Cal State L.A. Athletics

ELLENSBURG, Wash.  – Cal State L.A. junior outfielder Mario Ramirez has earned honorable mention All-America honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America (NCBWA), the organization announced on Thursday.

 

Ramirez received first-team All-West Region honors from the NCBWA, one of three organizations to name him to All-Region teams. Ramirez was one of 11 players from the California Collegiate Athletic Association to be honored.

 

Shannon Wilkerson of Augusta State was the national Player of the Year, Gabriel Duran of Dowling was the national Pitcher of the Year and Dan O’Brien of UC San Diego was the national Coach of the Year.

 

Ramirez led the Golden Eagles in hitting with a .415 batting average. He also led the team in home runs (9), runs scored (42), runs batted in (46), hits (66), slugging percentage (.730) and on-base percentage (.543).

 

He was second in the conference in hitting, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, triple (5) and walks (33) and was third in the conference in runs batted in.

 

Ramirez came to Cal State L.A. from Santa Ana College and Brea-Olinda High School.

 

C – Matt Admas, Slippery Rock

1B – Jon Alia, Cal State Dominguez Hills

2B – Kevin Becker, Mesa State

SS – Matt Bodenchuk, Mesa State

3B – Yan Gomes, Barry

OF – Shannon Wilkerson, Augusta State

OF – Bryan Fogle, Erskine

OF – Jason Forbes, Colorado State-Pueblo

OF – J.D. Martinez, Nova Southeastern

Utility – Dustin Huffer, Concord

DH – Travis Howard, USC Aiken

SP – Gabriel Duran, Dowling

SP – Hayden Simpson, Southern Arkansas

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SP – Dan Wright, Lynn

RP – Shaun Larsen, Southern Indiana

RP – Chris Matlock, Central Missouri

 

C – Ryan Query, Catawba

1B – Daniel Kassouf, Belmont Abbey

2B – Cannon Lester, Southern Arkansas

SS – Rich Racobaldo, Mount Olive

3B – Nate Arevalo, Cameron

OF – Matt Cotellese, West Chester

OF – Adam Darby, Harding

OF – Brandon Decker, Valdosta State

OF – Eric Workman, West Virginia State

Utility – Chris Adamson, Angelo State

DH – Matt Costello, Valdosta State

SP – Nick Fogleman, Pfeiffer

SP – Blake Keitzman, Western Oregon

SP – Gary Moran, Sonoma State

SP – Ben Watkins, Pitt-Johnstown

RP – Brad Rutherford, Abilene Christian

RP – Matt Winterhalter, Northern Kentucky

 

C – Jordan Schmidt, Abilene Christian

1B – Evan McDole, Northern Kentucky

2B – Drew Cross, St. Edward’s

SS – Evan Porter, Nebraska-Omaha

3B – Craig Lyerly, Catawba

OF – Conner Crumbliss, Emporia State

OF – Sam DiMatteo, California (Pa.)

OF – Will Gowdy, Ouachita Baptist

OF – Joe Wendtke, Wayne State (Neb.)

Utility – Andrew Whittington, Southern Arkansas

DH – Keith Towne, Angelo State

SP – Michael Fiers, Nova Southeastern

SP – Darin Gorsky, Kutztown

SP – Michael Thompson, Bellarmine

SP – Kyle Vasquez, Franklin Pierce

RP – John Church, West Florida

RP – Justin Moore, Dominican

 

 

C – Chase Blackwood, Valdosta State; Chris Herbert, Concordia-St. Paul

1B – Logan Forest, Texas-Permian Basis; Yudelmis Hernandez, Barry; Andrew Kinney, Southwest Minnesota State; Zach Solly, Fairmont State

2B – Chas Anthony, Erskine; Mike Baillargeon, Assumption; Carlos Leyva, Cal State Dominguez Hills

SS – Vance Albitz, UC San Diego; Shane Busti, California (Pa.), Devin Goodwin, Delta State

3B – David Olson, Minnesota-Duluth; Jacob Petkac, Abilene Christian; Josh Tanner, UC San Diego

OF – Adam Arakawa, Chico State; Thomas Bumpass, Abilene Christian; Bo Darby, West Virginia; Kevin Dietrich, UNC Pembroke; Kevin Dusold, Northern Kentucky; Jeff Foltz, Ashland; Cody Holliday,Wilmington; Mark Letchworth, Wingate; J.T. Putt, Regis; Mario Ramirez, Cal State L.A.; Chance Tuttle, Central Missouri; Derek West, Southwest Minnesota State

Utility – Tyler Choate, Southern Indiana; Paul Michael-Klingberg, Cal State Dominguez Hills; Alex Koch, Wayne State; Phil Messerian, Nyack

DH – Jason Carr, New Mexico Highlands; Josh Meagher, Chico State; Ben Sondgeroth, Indianapolis

SP – Andre Benjamin, Grand Valley State; Brad Bichel, Cameron; Logan Birr, St. Cloud State; Tom Cote, Franklin Pierce; Reece Dodd, Southeastern Oklahoma; Adam Maini, Kutztown; Matt McGovern, UNC Pembroke; Ajay Meyer, Ashland; Bret Moyer, West Chester; Max Russell, Florida Southern; Jake Schmidt, Concordia-St. Paul; Tim Shibuya, UC San Diego; Cody Walden, Armstrong Atlantic; Cory White, Indianapolis

RP – Rob Currie, Tusculum; Martin DeWald, GCSU; Nathan Kafka, Minnesota State; Guido Knudson, UC San Diego; Rob Nicholas, Franklin Pierce; Kenny Reisinger, Shepherd