University of Tennessee Athletics
Suarez Named All-SEC by SEBaseball.com
May 18, 2004 | Baseball
May 18, 2004
University of Tennessee designated hitter Alex Suarez was named second team All-Southeastern Conference by SEBaseball.com today. He was the only Volunteer selected to the three-team list. The coaches team will be announced by the conference office May 25.
Suarez, a junior from Miami, ranks sixth in the conference with a .366 batting average, fourth with a .460 on-base percentage and third with 14 hit by pitches. He has kept up the pace in SEC play as he and fellow Vol Eli Iorg are the only Vols batting over .300. Suarez holds a .365 average which is ninth in league action.
Over the last 25 games, designated hitter Alex Suarez has been one of Tennessee's hottest hitters. He is batting .385 (35-for-91) during that span, hitting safely 20 times, including a season-high eight-game hitting streak. He has 13 multi-hit games with eight doubles, 16 runs scored and 16 RBI since the span started April 3.
SEBaseball.com selected Ole Miss sophomore pitcher/first baseman Stephen Head as the 2004 SEBaseball.com SEC Player of the Year. Head, a .360 hitter with 11 home runs, has spearheaded the Rebels into a first place tie in the SEC standings. On the mound, he has a 6-1 record with five saves and a 2.43 ERA.
The SEBaseball.com SEC Pitcher of Year is Florida junior right-hander Justin Hoyman. Hoyman is tied with the SEC lead with 10 wins against just a single loss.
Second-year Arkansas head coach Dave Van Horn has been named SEBaseball.com's SEC Coach of the Year. Van Horn has taken a team picked to finish last in the SEC West to a club that is tied for first in the SEC standings entering the final weekend.
The three SEBaseball.com All-SEC teams contain forty-two players. South Carolina led all schools with seven players on the squads. Vanderbilt had five players while Ole Miss, LSU, Florida, Georgia, Vanderbilt, and Alabama placed four each players each on the team. All twelve schools had at least one player represented.
FIRST TEAM
C Landon Powell, South Carolina
1B Josh Morris, Georgia
2B Warner Jones, Vanderbilt
3B Clay Goodwin, Arkansas
SS Justin Holmes, Georgia
OF Jon Zeringue, LSU
OF J.C. Holt, LSU
OF Brad Corley, Mississppi State
UT Stephen Head, Ole Miss
DH C.J. Smith, Florida
SP Wade LeBlanc, Alabama
SP Justin Hoyman, Florida
SP Mark Holliman, Ole Miss
RP Chad Blackwell, South Carolina
Player of the Year: Stephen Head, Ole Miss
Pitcher of the Year: Justin Hoyman, Florida
Coach of the Year: Dave Van Horn, Arkansas
SECOND TEAM
C Craig Tatum, Mississippi State
1B Steve Pearce, South Carolina
2B Spencer Graeter, Kentucky
3B Josh Smith, Georgia
SS Scott Hode, Arkansas
OF Brendan Winn, South Carolina
OF Ben Harrison, Florida
OF Clete Thomas, Auburn
UT Brian Pettway, Ole Miss
DH Alex Suarez, TENNESSEE
SP Charley Boyce, Arkansas
SP Ryan Mullins, Vanderbilt
SP Jeremy Sowers, Vanderbilt
RP Darren O'Day, Florida
THIRD TEAM
1B Cesar Nicolas, Vanderbilt
2B Allen Rice, Alabama
3B Evan Bush, Alabama
SS Ryan Klosterman, Vanderbilt
C Barry Gunther, Ole Miss
OF Ryan Patterson, LSU
OF Michael Campbell South Carolina
OF Caleb Stewart, Kentucky
UT Josh Bell, Auburn
DH Nick Stavinoha, LSU
SP Aaron Rawl, South Carolina
SP Michael Hyle, Georgia
SP Matt Campbell, South Carolina
SP Taylor Tankersley, Alabama
