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Wimmers and Burkhart are Preseason All-American

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State junior ace Alex Wimmers and junior catcher Dan Burkart, the 2009 Big Ten Conference co-pitcher and player of the year, respectively, have been named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association of America (NCBWA) preseason All-America second team. Both players are from Cincinnati, Ohio and played for Archbishop Moeller High School.
    Wimmers, a semifinalist last year for both the Golden Spikes Award and the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Award, is coming off a sophomore campaign that included a 9-2 record, a 3.27 earned run average and 136 strikeouts (vs. 55 walks) in 104.2 innings. He was named first-team All-America by Louisville Slugger and PING! Baseball and third-team All-America by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA.


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    Burkhard and Wimmers are Preseasonm All-Americans

    Burkhart & Wimmers are Preseason All-Americans - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com

    COLUMBUS, Ohio - Ohio State junior ace Alex Wimmers and junior catcher Dan Burkart, the 2009 Big Ten Conference co-pitcher and player of the year, respectively, have been named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association of America (NCBWA) preseason All-America second team. Both players are from Cincinnati, Ohio and played for Archbishop Moeller High School.

    Wimmers, a semifinalist last year for both the Golden Spikes Award and the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Award, is coming off a sophomore campaign that included a 9-2 record, a 3.27 earned run average and 136 strikeouts (vs. 55 walks) in 104.2 innings. He was named first-team All-America by Louisville Slugger and PING! Baseball and third-team All-America by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA.

    Burkhart was a semifinalist for the Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award, given annually to the nation's top collegiate catcher last year. Considered the best everyday player on the Big Ten champion Buckeyes team last year, Burkhart hit .354 with 13 doubles, three triples, 10 home runs and 62 runs batted in. He also scored 48 runs, slugged at a .589 clip, and threw out 35-percent of runners attempting to steal.

    Only three Big Ten Conference players were named on the baseball writer's three preseason All-America teams. Michigan outfielder Ryan LaMarre was the only other player from the Big Ten named.

    The college baseball season opens the weekend of Feb. 19. Ohio State will play three games at the University of North Florida - vs. North Florida, Florida A&M and vs. Richmond - Feb. 19, 20 and 21, respectively, to open its season.
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    ..and now 2nd team All-America by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper

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    COLUMBUS, Ohio - The accolades keep rolling in for Ohio State right-hander Alex Wimmers as the junior was named second-team preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. The 2009 Big Ten co-pitcher of the year was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) preseason All-America second team last week.
    Wimmers is coming off a sophomore season that included a 3.27 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 104.2 innings pitched en route to a 9-2 record in 16 starts. He was named first-team All-America by Louisville Slugger and PING! Baseball and third-team All-America by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA.
    The Buckeyes open the 2010 campaign Feb. 19 at North Florida.
     
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    Rivals.com Names Burkhart 1st-Team Preseason AA - The Ohio State Buckeyes Official Athletics Site - OhioStateBuckeyes.com
    COLUMBUS, Ohio - Add first-team 2010 preseason All-America accolades to Ohio State junior catcher Dan Burkhart's impressive resume of honors and achievements as Rivals.com today named him to its 2010 Preseason All-America Baseball Team.

    Rivals and Yahoo! Sports college baseball editor Kendall Rogers select and release only a first-team list of preseason All-Americans. The select group of 15 players includes seven position players, a designated hitter, a utility player, four starting pitchers and two relievers.

    Rivals.com Preseason All-Americans
    C - Dan Burkhart, Ohio State
    1B - Cody Hawn, Tennessee
    2B - Ross Wilson, Alabama
    SS - Christian Colon, Cal State Fullerton
    OF - Jarrett Parker, Virginia
    OF - Tyler Holt, Florida State
    OF - Bryce Brentz, Middle Tennessee State
    DH - Blake Dean, LSU
    UT - Danny Hultzen, Virginia
    SP - Taylor Jungmann, Texas
    SP - Anthony Ranaudo, LSU
    SP - Josh Spence, Arizona State
    SP - Deck McGuire, Georgia Tech
    RP - Addison Reed, San Diego State
    RP - Matty Ott, LSU

    Rivals.com referred to Burkhart, last year's Big Ten Conference Player of the Year after hitting .354 with 10 home runs and 62 RBI, as the "heart and soul for the Buckeyes" and "he is solid behind the plate and an excellent hitter."

    Burkhart had previously been named second-team preseason All-America by PING! Baseball and by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association of America.

    Ohio State opens its season Friday in Jacksonville, Fla., at the University of North Florida. The team will also play Florida A&M and Richmond at North Florida's home park, Harmon Stadium over the weekend.
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