University of Minnesota Athletics
Three Golden Gophers Selected to All-Big Ten Team
5/23/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
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DeVries enters the Big Ten Tournament with a 6-3 record with a 2.65 ERA and 67 strikeouts in 85.0 innings of work. He is currently fifth in the Big Ten in ERA, fourth in opponent batting average, fifth in innings pitched, sixth in strikeouts and is tied for sixth in wins. DeVries second-team honors continues a streak of 10 straight seasons that the Golden Gophers have had a pitcher named All-Big Ten Second-Team or better.
In Big Ten play, DeVries is 4-2 with a 2.48 ERA and 49 strikeouts in 54.1 innings. In 13 starts, DeVries pitched six or more innings 10 times. In nine of those 10 starts, he has given up two or less earned runs. The Second-Team All-Big Ten honors are the first all-conference honors for DeVries in his career.
Hunter enters the Big Ten Tournament batting .339 with five home runs, 37 RBI, 37 runs and has a .436 on-base percentage. He is sixth in the Big Ten in walks and 10th in the league in on-base percentage. With the third-team honors, Hunter has now been named All-Big Ten in all four years in his career. He is the first four-time All-Big Ten honoree for
In Big Ten play, Hunter batted .341 with 22 runs, three home runs, 21 RBI and .444 on-base percentage. This year Hunter broke Robb Quinlan's school record for most Big Ten RBI and finished with 109 in Big Ten play in his career, despite missing the final conference series of the year. He is also second on the
Nohelty enters the Big Ten Tournament leading
In Big Ten play, Nohelty led the team with a .389 batting average and had 11 stolen bases. He finished third in conference play in batting average and was tied for sixth in stolen bases. Nohelty is the first freshman to lead the team in conference batting average since Howard did so in 1999. Nohelty is also the freshman to be named All-Big Ten for
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