June 13, 2002

WACO, Texas - Baylor third baseman Michael Griffin was named to the first-ever Big 12 All-Freshman Team by the league's coaches, the conference announced Thursday.

Griffin, a true freshman, hit .282 in his first season as a Bear with seven home runs and 50 RBI. The rookie from Dallas, Texas, ranked among the Big 12 Conference leaders in RBI for much of the season and finished the year second on the team in that category. His seven homers were also the second-best total on the team and were the most by a Baylor freshman since Matt Williams hit nine in 1998.

The rookie hot-corner man was named honorable mention on Collegiate Baseball's 2002 Freshman All-America Team earlier this spring after being selected second-team all-Big 12 by the Waco Tribune-Herald and Austin American-Statesman.

2002 Big 12 Conference All-Freshman Team
C - Jason Jaramillo, Oklahoma State
IF - Matt Bose, Oklahoma
IF - Josh Fields, Oklahoma State
IF - Michael Griffin, Baylor
IF - Michael Hollimon, Texas
OF - Daniel Bruce, Nebraska
OF - Madison Edwards, Texas Tech
OF - Coby Mavroulis, Texas A&M
DH - J.D. Reininger, Texas
P - Brian Duensing, Nebraska
P - Logan Kensing, Texas A&M
P - Jared McAuliffe, Oklahoma
P - Abel Newton, Missouri
P - David Purcey, Oklahoma
P - Phil Shirek, Nebraska
P - Huston Street, Texas
P - Travis Wendte, Missouri