University of Minnesota Athletics
McCallum Named to Baseball America First-Team
6/12/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Junior Derek McCallum (Shoreview, Minn.) was named a First-Team All-American by Baseball America on Friday, June 12.
Since last week, McCallum has been named a First-Team All-America honoree by Baseball America, Rivals.com and the NCBWA.
McCallum is the first All-American second baseman for Minnesota since Luke Appert claimed Second-Team honors in 2003. Minnesota has had five players receive First-Team All-America honors at second base. That list includes Gene Elder (1952), Jon Andresen (1963), Brian Raabe (1990) and Mark Merila (1993 & 94).
Joining McCallum on the first-team was catcher Tony Sanchez (Boston College), first baseman Dustin Ackley (North Carolina), third baseman Chris Dominguez (Louisville), shortstop Stephen Cardullo (Florida), outfielders Kent Matthes (Alabama) and Marc Krauss (Ohio University) and utility player Bryce Brentz (Middle Tennessee State). Pitching wise, McCallum was joined on the first-team by Louis Coleman (LSU), Mike Leake (Arizona State), A.J. Morris (Kansas State), Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State) and Kyle Bellamy (Miami).
McCallum joins Ackley, Kipnis, Matthes, Leake, Morris, Strasburg and Bellamy as one of eight players to be named to both the Baseball America and NCBWA First-Team All-American squads. McCallum was also named the District Player of the Year by the NCWBA and is one of 16 finalists for the Dick Howser Player of the Year Award.
The three finalists for the Dick Howser Award will be announced just on Saturday, June 13, in Omaha at 9:30 a.m. (CT). The Dick Howser Trophy recipient will be named during the inaugural College Baseball Awards Show on July 2 at the United Spirit Center in Lubbock, Texas.
On the season, McCallum batted .409 with 57 runs, 95 hits, 17 doubles, 18 home runs, 86 RBI, a .741 slugging percentage and a .484 on-base percentage. He led the Big Ten in home runs, slugging percentage, RBI, hits and total bases, and was second in batting average, sixth in runs, second in on-base percentage and fourth in doubles.
McCallum is currently second in the nation in RBI, fifth in the RBI per game (1.46), 29th in slugging percentage and tied for 19th in hits. He is first in the nation among second baseman in RBI.
This year, McCallum broke the Minnesota single-season record in RBI (previously held by Robb Quinlan at 84 in 1999) with 86. He also finished sixth on the Golden Gopher single-season list in batting average, fourth in hits, tied for third in home runs, was third in total bases and sixth in slugging percentage. His batting average was the highest in a single-season by a Minnesota player since 1994 and the home run total was the most since 1998.
McCallum was one of three players to be a unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten selection. He was also one of two players to be named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team and an NCAA Regional All-Tournament team. In postseason play (five Big Ten Tournament games and four NCAA Regional games), McCallum batted .457 (16-for-35) with 11 runs, five doubles, three home runs, 14 RBI, an .857 slugging percentage and a .545 on-base percentage.
Since last week, McCallum has been named a First-Team All-America honoree by Baseball America, Rivals.com and the NCBWA.
McCallum is the first All-American second baseman for Minnesota since Luke Appert claimed Second-Team honors in 2003. Minnesota has had five players receive First-Team All-America honors at second base. That list includes Gene Elder (1952), Jon Andresen (1963), Brian Raabe (1990) and Mark Merila (1993 & 94).
Joining McCallum on the first-team was catcher Tony Sanchez (Boston College), first baseman Dustin Ackley (North Carolina), third baseman Chris Dominguez (Louisville), shortstop Stephen Cardullo (Florida), outfielders Kent Matthes (Alabama) and Marc Krauss (Ohio University) and utility player Bryce Brentz (Middle Tennessee State). Pitching wise, McCallum was joined on the first-team by Louis Coleman (LSU), Mike Leake (Arizona State), A.J. Morris (Kansas State), Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State) and Kyle Bellamy (Miami).
McCallum joins Ackley, Kipnis, Matthes, Leake, Morris, Strasburg and Bellamy as one of eight players to be named to both the Baseball America and NCBWA First-Team All-American squads. McCallum was also named the District Player of the Year by the NCWBA and is one of 16 finalists for the Dick Howser Player of the Year Award.
The three finalists for the Dick Howser Award will be announced just on Saturday, June 13, in Omaha at 9:30 a.m. (CT). The Dick Howser Trophy recipient will be named during the inaugural College Baseball Awards Show on July 2 at the United Spirit Center in Lubbock, Texas.
On the season, McCallum batted .409 with 57 runs, 95 hits, 17 doubles, 18 home runs, 86 RBI, a .741 slugging percentage and a .484 on-base percentage. He led the Big Ten in home runs, slugging percentage, RBI, hits and total bases, and was second in batting average, sixth in runs, second in on-base percentage and fourth in doubles.
McCallum is currently second in the nation in RBI, fifth in the RBI per game (1.46), 29th in slugging percentage and tied for 19th in hits. He is first in the nation among second baseman in RBI.
This year, McCallum broke the Minnesota single-season record in RBI (previously held by Robb Quinlan at 84 in 1999) with 86. He also finished sixth on the Golden Gopher single-season list in batting average, fourth in hits, tied for third in home runs, was third in total bases and sixth in slugging percentage. His batting average was the highest in a single-season by a Minnesota player since 1994 and the home run total was the most since 1998.
McCallum was one of three players to be a unanimous First-Team All-Big Ten selection. He was also one of two players to be named to the Big Ten All-Tournament team and an NCAA Regional All-Tournament team. In postseason play (five Big Ten Tournament games and four NCAA Regional games), McCallum batted .457 (16-for-35) with 11 runs, five doubles, three home runs, 14 RBI, an .857 slugging percentage and a .545 on-base percentage.
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