May 24, 2005
HATTIESBURG, Miss.-- UAB freshman Clint Toomey has been named to the 2005 Conference USA All-Freshman Team, it was announced by the league on Tuesday. The Chickasaw, Ala. native has started 54 consecutive games in center field and leads the Blazers with a .337 batting average. Toomey is the fifth player in UAB history to receive Conference USA all-freshman honors.
Toomey has been the Blazers' leadoff batter and offensive catalyst and has ranked among the C-USA league leaders in batting average, on-base percentage and walks for most of the season. In addition to batting average, he leads UAB in runs scored (47), hits (67), triples (3), walks (44) and on-base percentage (.459). Toomey has also notched a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage in center field for UAB, going errorless in 99 chances this season.
UAB takes on top-ranked Tulane on Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. in the first round of the Conference USA Tournament in Hattiesburg, Miss.
2005 CONFERENCE USA BASEBALL AWARDS
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Micah Owings, Tulane
PITCHER OF THE YEAR
Lance Broadway, TCU
FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR
Brad Emaus, Tulane
KEITH LECLAIR COACH OF THE YEAR
Rick Jones, Tulane
FIRST TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
IF Shelby Ford, TCU
IF Brad Emaus, Tulane
IF Marc Maddox, Southern Miss
IF Tommy Manzella, Tulane
OF Brian Cavanaugh, East Carolina
OF Nathan Southard, Tulane
OF Travis Tully, Houston
C Brad Willcutt, Southern Miss
DH/UT Micah Owings, Tulane
P Brian Bogusevic, Tulane
P Lance Broadway, TCU
P Ricky Brooks, East Carolina
P Matt Farrington, Houston
RP Daniel Best, Southern Miss
SECOND TEAM ALL-CONFERENCE
IF Jeff Baisley, USF
IF Chad Huffman, TCU
IF J.T. LaFountain, Louisville
IF Mark Minicozzi, East Carolina
IF Trey Sutton, Southern Miss
OF Jason Lowery, Southern Miss
OF Boomer Whiting, Louisville
OF Adam Willard, Charlotte
C Greg Dini, Tulane
DH/UT Kevin Roberts, Houston
P Ryan Bird, Saint Louis
P J.R. Crowel, Tulane
P T.J. Hose, East Carolina
P Casey Hudspeth, USF
RP Erik Walker, Charlotte
ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM
Brad Emaus, 3B, Tulane
T.J. Hose, RHP, East Carolina
Matt McGuirk, DH, TCU
Dale Mollenhauer, IF, East Carolina
Keith Moreland, RHP, Charlotte
Sean Morgan, RHP, Tulane
Ryan Peisel, OF, East Carolina
Trey Sutton, 2B, Southern Miss
Daniel Thomas, RHP, USF
Clint Toomey, OF, UAB
Andrew Walker, C, TCU
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