Chris Stratton Named To Baseball America's All-America Team
The Tupelo, Miss., native has been named to the first unit of Baseball America's 2012 All-America Team. Earlier he received first-team all-America team accolades from Collegiate Baseball newspaper and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Stratton compiled an 11-2 record with a save, a 2.38 earned run average and 127 strikeouts in helping guide Mississippi State to the 2012 SEC Baseball Tournament championship and the program's 32nd advancement to NCAA postseason competition. The right-hander piled up an SEC season-most 17 strikeouts against LSU in his first start of the campaign, sharing top national honors in 2012 with Duke's Marcus Stroman for the most strikeouts in a game.
Stratton and the Bulldog pitching staff combined for a 2.58 earned run average, tops in the SEC and just behind the NCAA-leading 2.57 staff ERA compiled by Missouri State.
Stratton has also been named to the ABCA All-South Region Baseball team and is now on the ballot for all-America team honors bestowed by the American Baseball Coaches Association. He was the 20th player selected in the 2012 MLB First-Year Player Draft and is expected to draw his first professional assignment with the Salem-Keizer (Ore.) Volcanoes in the Northwest League.
2012 BASEBALL AMERICA
ALL-AMERICA TEAM
FIRST TEAM
C Mike Zunino, Florida
1B Chris Serritella, Southern Illinois
2B Alex Yarbrough, Mississippi
3B Kris Bryant, San Diego
SS Jimmy Rider, Kent State
OF Jeff Gelalich, UCLA
OF Travis Jankowski, Stony Brook
OF James Ramsey, Florida State
DH Josh Ludy, Baylor
UT Marco Gonzales, Gonzaga
SP Andrew Heaney, Oklahoma State
SP Nick Petree, Missouri State
SP Carlos Rodon, North Carolina State
SP Chris Stratton, Mississippi State
RP Robert Benincasa, Florida State
UT Marco Gonzales, Gonzaga
SECOND TEAM
C Kevin Plawecki, Purdue
1B D.J. Hicks, Central Florida
2B Jamodrick McGruder, Texas Tech
3B D.J. Peterson, New Mexico
SS Alex Mejia, Arizona
OF Michael Conforto, Oregon State
OF Mitch Haniger, Cal Poly
OF Brandon Miller, Samford
DH William Carmona, Stony Brook
UT Brian Johnson, Florida
SP Mark Appel, Stanford
SP Kevin Gausman, Louisiana State
SP Kurt Heyer, Arizona
SP Michael Wacha, Texas A&M
RP Jimmie Sherfy, Oregon
UT Brian Johnson, Florida
THIRD
TEAM
C Mitchell Garver, New Mexico
1B Goose Kallunki, Utah Valley
2B Brock Hebert, Southeastern La.
3B Trenton Moses, Southeast Mo. State
SS Matt Wessinger, St. John's
OF Tyler Naquin, Texas A&M
OF Danny Poma, Hofstra
OF Raph Rhymes, Louisiana State
DH Patrick Kivlehan, Rutgers
UT Stephen Piscotty, Stanford
SP Tyler Johnson, Stony Brook
SP Adam Plutko, UCLA
SP Marcus Stroman, Duke
SP Josh Turley, Baylor
RP Michael Morin, North Carolina
UT Stephen Piscotty, Stanford