University of Minnesota Athletics
Three Golden Gophers Claim ABCA All-Region Honors
6/7/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Three Golden Gophers Claim ABCA All-Region Honors
The Minnesota baseball team (41-18) had three players collect ABCA All-Mideast Honors on Wednesday, June 7. Senior outfielder Mike Mee (Richfield, Minn.) and sophomore third baseman Nate Hanson (Chanhassen, Minn.) collected first-team honors, while sophomore Matt Nohelty (Rothschild, Wis.) collected second-team honors.
Both Mee and Hanson are eligible for ABCA All-America honors after receiving First-Team All-Mideast honors.
Mee was one of only three players to receive First-Team All-Big Ten honors unanimously this past season. He finished the season with a .392 batting average, 85 hits, 45 runs, five home runs, 49 RBI, 12 doubles and a .462 on-base percentage. Mee also joined Ohio State’s Cory Luebke and Nohelty as one of only three players in the Big Ten to receive All-Conference honors and Big Ten All-Tournament honors.
His .392 batting average was the highest by a Golden Gopher since 2001 when Sam Steidl batted .401. Mee finished the season fourth in Big Ten in batting average (.392), tied for third in hits (85) and fourth in on-base percentage (.462). He led Minnesota in batting average, hits, triples, on-base percentage and did not make an error the entire season. Mee also batted .385 (30-78) with runners in scoring position and had 21 two-out RBI on the season.
He finished his career having played more games (240) for Minnesota then any player in school history. Mee also finished third in career hits (288), tied for ninth in doubles (49), was fifth in total bases (417), tied for fourth in RBI (181) and was second in at-bats (898). He had the eighth-highest single-season hit total in school history with 85.
Hanson was Minnesota’s first All-Region and First-Team All-Big Ten third baseman since David Hrncirik claimed the honors in 2005. He finished the season with a .338 batting average, 50 runs, 10 home runs, 51 RBI, 14 doubles and 120 total bases.
He finished tied for third in the Big Ten in home runs with 10, and led the team in home runs, RBI and total bases. Hanson was the first Golden Gopher to hit double-figure home runs in a season since Andy Hunter had 10 in 2004. He was also the first player since Jason Kennedy in 2002 to knock in 50 runs and score 50 runs in the same season.
This past year, Hanson became the first player to collect five hits in a game since 2003, the first player to have seven RBI or more in a game since 2002, had a string of seven straight hits in a doubleheader on Apr. 23 and had two games where he hit a pair of home runs.
Nohelty was one of three Golden Gophers to claim First-Team All-Big Ten honors this year. Hanson and Nohelty were the first sophomores to claim first team honors for Minnesota since Glen Perkins and Andy Hunter did so in 2004. Nohelty finished the season with a .367 batting average, 48 runs, 76 hits, 26 RBI and 24 stolen bases.
He was fifth in the Big Ten in stolen bases on the season, and also finished the year fourth in conference batting average at .398. Nohelty also led the team in conference batting average and has accumulated a .393 Big Ten batting average in his first two seasons with the program. He was second on the team in batting average and was the team-leader in stolen bases.
In his two seasons with the program, Nohelty is batting .364 with 82 runs, 129 hits and 42 stolen bases. He is currently eighth on the Minnesota career batting average list after two seasons with the program. Nohelty’s 42 stolen bases are the most by a player in their first two years with the Golden Gopher program since Wes Denning had 49 in 1994 and 1995 as a freshman and sophomore.
The Minnesota baseball team (41-18) had three players collect ABCA All-Mideast Honors on Wednesday, June 7. Senior outfielder Mike Mee (Richfield, Minn.) and sophomore third baseman Nate Hanson (Chanhassen, Minn.) collected first-team honors, while sophomore Matt Nohelty (Rothschild, Wis.) collected second-team honors.
Both Mee and Hanson are eligible for ABCA All-America honors after receiving First-Team All-Mideast honors.
Mee was one of only three players to receive First-Team All-Big Ten honors unanimously this past season. He finished the season with a .392 batting average, 85 hits, 45 runs, five home runs, 49 RBI, 12 doubles and a .462 on-base percentage. Mee also joined Ohio State’s Cory Luebke and Nohelty as one of only three players in the Big Ten to receive All-Conference honors and Big Ten All-Tournament honors.
His .392 batting average was the highest by a Golden Gopher since 2001 when Sam Steidl batted .401. Mee finished the season fourth in Big Ten in batting average (.392), tied for third in hits (85) and fourth in on-base percentage (.462). He led Minnesota in batting average, hits, triples, on-base percentage and did not make an error the entire season. Mee also batted .385 (30-78) with runners in scoring position and had 21 two-out RBI on the season.
He finished his career having played more games (240) for Minnesota then any player in school history. Mee also finished third in career hits (288), tied for ninth in doubles (49), was fifth in total bases (417), tied for fourth in RBI (181) and was second in at-bats (898). He had the eighth-highest single-season hit total in school history with 85.
Hanson was Minnesota’s first All-Region and First-Team All-Big Ten third baseman since David Hrncirik claimed the honors in 2005. He finished the season with a .338 batting average, 50 runs, 10 home runs, 51 RBI, 14 doubles and 120 total bases.
He finished tied for third in the Big Ten in home runs with 10, and led the team in home runs, RBI and total bases. Hanson was the first Golden Gopher to hit double-figure home runs in a season since Andy Hunter had 10 in 2004. He was also the first player since Jason Kennedy in 2002 to knock in 50 runs and score 50 runs in the same season.
This past year, Hanson became the first player to collect five hits in a game since 2003, the first player to have seven RBI or more in a game since 2002, had a string of seven straight hits in a doubleheader on Apr. 23 and had two games where he hit a pair of home runs.
Nohelty was one of three Golden Gophers to claim First-Team All-Big Ten honors this year. Hanson and Nohelty were the first sophomores to claim first team honors for Minnesota since Glen Perkins and Andy Hunter did so in 2004. Nohelty finished the season with a .367 batting average, 48 runs, 76 hits, 26 RBI and 24 stolen bases.
He was fifth in the Big Ten in stolen bases on the season, and also finished the year fourth in conference batting average at .398. Nohelty also led the team in conference batting average and has accumulated a .393 Big Ten batting average in his first two seasons with the program. He was second on the team in batting average and was the team-leader in stolen bases.
In his two seasons with the program, Nohelty is batting .364 with 82 runs, 129 hits and 42 stolen bases. He is currently eighth on the Minnesota career batting average list after two seasons with the program. Nohelty’s 42 stolen bases are the most by a player in their first two years with the Golden Gopher program since Wes Denning had 49 in 1994 and 1995 as a freshman and sophomore.
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