University of Minnesota Athletics
Baseball Named No. 25 by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
12/19/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Sophomore pitcher Glen Perkins (Stillwater, Minn./Stillwater) was named second-team Louisville Slugger pre-season All-American. The All-American selections were also made by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. As a freshman, Perkins broke Minnesota's single-season strikeout record by fanning 117 on the season and became the first pitcher in Big Ten history to win every conference start since the conference schedule went to eight conference series. The southpaw went 8-0 in Big Ten play, with a 2.32 ERA, 77 strikeouts and six complete games. His 77 strikeouts was the second-most recorded in a Big Ten season, and he earned second-team All-America and first-team Freshman All-America honors as well as being selected as the Big Ten Freshman of the Year.
The Golden Gophers will open their 2004 season in their annual Pro-Alumni Game at the Metrodome on February 9 at 6:30 p.m.
Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll (As of Dec. 19, 2003) Rank School ('03 Final Record) Points Final '03 Rank 1. Rice (58-12) 495 1 Miami, Fla. (45-17-1) 495 5 3. Louisiana St. (45-22-1) 491 7 4. Georgia Tech. (44-18) 489 14 5. Texas (50-20) 486 4 6. Stanford (51-18) 484 2 7. Arizona St. (54-14) 481 10 8. Cal. St. Fullerton (50-16) 477 3 9. Wichita St. (49-27) 475 NR 10. Notre Dame (45-18) 470 28 11. Baylor (45-23) 468 13 12. Long Beach St. (41-20) 464 11 13. Tulane (44-19) 462 NR 14. South Carolina (45-22) 458 6 15. Florida (37-21-1) 457 NR 16. Southern California (28-28) 456 NR 17. Clemson (39-22) 450 NR 18. Auburn (42-21) 449 20 19. Florida Atlantic (47-16) 446 23 20. Nebraska (47-18) 445 15 21. North Carolina (42-23) 443 19 22. Arizona (35-23) 441 NR 23. Washington (42-18) 438 27 24. Florida St. (54-13-1) 437 9 25. Minnesota (40-22) 432 NR 26. Nevada-Las Vegas (47-17) 430 26 27. Mississippi (35-27) 424 NR 28. Winthrop (35-22) 416 NR 29. North Carolina St. (45-18) 411 12 30. Mississippi St. (42-20-1) 408 24 31. Ohio St. (44-21) 406 18 32. Texas A&M (45-19) 403 17 33. Oklahoma St. (34-24) 398 NR 34. U.C. Riverside (41-17) 395 30 35. Alabama (28-24) 392 NR 36. Va. Commonwealth (46-13) 390 NR 37. Southern Miss. (47-16) 386 25 38. Tennessee (31-24) 380 NR 39. San Diego (32-30) 378 NR 40. Stetson (41-24) 375 NR
