University of Southern Mississippi Athletics
Southern Miss version of the "Bash Boys" Named First-Team All-Americans
6/2/2003 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Southern Miss version of the "Bash Boys" Named First-Team All-Americans
Hattiesburg, Miss. - Southern Miss' version of the "Bash Boys", outfielders Jeff Cook and Clint King have each been named to the USA Today/Sports Weekly's All-American Team, the publication has announced. Both players were named as first-team selections, and they also were named as Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Third-Team All-Americans.
King and Cook were among three players from Conference USA that earned first-team All-American honors, along with Houston's Ryan Wagner, a relief pitcher. Tulane's Michael Aubrey was named a second-team selection at first base.
King and Cook are the top two home run producers in Conference USA, with King smashing 23 homers, and Cook bashing 23 round-trippers after finishing NCAA regional play. King has driven in 77 runs this season to rank fourth on USM?s single-season list, while Cook is one spot behind him with 76. King?s .394 batting average is second in C-USA, while Cook ranks fourth with a .374 average.
King leads the team in hits (100), total bases (196) and slugging percentage (.772). He has 35 multiple-hit games (24 with two hits, 10 with three hits, one with four hits) and 19 multiple-RBI games. Nationally, King currently ranks No. 8 in home runs, No. 30 in RBI and No. 43 in batting average. He took home Conference USA Tournament MVP honors after going 6-for-15 with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI to lead the Golden Eagles to the tournament title.
Cook leads the team in stolen bases (16) and runs scored (71), while posting a team-leading on-base percentage of .450 and a slugging percentage of .728. During the course of this season, he has become Southern Miss? all-time leader in hits (292), runs scored (200), home runs (50) and total bases (505), and finished second in career RBIs (201).
Southern Miss finished 47-16 overall and 23-7 in Conference USA, setting the school record for most wins in a season and the conference record for most conference wins in a season. The Golden Eagles won the Conference USA regular-season title, the tournament championship and hosted the NCAA Hattiesburg Regional Tournament this past weekend, finishing second. They also set the school record for the highest ranking (12) by Baseball America.
The Golden Eagles led the conference in hitting (.318), RBIs (455), runs (497), hits (712), walks (255), sacrifice flies (34), on-base percentage (.396), slugging percentage (.516), doubles (142), home runs (89), total bases (455), saves (19) and ERA (3.56).
2003 USA TODAY/SPORTS WEEKLY ALL-AMERICANS
FIRST TEAM
SP Jeff Niemann, Rice
SP Tim Stauffer, Richmond
SP Wade Townsend, Rice
RP Ryan Wagner, Houston
C Ryan Garko, Stanford
1B Billy Becher, New Mexico St.
2B Rickie Weeks, Southern
3B Jamie D?Antona, Wake Forest
SS Dustin Pedroia, Arizona St.
OF Jordan Foster, Lamar
OF Jeff Cook, Southern Miss
OF Clint King, Southern Miss
OF Dustin Majewski, Texas
UT/DH Scott Beerer, Texas A&M
SECOND TEAM
SP Randy Beam, Florida Atlantic
SP Scott Lewis, Ohio State
SP Jered Weaver, Long Beach State
RP Steven Register, Auburn
C Tony Richie, Florida St.
1B Michael Aubrey, Tulane
2B Marc Tugwell, Virginia Tech
3B Kevin Kouzmanoff, Nevada
SS Aaron Hill, Louisiana St.
OF Brian Anderson, Arizona
OF Josh Anderson, Eastern Kentucky
OF Shane Costa, Cal. St. Fullerton
UT/DH Stephen Head, Mississippi
