Nick Schmidt Honored by Baseball America

UA Sports Information: FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - Arkansas lefty Nick Schmidt was named a second-team freshman All-America by Baseball America Wednesday afternoon. The High Ridge, Mo. native, posted an 8-2 record as a freshman with a 2.80 ERA in 99.2 innings. Schmidt was the Razorbacks Friday night ace in 2005, starting a UA freshman record 17 games. Schmidt struck out 89, threw two complete games and held opponents to a team-low .235 batting average, while allowing just 14 extra-base hits all season. Schmidts freshman season produced wins against national powers like Texas, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama and Florida. Schmidt was named to the SEC All-Freshman team that was picked by league coaches, and SEbaseball.com also named him the SEC Freshman of the Year. Rices two-way standout Joe Savery was the 2005 Baseball America Freshman of the Year. The 19-year-old lefthander/first baseman was named the Western Athletic Conferencešs player of the year after leading the conference with a .382 batting average at the plate and 129 strikeouts on the mound. His 2.43 ERA ranked second in the league. FIRST TEAM C J.P. Arencibia, Tennessee 1b Sean Doolittle, Virginia 2b Taylor Harbin, Clemson 3b Beau Mills, Fresno State SS Todd Frazier, Rutgers OF Corey Brown, Oklahoma State OF Jacob Priday, Missouri OF Steven Strausbaugh, Western Carolina DH Matt Wieters, Georgia Tech UT Joe Savery, Rice SP James Adkins, Tennessee SP Adrian Alaniz, Texas SP Johnny Dorn, Nebraska SP John Ely, Miami (Ohio) RP Mickey Storey, Florida Atlantic SECOND TEAM C Andrew Walker, Texas Christian 1B Justin Baum, Pacific 2B Jordan Pacheco, New Mexico 3B Brad Emaus, Tulane SS Darwin Barney, Oregon State OF Matt Hague, Washington OF Kody Kaiser, Oklahoma OF Danny Payne, Georgia Tech DH Chris Johnson, Stetson UT Cole White, Army SP Kenn Kasparek, Texas SP David Price, Vanderbilt SP Wes Roemer, Cal State Fullerton SP Nick Schmidt, Arkansas RP David Robertson, Alabama