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EA SPORTS™
teamed up with Student Sports
to honor 25 high school baseball standouts nationwide who had outstanding 2004 seasons on the diamond. Some hit the ball a ton, others pitched like an iron horse and others fielded their positions like vacuum cleaners. And because so many at the high school level do all three well, we use the multi-purpose category so we can include more of these types of players than any other All-American team. Following is a list of the 25 EA SPORTS All-American Baseball players and their bios:
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Alex Garabedian (Columbus, Miami, Fla.) Sr.
This two-time all-state player and draft pick by the New York Yankees batted .440 with 10 home runs and 34 runs batted in.
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Neil Walker (Pine-Richland, Gibsonia, Pa.) Sr.
A terrific all-around student-athlete, Walker dominated in the Pittsburgh metro area with a .657 average. He also swatted 13 homers with nine doubles and 42 RBI.
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Homer Bailey (La Grange, Texas) Sr.
He led a 31-1 record team to the Class 3A state title with a 15-0 mound record. Bailey also had a 0.68 ERA with 201 strikeouts and was the seventh overall pick in the recent major league draft.
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Eric Hurley (Wolfson, Jacksonville, Fla.) Sr.
A two-time all-stater, Hurley threw strikes all season and ended with a 15-1 record and 0.73 ERA. He also was a first-round draft pick by the Texas Rangers.
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Troy Patton (Tomball, Texas) Sr.
After going 12-0 with a 0.91 ERA, Patton was named the state?s Gatorade Player of the Year.
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Jay Rainville (Bishop Hendricken, Warwick, R.I.) Sr.
One of several outstanding pitchers from New England this year, Rainville was absolutely dominant in Rhode Island with a hard-to-believe 0.12 ERA. The 39th overall draft pick also had a 9-0 record and led Bishop Hendricken to a state championship.
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Mark Rogers (Mt. Ararat, Topsham, Maine) Sr.
The fifth overall selection of the recent major league draft, Rogers was 9-1 for a team that was second in the state.
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Kyle Waldrop (Farragut, Knoxville, Tenn.) Sr.
A leading national player of the year candidate, Waldrop led the Admirals to a 46-2 record and No. 3 finish in the final FAB 50 national rankings. He walked only seven batters while striking out 118 and had a 14-0 record and 0.15 ERA.
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Mark Young (Riverside, Greer, S.C.) Sr.
The state Player of the Year was 10-0 as a senior and ran his win streak to a state-record 27 straight with a final career mark of 28-1.
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Matt Bush (Mission Bay, San Diego, Calif.) Sr.
The EA SPORTS/Student Sports National Player of the Year was the first overall pick in the major league draft and stood out as a hitter, pitcher and fielder.
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Willie Cabrera (Chatsworth, Calif.) Sr.
After missing much of 2003 with an injury, Cabrera was the one with the best numbers from the nation?s No. 1 team. He set a state record in California with 72 hits for one season and also cracked 11 home runs.
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Brad Emaus (East Coweta, Sharpsburg, Ga.) Sr.
The Atlanta Braves? shortstop draftee batted .509, scored 60 runs and hit nine home runs.
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Trevor Plouffe (Crespi, Encino, Calif.) Sr.
The L.A. Times Player of the Year and first-round draft pick could have been listed for multi-purpose, but we went with him for this list where he?s projected to play at the next level. Plouffe hit for a career average near .500, including .481 this year with six homers and 29 RBI.
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Justin Upton (Great Bridge, Chesapeake, Va.) Jr.
The underclass shortstop whiz batted .569 with eight homers and 22 intentional walks. Upton takes a .450 career average into next spring.
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C.J. Ziegler (Canyon del Oro, Tucson, Ariz.) Sr.
The first baseman and Arizona Republic State Player of the Year led the state with a .595 batting average and had 14 homers and 29 walks. Ziegler crushed 15 homers as a junior.
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Greg Golson (Connally, Austin, Texas) Sr.
The 21st overall pick in the recent MLB draft, Colson hit .487 with 26
RBI and 20 stolen bases despite being injured early in the season.
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Dexter Fowler (Milton, Alpharetta, Ga.) Sr.
The Gatorade State Player of the Year led his team to the Class 5A state title while hitting .430 with 14 homers, 40 RBI and 23 stolen bases.
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Warren McFadden (Nova, Davie, Fla.) Sr.
Florida?s Mr. Baseball (as voted on by state sportswriters) led his FAB
50 ranked team to its first Class 5A state title. McFadden hit .570 with 11 homers, 50 RBI, 50 runs and stole 30 bases.
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Donald Brandt (Wilcox, Santa Clara, Calif.) Sr.
He outshined everyone in the highly-competitive CIF Central Coast Section in leading Wilcox to a 30-4 record and No. 2 overall state ranking. Brandt went 13-0 on the hill (including two no-hitters) with a 0.64 ERA. As a batter, he had 11 homers, 42 RBI and a .417 average.
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Sean Doolittle (Shawnee, Medford, N.J.) Sr.
The left-handed pitcher-first baseman was named Gatorade State Player of the Year. He was 10-0 on the mound with a 1.29 ERA and batted .506 with 39 RBI.
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Chris Nelson (Redan, Stone Mountain, Ga.) Sr.
Used as a designated hitter after the infielder suffered a summertime injury, the first draft pick by the Colorado Rockies hit .552 with eight homers, 54 runs scored and 44 RBI.
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Sean O?Sullivan (Valhalla, El Cajon, Calif.) Jr.
The CalHiSports.com State Junior of the Year slammed a state-leading 16 homers and had a .617 batting average. O?Sullivan also went 11-1 as a pitcher and was picked ahead of Matt Bush as the San Diego Union-Tribune?s Player of the Year.
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James Parr (La Cueva, Albuquerque, N.M.) Sr.
The four-year starting pitcher and shortstop was a consensus State Player of the Year. He led his team to two straight Class 5A titles and 58 straight wins.
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Dallas Trahearn (Owasso, Okla.) Sr.
A unanimous state Player of the Year, Trahearn led his team to two
straight Class 6A state titles. The shortstop-pitcher batted .450 with 13 homers and 54 RBI and was 11-0 on the mound with a 1.37 ERA.
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Austin Yount (Chaparral, Scottsdale, Ariz.) Jr.
Those who didn?t vote for C.J. Ziegler as Arizona?s player of the year
voted for Yount. He helped his team repeat at Class 4A state champion. The shortstop-pitcher batted .480 with 46 RBI and went 8-1 on the mound with a 0.50 ERA.
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