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May 20, 2008

WILMINGTON, NC--Old Dominion University's Jimmy Miles (Orlando, FL.), Dan Hudson (Virginia Beach, VA.), David Burns (Jacksonville, Fl.) and Anthony Shawler (Chesapeake, VA. ) were all named second team All-CAA today as selected by the leagues head baseball coaches.

Miles, a senior centerfielder led ODU with a .370 batting average along with 38 stolen bases and 56 runs scored. Miles currently ranks fourth nationally in stolen bases. Miles missed last season because of an injury, but was also a second team All-CAA pick in 2006.

Dan Hudson, a junior righthander posted a 5-5 record with a 4.45 earned run average. Hudson led the CAA in strikeouts with 102 in just 85 innings of work. Hudson fanned 10 or more batters four times, including 13 against JMU, and 12 against Delaware.

David Burns, a senior designated hitter led ODU with 11 homers and 42 RBI. Burns knocked in seven runs in a game against nationally ranked East Carolina and had four RBI against Richmond and Hofstra.

Junior righthander Anthony Shawler posted a 5-3 record with a 4.71 earned run average. He fanned a school record tying 18 batters against Northeastern and fanned 10 or more batters five times. Shawler was second in the CAA only to teammate Dan Hudson with 94 strikeouts in 72.2 innings.

Shawler was also named third team All-CAA outfielder, as he hit .315 with seven homers and 39 RBI. He knocked in six runs with two homers in a game against William and Mary, and had the teams longest hitting streak of 19 games earlier this season. Both Shawler and Hudson were the top two in the CAA in strikeouts last year as well.

The fifth seeded Monarchs open the 2008 CAA Baseball Championships Wednesday at 12 noon against second seeded James Madison. George Mason will play William and Mary t 3:30 and UNCW will play Towson at 7 p.m. All games will be played at UNC Wilmington's Brooks Field.

CAA Player of the Year- Mark Carver, UNCW
CAA Defensive Player  of the Year, Nick Natoli, Towson
CAA Rookie of the Year: Cameron Roth, UNCW
Co-Coaches of the Year: Bill Brown (GMU) and Mark Scalf  (UNCW)

MONARCHS CLIMBING UP THE ODU CAREER LISTS

Bryan Cipolla
Games Played - 212 (7th)
At Bats - 822 (3rd)
Hits - 257 (7th)
RBI - 192 (3rd)
Doubles - 61 (4th)
Dan Hudson
Starts -41  (6th)
Innings Pitched - 285 (8th)
Strikeouts - 290 (2nd)
Anthony Shawler
Strikeouts -252 (4th)
Jimmy Miles
Stolen Bases - 79 (5th)

2008 ALL CAA SELECTIONS


1st team

C - Mark Carver, UNC Wilmington
1B - Mike Sheridan, William & Mary
2B - Daniel Hargrave, UNC Wilmington
SS - Mike Lyon, Northeastern
3B - Nate Hall, UNC Wilmington
OF - Jason Appel, UNC Wilmington
OF - Brett Sellers, James Madison
OF - Ben Guez, William & Mary
DH - Derek Simmons, Georgia State
UT - Mike Tamsin, Northeastern
SP - Brad Holt, UNC Wilmington
SP - Jeff Hatcher, UNC Wilmington
RP - Sheldon McDonald, Northeastern

2nd team

C - Tim Park, William & Mary
1B - Steven Caseres, James Madison
2B - Jean-Michel Rochon-Salvas, Georgia State
SS - Nick Natoli, Towson
3B - Bradley Logan, Georgia State
OF - Jimmy Miles, Old Dominion
OF - Scott Krieger, George Mason
OF - Brian Conley, Towson
DH - David Burns, Old Dominion
UT - Paul Juliano, William & Mary
SP - Dan Hudson, Old Dominion
SP - Anthony Shawler, Old Dominion
RP - Pat Kantakevich, William & Mary

3rd team

C - Jason Stifler, Towson
1B - Justin Bour, George Mason
2B - Joe Lake, James Madison
SS - Chase Childers, Georgia State
3B - Matt Prokopowicz, Hofstra
OF - Adam Tsakonas, Delaware
OF - Alex Foltz, James Madison
OF - Anthony Shawler, Old Dominion
DH - Matt Collins, Towson
UT - Alex Buchholz, Delaware
SP - Dan Gerjets, George Mason
SP - Robinson Polanco, Georgia State
RP - Ryan Brecko, George Mason


All-Rookie Team

Eric Curtis, VCU
Austin Harclerode, Towson
Stephen Harrold, UNC Wilmington
David Herbek, James Madison
Trevor Knight, James Madison
McKinnon Langston, James Madison
Kevin Munson, James Madison
Tim Norton, William & Mary
Drew Permison, Towson
Turner Phelps, James Madison
Cameron Roth, UNC Wilmington
Cody Stanley, UNC Wilmington