Corley, Tatum Garner ABCA All-South Region Honors
May 25, 2016 | Baseball
STARKVILLE, Miss. -- A pair of Bulldog sophomores, outfielder Brad Corley and catcher Craig Tatum, are among 26 players named to the 2004 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-South Region team.
Corley, from Lexington, Ky., earned a spot on the 13-member first team while Tatum, from Hattiesburg, Miss., is on the second-team. Corley joins first-team selections from the other seven regions on the national ballot for ABCA All-American honors, to be announced during the College World Series.
A dozen players from the Southeastern Conference are included on the All-South Region first team, chosen from 34 NCAA Division I baseball programs in the southeast.
Corley, a first-team All-Southeastern Conference selection, has been invited to participate in the 2004 USA Baseball National Team Trials, to be held June 20-26 in Durham, N.C. The 20-man roster for the USA Baseball National Team will be selected following the trials and announced June 27.
Tatum, who led MSU with 60 RBI and hits at a career-best .325 clip as a sophomore, was a third round selection of Cincinnati in last week's MLB First-Year Player Draft. Tatum signed with the Reds and this weekend begins his professional baseball career playing for the Billings (Mont.) Mustangs in the Pioneer League.
2004 ABCA All-South Region Team FIRST TEAM Player POS. SCHOOL C.J. Smith 1B Florida .347 BA, 58 R, 15 2B, 3 3B, 14 HR, 62 RBI, 7 SB, 987 Fielding % Warner Jones 2B Vanderbilt .3414 BA, 51 R, 26 2B, 3 3B, 10 HR, 70 RBI, 12 SB, 979 Fielding % Clay Harris 3B LSU .295 BA, 48 R, 13 2B, 3 3B, 7 HR, 49 RBI, 2 SB, 979 Fielding % Ryan Klosterman SS Vanderbilt .349 BA, 66 R, 14 2B, 8 3B, 7 HR, 31 RBI, 14 SB, 975 Fielding % Jon Zeringue OF LSU .389 BA, 54 R, 19 2B, 2 3B, 13 HR, 54 RBI, 3 SB, 992 Fielding % Brad Corley OF Mississippi State .380 BA, 60 R, 12 2B, 2 3B, 19 HR, 55 RBI, 4 SB, 963 Fielding % Ben Harrison OF Florida .347 BA, 58 R, 15 2B, 3 3B, 14 HR, 62 RBI, 7 SB, 987 Fielding % Brian Bogusevic DH/UTL Tulane .339 BA, 51 R, 14 2B, 4 3B, 10 HR, 68 RBI, 9 SB, 978 Fielding % 9-6, 4.19 ERA, 111.2 IP, 25 BB, 84 K, .289 Opp. Bat. Avg. Landon Powell C South Carolina .332 BA, 62 R, 15 2B, 1 3B, 19 HR, 65 RBI, 2 SB, 997 Fielding % Wade LeBlanc SP Alabama 6-4, 1.73 ERA, 88.2 IP, 21 BB, 76 K, .212 Opp. Bat Avg. Justin Hoyman SP Florida 11-2, 2.71 ERA, 139.2 IP, 38 BB, 89 K, .223 Opp. Bat Avg. Jeremy Sowers SP Vanderbilt 9-5, 2.75 ERA, 111.1 IP, 21 BB, 107 K, .228 Opp. Bat Avg. Chad Blackwell RP South Carolina 4-2, 2.79 ERA, 19 SV, 58.0 IP, 13 BB, 74 K, .219 Opp. Bat Avg. SECOND TEAM Player POS. SCHOOL Cesar Nicolas 1B Vanderbilt .335 BA, 37 R, 16 2B, 1 3B, 14 HR, 65 RBI, 0 SB, 988 Fielding % Jarrett Hoffpauir 2B Southern Mississippi .405 BA, 62 R, 27 2B, 2 3B, 11 HR, 92 RBI, 2 SB, 982 Fielding % Josh Smith 3B Georgia .320 BA, 57 R, 15 2B, 2 3B, 3 HR, 38 RBI, 3 SB, 935 Fielding % Matt Shepherd SS Southern Mississippi .378 BA, 74 R, 27 2B, 6 3B, 2 HR, 41 RBI, 7 SB, 946 Fielding % Mark Jurich OF Louisville .353 BA, 47 R, 19 2B, 3 3B, 19 HR, 60 RBI, 3 SB, 991 Fielding % J.C. Holt OF LSU .396 BA, 69 R, 18 2B, 3 3B, 5 HR, 48 RBI, 20 SB, 987 Fielding % Ryan Frith OF Southern Mississippi .341 BA, 59 R, 15 2B, 0 3B, 22 HR, 63 RBI, 1 SB, 967 Fielding % Stephen Head DH/UTL Ole Miss .346 BA, 41 R, 13 2B, 1 3B, 13 HR, 53 RBI, 0 SB, 979 Fielding % 6-3, 2.82 ERA, 70.1 IP, 19 BB, 56 K, .255 Opp. Bat. Avg. Connor Robertson DH/UTL Birmingham Southern .282 BA, 61 R, 10 2B, 2 3B, 21 HR, 69 RBI, 8 SB, 988 Fielding % 5-2, 2.37 ERA, 9 SV, 30.1 IP, 12 BB, 47 K, .193 Opp. Bat. Avg. Craig Tatum C Mississippi State .325 BA, 42 R, 16 2B, 0 3B, 13 HR, 60 RBI, 0 SB, 989 Fielding % Mark Holliman SP Ole Miss 9-3, 3.05 ERA, 106.1 IP, 35 BB, 101 K, .256 Opp. Bat Avg. Randy Hardy SP Austin Peay 12-3, 2.90 ERA, 118.0 IP, 25 BB, 91 K, .256 Opp. Bat Avg. Jarrett Grube SP Memphis 9-4, 2.82 ERA, 102 IP, 28 BB, 110 K, .223 Opp. Bat Avg.
