UH's Sullivan, Tulane's Jurries Named All-Americans

Brad Sullivan

A pair of Conference USA players were named to the Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball All-American team, it was announced recently. Houston sophomore righthander Brad Sullivan was named a First Team All-American, while Tulane senior infielder James Jurries was selected as a Second team All-American.

Sullivan has led the regular season Conference USA champion Cougars into the NCAA Super Regional at Austin, Texas with a brilliant sophomore campaign. He is 12-1 with a 1.93 ERA and has established new school and conference records with 151 strikeouts. The Conference USA Pitcher of the Year, Sullivan has thrown three shutouts and five complete games, while logging a league-high 121 1/3 innings. Three times this season Sullivan was honored as a national player of the week.

Jurries closed out his brilliant Green Wave career this past weekend at the Baton Rouge Regional, his fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Championship. He finished third in batting this season in C-USA at .400 and led the league in slugging percentage (.765), runs scored (77), runs batted in (74), home runs (20) and total bases (180). The 2002 Conference USA Player of the Year and a four-time all-C-USA selection, Jurries also recorded 16 doubles and four triples, while stealing 30 bases (tied for second in the league). He closes out his career as Conference USA’s all-time leader in runs scored (284) and total bases (617), while ranking second in hits (343), triples (11), home runs (62), RBI (261) and fourth in at-bats (4th-954) and doubles (66).



2002 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER/COLLEGIATE BASEBALL ALL-AMERICANS

FIRST TEAM
LHP - Justin Simmons, Texas
RHP - Jeremy Guthrie, Stanford
RHP - Bryan Bullington, Ball St.
RHP - John Tetuan, Wichita St.
RHP - Brad Sullivan, Houston
RHP - Tim Stauffer, Richmond
Relief - Dave Bush, Wake Forest
C - Jed Morris, Nebraska
1B - Nate Gold, Gonzaga
2B - Rickie Weeks, Southern
SS - Khalil Greene, Clemson
3B - Ryan Barthelemy, Florida St.
OF - Steve Stanley, Notre Dame
OF - Joey Gomes, Santa Clara
OF - Bob Malek, Michigan St.
DH - Gabe Veloz, New Mexico St.
UT - Chris Maples, North Carolina

SECOND TEAM
RHP - Ryan Bicondoa, Western Kentucky
LHP - Abe Alvarez, Long Beach St.
LHP - Ricky Barrett, San Diego
LHP - Matt Lynch, Florida St.
RHP - Kyle Sleeth, Wake Forest
RHP - Philip Humber, Rice
Relief - Blake Taylor, South Carolina
C - Chris Westervelt, Stetson
C - Alberto Concepcion, Southern California
1B - Brad Eldred, Florida International
1B - Yaron Peters, South Carolina
2B - James Jurries, Tulane
3B - Lee Curtis, College of Charleston
SS - Drew Meyer, South Carolina
OF - Mike Arbinger, Ohio
OF - Anthony Bocchino, Marist
OF - Ryan McGraw, Coastal Carolina
UT - Ben Fritz, Fresno St.

THIRD TEAM
LHP - Kyle Bakker, Georgia Tech.
RHP - Lance Cormier, Alabama
LHP - Andy Dickinson, Illinois
RHP - Alex Hart, Florida
LHP - Lane Mestepey, Louisiana St.
RHP - Steven Herce, Rice
RHP - Matt Durkin, San Jose St.
RHP - Scooter Michael, N.C. Greensboro
RHP - Steve Reba, Clemson
Relief - Huston Street, Texas
Relief - Royce Ring, San Diego St.
Relief - Randy Corn, The Citadel
C - Tony Richie, Florida St.
C - David Castillo, Oral Roberts
1B - Vincent Sinisi, Rice
1B - Kelly Hunt, Bowling Green
1B - Michael Johnson, Clemson
1B - Justin Owens, Coastal Carolina
1B - Dave Jensen, Brigham Young
1B - Eddie Kim, James Madison
2B - Brian Burgamy, Wichita St.
2B - Tim Moss, Texas
2B - Eric Patterson, Georgia Tech.
2B - Luke Appert, Minnesota
3B - Antoin Gray, Southern
3B - Pat Osborn, Florida
3B - Mark Schramek, Texas-San Antonio
3B - Jeff Baker, Clemson
SS - Wes Timmons, Bethune-Cookman
SS - Matt Craig, Richmond
SS - Jared Boyd, Maryland-Baltimore County
OF - Curtis Granderson, Illinois-Chicago
OF - Adam Greenberg, North Carolina
OF - Brian Wright, North Carolina State
OF - Sam Fuld, Stanford