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TURNER, WAHL EARN MORE ALL-AMERICA HONORS
OXFORD, Miss. – Junior
catcher Stuart Turner and junior right-hander Bobby Wahl continued to
pull in All-America honors on Wednesday when Baseball America and the
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released their
annual teams on Wednesday.
Turner was named a first team
selection at catcher by Baseball America, while Wahl was named a second
team selection by the NCBWA.
A finalist for the Johnny Bench
Award honoring the nation’s top catcher, Turner performed at a high
level both offensively and defensively for the Rebels this season, most
impressively with his defense behind the plate. The junior backstop
threw out 51 percent of runners this season, gunning down 21-of-41 base
runners on steal attempts to lead the Southeastern Conference in that
category and all Bench Award finalists by a large margin with his
defense.
At the plate, Turner hit .374 for the season with 51
RBI, 44 runs scored, 15 doubles and five home runs. He led the team at
the plate and finished fourth in the SEC in batting average this past
season as he helped Ole Miss post a 38-24 record and advance to the
NCAA Tournament for the 11th time in the last 13 seasons.
An
All-SEC first team selection, Turner was recently drafted by the
Minnesota Twins in the 2013 MLB Draft with the 78th overall pick.
Wahl,
who was also named an All-America selection by Collegiate Baseball
earlier this season, was named a second team selection by the NCBWA.
The
right-hander finished the season with a perfect 10-0 mark on the year
and a 2.03 ERA, leading the Rebels on the mound as the Friday night
starter to anchor the weekend rotation. He was named an All-SEC second
team selection by the league’s coaches.
Wahl was the first
10-win pitcher for the Rebels since Cody Satterwhite posted 11 wins in
the 2006 season, mostly coming out of the bullpen through the stretch
run of the season. Wahl is the first regular starter to hit the 10-win
mark for the Rebels since Pete Montrenes in the 2001 season.
This
season, Wahl struck out 78 through his 97.2 innings of work and held
opponents to a .197 batting average in his time on the mound. He
combined for three shutouts and also pitched a complete-game shutout of
Tennessee this past season. His three combined shutouts all came
against nationally-ranked teams and helped set up a pair of series
sweeps and a series win over in-state rival Mississippi State.
Through
his 16 starts, Wahl left the game with the Rebels trailing only once.
In eight starts against nationally-ranked teams, the right-hander
posted a 4-0 record with a 1.14 ERA and in his four no-decisions left
the game with the Rebels tied or holding to a lead.
Wahl was drafted last week by the Oakland Athletics in the fifth round of the 2013 MLB Draft.
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