Murphy Named to ABCA All-America First Team
6/24/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 24, 2003
WACO, Texas - Baylor right fielder David Murphy was named first-team All-America by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). The honor is Murphy's fourth different all-America selection this season. He was also named first-team all-America by Baseball America, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association and CollegeBaseballInsider.com.
A junior from Spring, Texas, Murphy earned consensus all-Big 12 first-team honors in 2003 after hitting .413 with 11 home runs and 67 RBI; his 121 hits set a new school and Big 12 record. Earlier this month, the Boston Red Sox selected Murphy with the 17th overall pick of the first round in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.
Murphy had earlier been voted to the ABCA All-Midwest Region First Team, along with teammate Ross Bennett. Bennett, a senior from Cape Girardeau, Mo., hit .354 with four home runs and 46 RBI while splitting time between first base and designated hitter. The honor was Bennett's second-straight all-region selection.
Senior centerfielder Chris Durbin was named to the All-Midwest Region Second Team. Durbin, a four-year letterman from Wylie, Texas, led the nation with 94 runs scored this season. His 18 home runs ranked second in the Big 12 Conference; Durbin also added a .346 average and 23 doubles to his batting line.
Baylor has earned three or more all-region selections for six straight seasons. The honor was a first for Murphy; Durbin and Bennett had each been previously honored.
Baylor saw its 2003 season end in an NCAA Super Regional defeat, losing to LSU two games to one. The Bears finished with a 45-23 record, tying the 2000 team for most wins in a season, and set new team single-season marks in eight statistical categories, including batting average, hits, doubles and total bases. The year also saw Baylor players set or match single-season records for hits (David Murphy, 121), runs (Chris Durbin, 94) and doubles (Michael Griffin, 26).
2003 ABCA All-America Teams
FIRST TEAM
DH Jeremy West, Jr., Arizona State
C Ryan Garko, Sr., Stanford
1B Michael Aubrey, Jr., Tulane
2B Rickie Weeks, Jr., Southern
3B Jamie D'Antona, Sr., Wake Forest
SS Dustin Pedroia, So., Arizona State
OF David Murphy, JR., BAYLOR
OF Clint King, So., Southern Miss
OF Dustin Majewski, Sr., Texas
OF Jeremy Cleveland, Jr., UNC-Chapel Hill
RHP Jered Weaver, So., Long Beach State
RHP Jeff Niemann, So., Rice
LHP Tim Stauffer, Jr., Richmond
LHP Scott Lewis, Fr., Ohio State
Relief RHP Huston Street, So., Texas
Relief RHP Ryan Wagner, So., Houston
SECOND TEAM
DH Ryan Braun, Fr., Miami
C Tony Richie, Jr., Florida State
1B Matt Hopper, Sr., Nebraska
1B Eddie Kim, Sr., James Madison
2B Steve Sollmann, Jr., Notre Dame
2B Marc Tugwell, Sr., Virginia Tech
3B Brian Buscher, Sr., South Carolina
SS Aaron Hill, Jr., LSU
SS Omar Quintanilla, Jr., Texas
OF Josh Anderson, Jr., Eastern Kentucky
OF Michael Brown, Sr., William and Mary
OF Jordan Foster, Jr., Lamar
OF Josh McCurdy, Sr., Niagara
OF Brad Snyder, Jr., Ball State
LHP Abe Alvarez, Jr., Long Beach State
LHP David Marchbanks, Jr., South Carolina
RHP Justin Orenduff, So., Virginia Commonwealth
LHP Trent Peterson, Jr., Florida State
RHP Vern Sterry, Jr., North Carolina State
Relief RHP Chad Cordero, Jr., Cal State Fullerton
Relief LHP Daniel Hodges, Sr., Florida State
THIRD TEAM
DH David Coffey, Jr., Georgia
DH Adam Crowder, Jr., Kent State
C Tim D'Aquila, Jr., Central Connecticut
C Brian Rose, Sr., Florida
1B Humberto Aguilar, Sr., TAMU-Corpus Christi
1B Jeff Larish, So., Arizona State
2B Justin Chrisitian, Sr., Southwest Missouri
SS Mike Rozema, Jr., St. Johns
3B Adam Fox, Jr., Ohio
OF Brian Anderson, Jr., Arizona
OF Adam Boeve, Jr., Northern Iowa
OF Jeff Cook, Sr., Southern Miss
OF Shane Costa, Jr., Cal State Fullerton
OF Ryan Mulhern, Jr., South Alabama
LHP Randy Beam, Jr., Florida Atlantic
RHP Chuck Bechtel, Sr., Marist
LHP J.P. Howell, So., Texas
LHP Paul Maholm, Jr., Mississippi State
RHP Brad Ziegler, Sr., SW Missouri State
Relief RHP Matt Dalton, Virginia Tech
Relief RHP Thomas Pauly, Jr., Evansville
2003 ABCA All-Midwest Region
FIRST TEAM
1B Matt Hopper, Sr., Nebraska
2B Eddie Cornejo, Sr., Oklahoma
SS Omar Quintanilla, Jr., Texas
3B Josh Fields, So., Oklahoma State
OF Adam Boeve, Jr., Northern Iowa
OF Jayce Tingler, Sr., Missouri
OF Dustin Majewski, Sr., Texas
OF David Murphy, JR., BAYLOR
C Jason Jaramillo, So., Oklahoma State
DH Ross Bennett, SR., BAYLOR
SP Brad Ziegler, Sr., SW Missouri State
SP Aaron Marsden, Jr., Nebraska
SP J.P. Howell, So., Texas
SP Mike Pelfrey, Fr., Wichita State
RP Huston Street, So., Texas
SECOND TEAM
1B Ryan Baty, Jr., Kansas
2B Eric Schindewolf, Jr., Texas A&M
SS Jeremy Accardo, Jr., Illinois State
3B Tyson Hanish, Sr., Northern Iowa
OF Chris Durbin, SR., BAYLOR
OF Dante Brinkley, Sr., SW Missouri State
OF Drew Moffitt, Jr., Wichita State
OF Cory Patton, Jr., Texas A&M
C David Castillo, Jr., Oral Roberts
DH Kevin Wheeler, Sr., Kansas
SP Chad Mulholland, Jr., SW Missouri State
SP Scott Baker, Jr., Oklahoma State
SP Jake Alley, Sr., Southern Illinois
RP Shaun Marcum, Jr, SW Missouri State
RP Scott Beerer, Jr., Texas A&M
