University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Lucroy Named to All-America Team
6/17/2007 5:00:00 AM | Baseball
Lucroy was named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference, First Team All-Louisiana and was named All-Louisiana Hitter of the Year.
He led the team with a .360 batting average. Lucroy recorded 95 hits on the season, the second highest single season total in Cajuns history. Of his 95 hits, he had 40 extra base hits, including 18 homeruns, 19 doubles and three triples. His 18 homeruns were the third most in school history for a single season.
For the second consecutive year, he drove in 68 runs to lead the team. Lucroy set the Ragin' Cajuns' single season record with a 174 total bases on the year. He had 31 multiple hit games on the season, including a five-hit performance against
At the conclusion of his junior season, he ranked in the Cajuns' top-5 in eight categories. Lucroy was fourth on the UL career batting average list with a .356 average and second all-time list with 241 base hits. Lucroy finished his Cajuns' career first in career doubles with 54 and third in career homeruns with 35. He is the Cajuns' career RBI leader with 184 and first in school history with 414 total bases. Lucroy is third all-time with a .612 career slugging percentage and fourth all-time with 16 career sacrifice flies.
Lucroy was a third round draft pick by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2007 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
Vanderbilt lefthander David Price, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 draft, headlined the 2007 Baseball America All-America first team.
Price struck out a school-record 194 batters and walked just 31 in 133 innings, finishing 11-1, 2.63. Price's 194 strikeouts ranks second only to Ben McDonald's 202 strikeouts in 1989 in the history of the Southeastern Conference.
Vanderbilt sophomore third baseman Pedro Alvarez and senior righthander Casey Weathers join Price to give the Commodores the most players on the first team. First baseman Brett Wallace of
Georgia Tech catcher Matt Wieters and James Madison outfielder Kellen Kulbacki join Alvarez as a repeat member of the first team.
Joining Price on the pitching staff is
FIRST TEAM
C-Matt Wieters, Georgia Tech
1B-Brett
2B-Tony
3B-Pedro Alvarez, Vanderbilt
SS-Todd Frazier,
OF-Kyle Russell,
OF-Kellen Kulbacki, James Madison
OF-Grant Desme, Cal Poly
DH-Matt LaPorta,
UT-Joe Savery, Rice
SP-David Price, Vanderbilt
SP-Jacob Thompson,
SP-Adam Mills,
SP-Preston
RP-Casey Weathers, Vanderbilt
SECOND TEAM
C-Buster Posey,
1B-Yonder Alonso,
2B-Eric
3B-Brandon Waring, Wofford
SS-Jaime Pedroza, UC Riverside
OF-Corey Brown,
OF-Dominic de la Osa, Vanderbilt
OF-Brian Rike,
DH-Blake Stouffer,
UT-Zach Putnam,
SP-Bryan Henry,
SP-Brian Matusz,
SP-Nick Schmidt,
SP-James Simmons, UC Riverside
RP-Pat Venditte, Creighton
THIRD TEAM
C-Jonathan Lucroy, Louisiana-Lafayette
1B-Justin
2B-Tyler Mach,
3B-Greg Sexton, William & Mary
SS-Brandon Hicks,
OF-Boomer Whiting,
OF-Ryan Lavarnway, Yale
OF-Danny Payne, Georgia Tech
DH-Dustin Ackley,
UT-Mitch Harris, Navy
SP-Barry Enright, Pepperdine
SP-Anthony Shawler, Old Dominion
SP-Scott Gorgen, UC Irvine
SP-Josh Collmenter,
RP-Andrew Carignan,
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