Sports Notes:
By Cody Lillich
Loux, Stilson named Baseball All-Americans Pitchers Barret Loux and John Stilson were named to Louisville Slugger NCAA DI All-American Baseball teams. Stilson, the Big 12’s Newcomer of the year, was named to the second team for his work in closing for the Aggies. Before the NCAA Tournament, Stilson was 8-1 and had nine saves. In 31 appearances, Stilson allowed only seven earned runs, struck out 106 batters in just over 72 innings of work.
Loux was named to the All-American third-team for posting a 10-2 record entering the NCAA tournament. Loux led the Big 12 with 126 strikeouts and opposing batters have a .196 average against him.
Stilson and Loux became the 48th and 49th Aggie baseball players to earn All-American status, following Brooks Raley in 2009. Six Aggie players have now been named to the All-American list under head coach Rob Childress, who is in his fifth year with the Aggies.
May named Softball All-American, set to play this Summer on National Futures team
Softball catcher Meagan May was placed on the 2010 Louisville Slugger/National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-American second team. May, a freshman, shattered the A&M and Big 12 record for home runs in a single season and is currently sitting at seventh on the Aggie career home run list. She also broke the single season school record for total bases and slugging percentage. The All-American honor makes May one of 19 Aggie All-Americans, following Megan Gibson and Amanda Scarborough who were both named All-Americans in ’05-’08.
This summer, May will be joining the 2010 USA Softball Women’s Futures National Team for play on an international scale. The team will play exhibition games against the USA National Team, as well as games against Canada, Japan and the USA in the 2010 World Cup of Softball in July in Oklahoma City. May could also be a part of the USA team selected to play at the Canadian Open Fast Pitch International Championship July 7-11 and other select games in Canada July 13-14.
Batis signs to play professional volleyball in France
Former A&M volleyball player Mary Batis from San Antonio, signed to play professional volleyball with USSPA Albi Volleyball in Albi, France.
Batis started every match while she was at Texas A&M and helped her team to a 20-11 record last year and an appearance in the sweet sixteen for the first time since 2003. She will report to France in August with her first match scheduled for mid-September.
Black, Ammerman medal at USA Volleyball Open National Championships
Kelsey Black, junior outside hitter, earned a bronze medal on the Women’s National A2 Red Team at the USA Volleyball Open National Championships in Phoenix.
Former outside hitter Sarah Ammerman played for an independent team and earned the silver medal in the championships. Ammerman’s team advanced to the championship after beating Black’s A2 Red team 25-21, 25-22, 25-21 in the consolation semi-finals.