Sean Bierman, Andrew Jones Garner All-American Honors

May 25, 2012

MARSHALL, Minn. - The Sunshine State Conference champion University of Tampa baseball team had two All-Americans, as announced by Daktronics. Sean Bierman was a third-team selection while Andrew Jones was honorable mention.

Bierman, a senior left-handed pitcher, was also the SSC and Daktronics South Region Pitcher of the Year. He finished the season with an 8-3 overall record and 2.27 ERA that led all Spartans. In 83.1 innings, the southpaw notched 85 strikeouts as opposing batters hit just .241 against the UT ace.

Jones, a senior left-fielder, hit .353 with five home runs and a team-high 47 RBI. He also registered a team-leading 14 doubles. The Doylestown, Ohio native was also stellar in the field, recording a perfect fielding percentage to go with 68 putouts and three outfield assists.

Members of the NCAA Division II College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) selected the All-America teams. The All-America team is sponsored by Daktronics, Inc., an acknowledged world leader in scoring, timing and programmable display systems for virtually every sport at every level of competition. Daktronics has sponsored the baseball All-America program since 2007.

2012 Daktronics NCAA Division II Baseball All-America Teams

Ron Lenz Player of the Year: Nathan Minnich, Sheperd (W. Va.)
Ron Lenz Pitcher of the Year: Carl O'Neal, St. Mary's (Texas)

FIRST TEAM
C - Geno Escalante, Jr., Mount Olive (N.C.)
1B - Nathan Minnich, Sr., Shepherd (W. Va.)
2B - Joe Wendle, Sr., West Chester (Pa.)
3B - Bryan Lippincott, Sr., Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)
SS - Blake Miller, Jr., Western Oregon
OF - Casey Allison, Sr., Wingate (N.C.)
OF - Ryan Busboom, Jr., Fort Hays State (Kan.)
OF - Jeff Popick, Sr., Colorado Mesa
DH - Antony Boza, Sr., Lynn (Fla.)
UT - Cody Coffman, Sr., Tusculum (Tenn.)
SP - Carl O'Neal, Jr., St. Mary's (Texas)
SP - Tim Flight, Jr., Southern New Hampshire
SP - Geoff Broussard, Sr., Cal Poly Pomona
SP - Grady Wood, Sr., Western Oregon
RP - Stephen Johnson, Jr., St. Edward's (Texas)

SECOND TEAM
C - Zach Braun, So., Bemidji State (Minn.)
1B - Jacob Rogers, Sr., Mount Olive (N.C.)
2B - Carlos Asuaje, So., Nova Southeastern (Fla.)
3B - Daniel Duran, Sr., Cal State Los Angeles
SS - Braden Box, Jr., Colorado Mesa
OF - Aaron Guinn, Sr., Tusculum (Tenn.)
OF - James Roche, Sr., Franklin Pierce (N.H.)
OF - Areo Regoli, Sr., Nova Southeastern (Fla.)
DH - Nick Sell, Fr., Seton Hill (Pa.)
UT - Cameron Dullnig, Sr., Texas A&M-Kingsville
SP - John Healy, Sr., St. Anselm (N.H.)
SP - Donovan Drake, Sr., Indianapolis (Ind.)
SP - Lee Stoppelman, Sr., Central Missouri
SP - Rene Solis, So., St. Mary's (Texas)
RP - Emilio Pagan, Jr., Belmont Abbey (N.C.)

THIRD TEAM
C - M.P. Cokinos, Jr., St. Mary's (Texas)
1B - Austin Rycroft, Sr., Central Oklahoma
2B - Andre Rodriguez, Jr., Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)
3B - John Calhoun, Sr., Washburn (Kan.)
SS - Grant DeBruin, Sr., Alabama in Huntsville
OF - Phil Imholte, Jr., St. Cloud State
OF - Shane Latshaw, Sr., Mercyhurst (Pa.)
OF - Eli Davis, Sr., Cal State Stanislaus
DH - Mike Russo, Jr., St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.)
UT - Michael Jordan, Sr., Benedict (S.C.)
SP - Derek Hansen, Jr., Augustana (S.D.)
SP - Craig Goodman, Sr., Tusculum (Tenn.)
SP - Sean Bierman, Sr., Tampa (Fla.)
SP - Mark Sappington, Jr., Rockhurst (Mo.)
RP - Brad Zambron, Jr., Grand Valley State (Mich.)

HONORABLE MENTION
Jon Carnahan (C, Delta State), Zach Mathieu (1B, Franklin Pierce), David Weber (1B, Benedict) ; Chase Lacomb (2B, Colorado State-Pueblo), Frank Salerno (SS, St. Thomas Aquinas), Cade Stallings (3B, Tusculum), Michael White (UT, Stonehill), Joe Vaskas (DH, Emporia State), Danny Susdorf (OF, UC-San Diego), Andrew Jones (OF, Tampa), Steve Anderson (OF, Grand Valley State), Pat Curtin (OF, Tiffin), Harvey Martin (SP, Minnesota State, Mankato), Chad Boughner (SP, North Alabama), Logan Birr (SP, St. Cloud State), Matt Marotta (SP, St. Thomas Aquinas), Ryan Goodbrand (SP, UC-San Diego), Alex Powers (RP, Southern New Hampshire)