the summer that included series wins over Chinese Taipei, Japan and Cuba. In six games, he batted .333 (6-for-18) with a double, RBI and a run scored. Prior to his stint with the national team, Packard spent the early part of the summer playing in the Cape Cod League for the Wareham Gatemen where he batted .309 (17-for-55) with three home runs, nine RBI and scored 13 runs in 17 games.
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Packard's 2018 Postseason Honors
GREENVILLE, N.C. – ECU junior Bryant Packard has been named First-Team Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball the publication announced Monday afternoon.
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Packard, who became the first player in program history to earn inclusion to seven All-America teams in the same season a year ago, led the Pirates in seven offensive categories including batting average (.406), ranking sixth nationally. He also stood first in the American Athletic Conference in hits (89), slugging percentage (.671) and total bases (147), while ranking among the league leaders (Top 10) in on-base percentage (.462/third), home runs (14/t3rd), runs (51/sixth) and RBI (50/t8th) on his way to AAC Player-of-the-Year accolades.
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The Greenville, N.C. native set the program record for consecutive games with a hit (30), breaking Stephen Batt's 11-year old mark with a single in the fifth inning at Connecticut on May 17, 2018. His streak came to an end (32 games) during the first round of the AAC Championships vs. UCF. A semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, Packard became the 16th player in school history to win the hitting triple crown and first since John Wooten in 2012.
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Packard capped his 2018 season earning a roster spot on the Collegiate National Team helping Team USA to a 12-3 record over the summer that included series wins over Chinese Taipei, Japan and Cuba. In six games, he batted .333 (6-for-18) with a double, RBI and a run scored. Prior to his stint with the national team, Packard spent the early part of the summer playing in the Cape Cod League for the Wareham Gatemen where he batted .309 (17-for-55) with three home runs, nine RBI and scored 13 runs in 17 games.
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Packard's 2018 Postseason Honors
- Collegiate National Team member (USA Baseball)
- First-Team All-America (ABCA)
- First-Team All-America (Baseball America)
- First-Team All-America (CollegeSportsMadness)
- First-Team All-America (NCBWA)
- First-Team All-America (Perfect Game)
- Second-Team All-America (Collegiate Baseball)
- Second-Team All-America (D1Baseball)
- American Athletic Conference Player-of-the-Year
- Unanimous First-Team All-American Athletic Conference selection
- First-Team All-South Region (ABCA)
- Greenville Regional All-Tournament Team
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