Baseball's Preston Tucker Named First-Team Preseason All-American
Wednesday, December 16, 2009 | Baseball
Sophomore first baseman Preston Tucker (Tampa, Fla.) was named to the 2010 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Pro-Line Athletic Preseason All-America Team released on Wednesday.
In his first collegiate season, Tucker was chosen as the NCBWA Freshman Hitter of the Year, a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball newspaper and was a Freshman All-American by Baseball America, the NCBWA and Rivals.com.
The 2009 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year, Tucker earned the Gators' “Triple Crown” by leading the team in batting average (.364), runs batted in (85) and home runs (15). His total of 85 RBI was a single-season school record and eclipsed the previous mark of 80 set by Ryan Shealy during the 2002 campaign. The slugger also led the Orange and Blue in slugging percentage (.628), multiple-hit (27) and multiple-RBI games (23), as well as total bases (152).
Tucker was named the NCAA Gainesville Regional's Most Outstanding Player after going 9-for-13 (.692) over the three Florida victories with six RBI, two homers and a slugging percentage of 1.231. The rookie was 4-for-5 in the championship-game triumph over the Miami (Fla.) and notched three RBI. Tucker batted .531 (17-for-32) during the postseason, including a scorching .650 (13-for-20) in UF's five NCAA outings.
A unanimous choice on the SEC's All-Freshman squad, Tucker had a spectacular debut to his collegiate career by leading the SEC in league play with 40 RBI. Named the SEC Freshman of the Week three times during the campaign (March 30, April 13, April 27), the Tampa native had a .350 batting average, a .545 slugging percentage, 23 runs and 14 extra-base hits during conference action in helping the Gators capture their first Eastern Division title since 2005. Head coach Kevin O'Sullivan's squad will kick off its campaign by hosting USF in a three-game weekend series at McKethan Stadium starting on Friday, Feb. 19, at 6:30 p.m.
2010 Preseason NCBWA All-America Team (2009 Stats)
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| Pos. Name, School | Cl. | BA | G | AB | R | H | 2B-3B-HR | RBI |
| C Matt Rice, Western Kentucky | Jr. | .399 | 61 | 253 | 50 | 101 | 18-1-10 | 72 |
| 1B Preston Tucker, FLORIDA | So. | .364 | 62 | 242 | 48 | 88 | 13-3-15 | 85 |
| 2B Mike Sodders, New Mexico State | Sr. | .422 | 50 | 187 | 55 | 79 | 19-2-13 | 68 |
| 3B Anthony Rendon, Rice | So. | .388 | 61 | 242 | 60 | 94 | 14-1-20 | 72 |
| SS Christian Colon, C-S Fullerton | Jr. | .357 | 62 | 255 | 82 | 91 | 16-2-8 | 40 |
| OF Devon Dageford, Louisiana Tech | Sr. | .385 | 51 | 195 | 59 | 75 | 18-3-23 | 68 |
| OF Jarrett Parker, Virginia | Jr. | .375 | 56 | 224 | 73 | 84 | 18-6-16 | 60 |
| OF Tyler Holt, Florida State | Jr. | .401 | 63 | 237 | 87 | 95 | 23-2-5 | 28 |
| DH Blake Dean, LSU | Sr. | .328 | 72 | 259 | 67 | 85 | 18-0-17 | 71 |
| UT Bryce Brentz, Middle Tenn. | Jr. | .465 | 60 | 230 | 79 | 107 | 19-2-28 | 73 |
| Pitching: 5-3 record, 4.57 ERA, 15 G, 14 GS, 2 CG, 0 SV, 88.2 IP, 31 BB, 63 SO |
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| Name, School | Cl. | ERA | W-L | G | IP | BB | SO |
| SP Deck McGuire, Georgia Tech | Jr. | 3.50 | 11-2 | 16 | 100.1 | 41 | 118 |
| SP Sean Gilmartin, Florida State | So. | 3.49 | 12-3 | 18 | 98 | 37 | 83 |
| SP Anthony Ranaudo, LSU | Jr. | 3.04 | 12-3 | 19 | 124.1 | 50 | 159 |
| SP Taylor Jungmann, Texas | So. | 2.00 | 11-3 | 25 | 94.2 | 35 | 101 |
| SP Josh Spence, Arizona State | Sr. | 2.37 | 10-1 | 18 | 102.2 | 30 | 125 |
| SP Daniel Bibona, UC Irvine | Sr. | 2.63 | 12-1 | 15 | 106 | 26 | 108 |
| RP Matty Ott, LSU | So. | 2.68 | 4-2 | 37 | 16 SV | 6 | 69 |
| RP Eric Pettis, UC Irvine | Jr. | 3.86 | 5-2 | 29 | 17 SV | 7 | 37 |
| RP Addison Reed, S.D. State | So. | 0.65 | 0-0 | 25 | 20 SV | 7 | 38 |
Second Team
C Dan Burkhart, Jr., Ohio State
1B Tony Plagman, Sr., Georgia Tech
2B Ross Wilson, Jr., Alabama
3B Tony Thompson Jr., Kansas
SS Jedd Gyorko, Jr., West Virginia
OF Ryan Enos, Sr., Dallas Baptist
OF Trent Whitehead, Jr., East Carolina
OF George Springer, So., Connecticut
DH Kyle Roller, Jr., East Carolina
UT Danny Hultzen, So., Virginia
Pitchers
SP Daniel Renken, Jr., Cal State Fullerton
SP Alex Wimmers, So., Ohio State
SP Drew Pomeranz, Jr., Ole Miss
SP Cody Wheeler, Jr., Coastal Carolina
SP Chance Ruffin, Jr., Texas
SP Sam Gaviglio, So., Oregon State
RP Ryan Duke, Jr., Oklahoma
RP Chris Franklin, Sr., SE Louisiana
RP Tyler Mizenko, Sr., Winthrop
Third Team (Ties in Voting)
C Rafael Neda, Jr., New Mexico
1B Nick Ebert, Sr., South Carolina
1B Cody Hawn, Jr., Tennessee
2B Braeden Riley, Jr., Sam Houston
3B Jake Smith, Sr., Alabama
SS Joey Bergman, Sr., College of Charleston
OF Dusty Robinson, So., Fresno State
OF Ryan LaMarre, Jr., Michigan
OF Gauntlett Eldemire, Jr., Ohio
OF Michael Choice, Jr., Texas-Arlington
DH Troy Channing, So., St. Mary's (CA)
DH Phil Wunderlich, Jr., Louisville
UT Mike McGee, Jr. Florida State
Pitchers
SP Tyler Pill, So., Cal State Fullerton
SP Noe Ramirez, So., Cal State Fullerton
SP Todd McInnis, Jr. Southern Miss
SP Trevor Bauer, So., UCLA
SP Christian Bergman, Sr., UC Irvine
SP Kenneth Roberts, Sr., Middle Tenn.
RP Colin Bates, Jr., North Carolina
RP Michael Schum, So., Wright State
RP Collin Cargill, Jr., Southern Miss
RP Mitchell Lambson, So., Arizona State
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