Tuesday, June 26, 2012 |
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THE TUSCALOOSA NEWS
baseball’s best Selections by Andrew Carroll | Photos by Dusty Compton
Jackson Terry
brooks burns
• Holy Spirit • Senior • LF/P
• Northridge • Senior • 2B
First-team Class 1A AllState utility player; helped Holy Spirit win a fourth straight area championship; two-year captain and team MVP; hit .412 with 48 RBIs, 42 hits and 32 runs; had six doubles, five triples and five home runs; .508 on-base percentage; 10 steals and 20 walks; 6-5 pitching record with a 3.87 ERA; 69 strikeouts in 65 innings; threw two shutouts; plans to walk on at the University of Alabama
Class 6A All-State honorable mention; hit .400 to help Northridge win the Area 9 title and host a first-round playoff series; had 46 hits, including 13 doubles, with 43 runs and 36 RBIs; drew 34 walks and stole 10 bases; struck out seven times in 115 at-bats; .537 on-base percentage
jon boyd •T uscaloosa Academy • Senior • P/OF AISA All-State honorable mention outfielder; led Tuscaloosa Academy to the Class AAA finals; hit .451 with 46 hits, 38 runs and 31 RBIs; had 13 doubles and one homer; 27 walks; three strikeouts in 102 at-bats; .593 on-base percentage; 7-5 pitching record with two saves and a 0.17 ERA; 72 strikeouts in 741⁄3 innings; averaged 6.8 strikeouts per seven innings
trent wilson • South Lamar • Senior • P/OF First-team Class 1A All-State pitcher who helped the Stallions reach the semifinal round; had a 9-1 record with two saves and a 1.76 ERA; tied a school record for single-season wins; struck out 100 batters in 792⁄3 innings, averaging 8.8 strikeouts per seven innings; threw two shutouts and one no-hitter; hit .396 with 44 hits, 36 runs and 29 RBIs; had 11 doubles, seven triples and a homer; stole 14 bases; .470 on-base percentage
kyle andrews austin Grammer
•T uscaloosa Academy • Junior • P/3B
•A merican Christian Academy • Senior • First base
First-team AISA All-State third baseman; hit .331 with 40 hits, 35 RBIs, 31 runs, four doubles and two triples; had 12 steals and an on-base percentage of .421; 6-2 pitching record with a 3.14 ERA; struck out 46 batters in 59 innings; picked for the AISA Junior AllStar Game at Montgomery’s Paterson Field
mason rogers •D emopolis • Junior • Catcher Class 5A All-State honorable mention; hit .416 with 37 hits, 37 RBIs and 28 runs; had 11 doubles, four triples and two home runs; drew 20 walks; helped Demopolis reach the playoffs
Class 2A All-State honorable mention; helped ACA reach the semifinal round of the playoffs; .416 batting average with 42 hits, 37 runs and 25 RBIs; nine doubles and one triple; 14 steals; .496 on-base percentage
daniel jones • Northridge • Senior • Pitcher Right-hander set a school record with nine wins as Northridge won its first Class 6A area title; 9-3 record with one save and a 2.49 ERA; struck out 47 batters in 642⁄3 innings; averaged 5.1 strikeouts per seven innings; four complete games with one shutout; threw 18 innings in area play, allowing 10 hits and three earned runs; had 10 strikeouts and a 1.16 ERA in area games; holds six school records