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MWC Baseball Student-Athletes Garner More National Recognition
June 13, 2008 COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - San Diego State right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg, TCU right-hander Andrew Cashner and UNLV's Xavier Scruggs earned more All-American recognition as they were named to Baseball America's College All-American Team, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) All-America and to the 2008 All-Ping! Baseball Team, it was announced, this week. Strasburg was named to the first-team on all three lists. The San Diego, Calif., native, finished the season with an 8-3 record and MWC-best rankings in earned run average (1.57), strikeouts (133) and opposing batting average (.181). His strikeout total currently leads the nation. The 2008 MWC Pitcher of the Year also finished conference play undefeated (6-0), while setting new conference game records for strikeouts (92) and ERA (0.63). On the season, Strasburg was named Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week three times and National Baseball Writers Association Pro-Line Athletic National Pitcher of the Week on April 15. He was also named MWC Pitcher of the Week a record seven times in 2008. Scruggs, the 2008 MWC Player of the Year, was named to the All-Ping! Baseball Second Team and NCBWA Third Team. He became the second league player to win the MWC Triple Crown, as he led the league in batting average, home runs and RBI heading into the 2008 Phillips 66 MWC Baseball Tournament. The San Diego, Calif., native, also led the MWC in slugging percentage (.778), on-base percentage (.489) and total bases (168). In addition, Scruggs ranked in the top-five in runs scored (60), doubles (20), hits (84) and walks (38).
Cashner, a junior from Montgomery, Texas, was honored on the Baseball America and All-Ping! Baseball Second Team. He tied the league-lead in wins (8) and saves (9) in 2008, while posting an earned run average of 1.80 in 28 appearances on the season. In 50.0 innings of work, he has 74 strikeouts and has given up just 19 hits.
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