Alvarez, Weaver Named Pre-Season All-Americans
Beach Ranked 13th in Pre-Season Collegiate Baseball, No. 16 by Baseball America TUCSON, AZ/DURHAM, NC-- Long Beach State baseball was ranked No. 13 nationally in Collegiate Baseball's pre-season poll and No. 16 by Baseball America, as junior LHP Abe Alvarez (Fontana, CA) and sophomore RHP Jered Weaver (Simi Valley, CA) were named pre-season All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball. This year's home schedule features five teams ranked in the Collegiate Baseball's top-15, USC (No. 3), Louisiana State (No. 6), CS Fullerton (No. 7), Arizona State (No. 12) and Miami, FL (No. 14). Alvarez, the reigning Big West Conference Pitcher of the Year, was 12-3 with a 2.72 ERA in 2002, and was named a second team All-American by Baseball America. Alvarez was a member of Team USA in the summer of 2002. Weaver, who went 8-4 with a 4.37 ERA as a freshman, exceled in the summer up in Alaska, compiling a 5-1 record and 1.11 ERA in 65.2 innings, to earn third team pre-season All-America honors. Weaver ranked second in the league in strikeouts with 73 and third in ERA. Weaver was an honorable mention All-Freshman Team player by Collegiate Baseball. TOP-40 (COLLEGIATE BASEBALL)
OPPONENTS IN BOLD
1. Texas (57-15) 496 1
2. Florida St. (60-14) 493 9
3. Southern California (37-24) 490 12
4. Rice (52-14) 489 7
5. Georgia Tech. (52-16) 485 5
6. Louisiana St. (44-22) 484 11
7. Cal. St. Fullerton (37-22) 479 28
8. South Carolina (57-18) 477 2
9. Stanford (47-18) 475 4
10. Houston (48-17) 470 10
11. Mississippi St. (34-24-1) 468 NR
12. Arizona St. (37-21) 464 26
13. Long Beach St. (39-21) 462 27
14. Miami, Fla. (34-29) 458 17
15. Wake Forest (47-13-1) 457 14
16. Richmond (53-13) 456 13
17. Baylor (36-26) 450 NR
18. Clemson (54-18) 449 3
19. Notre Dame (50-18) 447 6
20. South Alabama (42-19) 445 25
21. Florida Atlantic (46-21) 440 15
22. Nebraska (47-21) 438 8
23. Tulane (36-27) 437 NR
24. S.W. Missouri St. (43-21) 432 NR
25. California (29-27) 430 NR
26. Central Florida (41-22) 424 NR
27. Oklahoma (35-27) 423 NR
28. James Madison (44-16) 419 NR
29. Ohio St. (38-20-1) 416 NR
30. Wichita St. (47-17) 411 22
31. Kent St. (37-22) 408 NR
32. Stetson (42-19) 405 NR
33. Georgia (32-29) 403 NR
34. North Carolina (43-21) 398 19
35. Texas Tech. (42-20) 395 24
36. East Carolina (43-20-1) 392 NR
37. Southern (45-10) 390 NR
38. Florida International (41-20) 386 NR
39. Oklahoma St. (37-21) 380 NR
40. Auburn (34-26) 379 NR TOP-25 PRE-SEASON (BASEBALL AMERICA)
1. Georgia Tech
2. Rice
3. Stanford
4. Florida State
5. Texas
6. USC
7. Wake Forest
8. Arizona State
9. Louisiana State
10. Baylor
11. Houston
12. Notre Dame
13. CS Fullerton
14. South Carolina
15. Richmond
16. LONG BEACH STATE
17. Mississippi State
18. Stetson
19. Clemson
20. Nebraska
21. Auburn
22. North Carolina
23. South Alabama
24. Florida Atlantic
25. Viriginia Commonwealth
FIRST TEAM PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICANS
LHP Justin Simmons, Texas
RHP Brad Sullivan, Houston
RHP Tim Stauffer, Richmond
RHP Kyle Sleeth, Wake Forest
LHP Kyle Bakker, Georgia Tech.
RHP Steven Herce, Rice
Relief Huston Street, Texas
C Landon Powell, South Carolina
C Tony Richie, Florida St
1B Vincent Sinisi, Rice
2B Rickie Weeks, Southern
3B Antoin Gray, Southern
SS Stephen Drew, Florida St.
OF Ryan Goleski, Eastern Michigan
OF Vito Chiaravalloti, Richmond
OF Ryan McGraw, Coastal Carolina
UT Michael Aubrey, Tulane SECOND TEAM PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICANS
RHP Derek DeCarlo, Florida International
LHP Abe Alvarez, Long Beach St.
RHP Bobby Sawicki, S.W. Texas St.
LHP Matt Lynch, Florida St.
RHP Philip Humber, Rice
RHP Justin Verlander, Old Dominion
Relief Chad Cordero, Cal. St. Fullerton
C Chris Westervelt, Stetson
C Ryan Garko, Stanford
1B Michael Johnson, Clemson
2B Tim Moss, Texas
2B Eric Patterson, Georgia Tech.
3B Jamie D'Antona, Wake Forest
SS David Reaver, Richmond
OF Dustin Majewski, Texas
OF Matt Murton, Georgia Tech.
OF Jeff Leise, Nebraska
UT Wes Whisler, UCLA THIRD TEAM PRE-SEASON ALL-AMERICANS
LHP Jeremy Sowers, Vanderbilt
RHP Ryan Schroyer, Arizona St.
RHP Jake Tompkins, Louisiana St.
RHP Grant Johnson, Notre Dame
RHP Jeff Watchko, Georgia Tech.
RHP Wes Littleton, Cal. St. Fullerton
LHP Paul Maholm, Mississippi St.
RHP Matt Durkin, San Jose St.
RHP Scooter Michael, N.C. Greensboro
RHP Jered Weaver, Long Beach St.
LHP Scott Lewis, Ohio St.
Relief Daniel Hodges, Florida St.
Relief James Russell, Villanova
Relief David Aardsma, Rice
Relief George Huguet, Miami (Fla.)
C Jeremy West, Arizona St.
C David Castillo, Oral Roberts
C Brady Burrill, Michigan St.
1B Kelly Hunt, Bowling Green St.
1B Bryan Zenchyk, Stetson
1B Eddie Kim, James Madison
1B Joey Metropoulos, Southern California
2B Eric Patterson, Georgia Tech.
3B Darryl Lawhorn, East Carolina
3B Conor Jackson, California
3B Lee Curtis, Coll. of Charleston
3B Aaron Hill, Louisiana St.
3B Brian Snyder, Stetson
3B Kevin Matuszek, Morehead St.
SS Brian Bixler, Eastern Michigan
SS Anthony Lunetta, Southern California
OF Shane Costa, Cal. St. Fullerton
OF Jeff Barry, Vermont
OF Sam Fuld, Stanford
OF Terry Trofholz, Texas Christian
OF Cary Page, Morehead St. |
