Cassavechia, Weems Add Preseason Honors
1/9/2008 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Jan. 9, 2008
This is the second year that PingBaseball.com has named a preseason All-American team. The outlet named Baylor's Raynor Campbell honorable mention Freshman All-America last season.
Cassavechia, who has served as Baylor's closer each of the past two seasons, was 6-2 with 11 saves and a 3.12 ERA last season. He established a single-season school record for strikeouts in relief with 72 against only 20 walks in 52.0 innings of work. Cassavechia tied for second in the Big 12 Conference and 23rd nationally in saves last season. His 2007 saves total is tied for fifth-best nationally among returning players.
A product of St. Mark's High School in
Other relievers on the All-Ping first team were Cole St. Clair (Rice), Danny Farquhar (Louisiana-Lafayette) and Pat Venditte (Creighton).
A two-time All-Big 12 Conference honoree and a unanimous first-team all-league pick last season, Weems hit .321 and shared the team lead with nine home runs in 2007; he also led Baylor with 17 doubles, 59 RBI, 125 total bases and 35 walks last season. He was even stronger in Big 12 play, hitting .361 with five home runs, 27 RBI, seven doubles, three triples, a .649 slugging percentage and a .438 on base percentage in 24 games.
Weems, a product of
Vanderbilt's Ryan Flaherty was the first-team shortstop; Weems was joined on the second team by
