2006 Black College Baseball Elite Team
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Posted By: Jehan Bunch on June 23, 2006 2006 Black College Baseball Elite Team announced June 20, 2006 BlackCollegeBaseball.com has announced its third Black College Baseball Awards. Candidates were taken from the nineteen Division-I programs which included the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference, Southwestern Athletic Conference, Chicago State of the Mid-Continent, and Savannah State University, an Independent program. This year, Co-Coach of the Year Awards goes to Bethune-Cookman College head coach Mervyl Melendez. Melendez led Bethune-Cookman to its eighth MEAC title in ten years. The Wildcats did not lose to a MEAC opponent all year. Prairie View A&M head coach Michael Robertson shares the award this year. Robertson led the Panthers to their first SWAC Championship in only his fourth year at the helm. Player of the Year awards goes to junior shortstop Joaquin Rodriguez of Jackson State University. Rodriguez led the Southwestern Athletic Conference with a .457 batting average and was named SWAC Player of the Year. Rodriguez also was in the running for College Sports Television Player of the Year and ranks third in the country for Division I batting averages. Francisco Rodriguez finished the season at Bethune-Cookman with a 9-1 record and as BCB’s Pitcher of the Year. Some of his notable wins this season were against Oral Roberts, Jacksonville and Pittsburgh. Rodriguez was also a MEAC First Team All-Conference selection. For the men and women behind the scenes that usually receive no recognition, Sports Information Directors and their baseball contacts are the ones that get the information out. Matt Michalec of Norfolk State University kept the press releases hot every game, won or lost. Under his leadership, NSU has maintained an updated athletic website that provided the most informative and current information on Norfolk State baseball information. The Black College Baseball Elite Teams are comprised of athletes from the Independents, Mid-Continent, MEAC, and SWAC conferences. Bethune-Cookman and Alcorn State landed 5 players on the squad, North Carolina A&T 4, Jackson State 3, Prairie View 3, Delaware State 2, Southern 2, Chicago State 1, Florida A&M 1, Mississippi Valley 1, Norfolk State 1, Savannah State 1, Texas Southern 1. FIRST TEAM POSITION PLAYERS C, Bradley Hubbert, Alcorn State 1B, Brandon Gravely, Delaware State 2B, George Morbia, Norfolk State SS, Joaquin Rodriguez, Jackson State 3B, Charlie Gamble, North Carolina A&T OF, Marcus Davis, Alcorn State OF, Joe McIntyre, North Carolina A&T OF, Shundell Russaw, Jackson State FIRST TEAM PITCHERS SP, Issac Daniels, Texas Southern SP, Francisco Rodriguez, Bethune-Cookman SP, Wrandal Taylor, Prairie View A&M SP, Richard Rodriguez, Bethune-Cookman RP, Francisco Gomez, Bethune-Cookman RP, Emary Frederick, Southern University SECOND TEAM POSITION PLAYERS C, Jorge Mico, Bethune-Cookman 1B, Chris Stamps, Jackson State 2B, Luke Grow, Chicago State SS, Zach Penprase, Mississippi Valley 3B, Wilford White, Prairie View A&M OF, Calvin Lester, Prairie View A&M OF, CJ Acker, Delaware State OF-tied, Nabil Sagbini, Bethune-Cookman OF-tied, Shawn Taylor, Alcorn State OF-tied, Caleb Betschart, Alcorn State SECOND TEAM PITCHERS SP, Michael Hauff, North Carolina A&T SP, John Primus, North Carolina A&T SP, Marcus Cortes, Savannah State SP, Nick Snyder, Florida A&M RP, Matthew Chatwin, Alcorn State RP, Jeffrey McCollum, Southern University If you enjoyed this article, Join HBCU CONNECT today for similar content and opportunities via email! |
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Jehan Bunch
From Columbus, OH Central State University class of 2005 Member Since January 2006 |
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