Goetz Named First Team All-American By American Baseball Coaches Association

June 20, 2006

Milwaukee, Wis. - The American Baseball Coaches Association released its 2006 ABCA/Rawlings All-America Baseball Teams on Monday with UW-Milwaukee senior Mike Goetz, named as a member of the first team.

The award caps a phenomenal season that Goetz finished up last month, where he continues to lead the nation in hitting with his .493 batting average and in on-base percentage. He concluded the year with UWM season records in batting average, on-base percentage (.579), hits (111), doubles (23), triples (6-tie), total bases (155) and walks (41-tie). He was the only Mideast All-Region Team representative, which was named June 13, to make the first team.

This is the second All-America team that Goetz has been selected for this spring. In early June he was named a second team member of the Louisville Slugger All-America team, announced by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. He is the first All-American in team history.

The ABCA All-America Teams are collegiate baseball's oldest selections, dating to 1949. All Division I coaches have the opportunity to nominate and vote on these selections, which are initially compiled into eight All-Region teams. These teams are then finalized as the first, second and third All-America teams by the ABCA's NCAA Division I All-America and Coach of the Year Committee.

ABCA/Rawlings All-American First Team
P - Eddie Degerman, Rice
P - Brad Linclon, Houston
P - Andrew Miller, North Carolina
P - Wes Roemer, Cal State Fullerton
P - Don Czyz, Kansas
C - Michael McKenry, Middle Tennessee
1B - Ryan Strieby, Kentucky
2B - Justin Turner, Cal State Fullerton
SS - Ryan Khoury, Utah
3B - David Freese, South Alabama
OF - Mike Goetz, UW-Milwaukee
OF - Kellen Kulbacki, James Madison
OF - Cole Gillespie, Oregon State
OF - Jacob Dempsey, Winthrop
DH - Chris Carlson, New Mexico
ABCA Player of the Year: Brad Lincoln, Houston

Story provided by UW-Milwaukee Office of Sports Information