Casey Myers Named Second-Team All-American By Baseball Weekly

June 1, 2001

TEMPE, Ariz. -- The postseason awards continue to mount up for Arizona State senior catcher Casey Myers. Myers, who led ASU at the plate in 2001 with a .395 batting average and was the 2001 Pac-10 Player of the Year, was named a second-team Baseball Weekly All-American earlier this week.

Adding to his already impressive list of accolades in 2001, including being named a semifinalist for the Rotary Smith and Dick Howser National Player of the Year awards, and a semifinalist for the Johnny Bench Catcher of the Year Award, Myers inked his named on an All-American list for the second time this season. He was also a second-team pick by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper when their team was announced last week.

The senior All-American backstop added 69 RBI, 17 doubles and a team-leading seven home runs to his impressive 2001 totals. He became only the third Pac-10 player in history to repeat as a Pac-10 Player of the Year and has now earned All-America status in three of his four years in the Maroon and Gold.

For his career, Myers finished tied for seventh in school history with a .384 batting average and was only eight RBI short of matching the school and Pac-10 record for career RBI (275). He became only the third player in ASU history to surpass the 300 hit plateau in a career and finished his career tied for sixth with 39 home runs.

2001 Baseball Weekly All-American Team

First Team
Catcher	Kelly Shoppach, Jr., Baylor
1B	Dan Johnson, Sr., Nebraska
2B	Daniel Uggla, Jr., Memphis
3B	Jake Gautreu, Jr., Tulane
SS	Chris Burke, Jr., Tennessee
OF	John Ford-Griffin, Jr., Fla. St.
OF	Shelley Duncan, Jr., Arizona
OF	Brian Baron, Sr., UCLA
SP	Mark Prior, Jr., USC
SP	Dewon Brazelton, Middle Ten. St.
SP	Aaron Heilman, Sr., Notre Dame
RP	Lee Gronkiewicz, Sr., South Carolina
UT	Jon VanBenschoten, Jr., Kent State

Second Team
Catcher	Casey Myers, Sr., Arizona State
1B	Aaron Clark, Sr., Alabama
2B	Michael Woods, Jr., Southern
3B	Jeff Baker, So., Clemson
SS	Andy Cannizaro, Sr., Tulane
OF	Ryan Brunner, Sr., Northern Iowa
OF	Steve Stanley, Jr., Notre Dame
OF	Burney Hutchinson, Jr. Mississippi
SP	Kirk Saarloos, Sr., Cal St. Fullerton
SP	Justin Pope, Jr., Central Florida
SP	Todd Pennington, Jr., SE Missouri St.
RP	Casey Shumaker, So., Jacksonville
UT	Cory Sullivan, Sr., Wake Forest
 

--Sun Devil Baseball--

Copy By Jeff R. Evans
ASU Media Relations