Texas State’s Tyler Sibley Named Second-Team Freshman All-American by Baseball America

SAN MARCOS, TEXAS (July 1, 2009)Texas State freshman outfielder Tyler Sibley has been named a Second-Team Freshman All-American by Baseball America after helping the Bobcats win their first outright Southland Conference championship and earn a NCAA Tournament berth in 2009.

This marks the second time this season that Sibley has been selected as a Freshman All-American after he set a Texas State and Southland Conference single season record for most runs scored in a single season with 77. He broke the old school record of 66 that was set by Thomas Field in 2008, while the previous SLC record was held by Ben Broussard of McNeese State in 1999.

A native of Frisco, Texas, Sibley also earned All-Southland Conference Second Team honors after finishing the 2009 campaign with a .367 batting average, 10 home runs and 38 RBI’s. He also hit for 13 doubles and stole 14 bases for the Bobcats.

Baseball America Freshman All-America Team



Pos. FIRST TEAM
C Jeremy Schaffer, Tulane
1B Preston Tucker, Florida
2B Matt Jensen, Cal Poly
3B Anthony Rendon, Rice
SS A.J. Pettersen, Minnesota
OF Jackie Bradley Jr., South Carolina
OF George Springer, Connecticut

OF Kolten Wong, Hawaii
DH Troy Channing, St. Mary's
UT Danny Hultzen, Virginia
SP Trevor Bauer, UCLA
SP Sean Gilmartin, Florida State
SP Taylor Jungmann, Texas
SP Noe Ramirez, Cal State Fullerton
RP Matty Ott, Louisiana State
UT Danny Hultzen, Virginia

Pos. SECOND TEAM
C C.J. Cron, Utah
1B Todd Brazeal, South Florida
2B Ross Heffley, Western Carolina
3B Matt Skole, Georgia Tech
SS Sam Mende, South Florida
OF Kameron Brunty, Southern Miss
OF Dusty Robinson, Fresno State
OF Tyler Sibley, Texas State
DH Alex Dickerson, Indiana
UT Nick Ramirez, Cal State Fullerton
SP Jordan Cooper, Wichita State
SP Sam Gaviglio, Oregon State
SP Anthony Meo, Coastal Carolina
SP Tyler Pill, Cal State Fullerton
RP Mitchell Lambson, Arizona State
UT Nick Ramirez, Cal State Fullerton