Long Beach State University Athletics
Peterson Named Academic All-American
5/27/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 27, 2008
LONG BEACH--Long Beach State junior first baseman Shane Peterson (Temecula) was named the program's first academic All-American, earning a spot on the first team thanks to a 3.85 GPA as a Finance, Real Estate and Law major.
Peterson ranks amongst the Big West top-10 in nine different offensive categores, and leads the Big West in batting (.399) and on-base percentage (.510), while ranking second in slugging (.601). He was named first team Academic All-District earlier this month.
Peterson was a first team All-Big West pick in 2007 and was a second team All-Big West pick in 2006.
Peterson, who is eligible for the draft, is rated by Baseball America as the 75th-best prospect in the June Amateur Draft.
