USC’s Bradley Makes Freshman All-America
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Published: June 30, 2009
Updated: July 13, 2009
Columbia, S.C. - South Carolina outfielder Jackie Bradley, Jr. (Prince George, Va./Prince George HS) has been named to the
Baseball America 2009 Freshman All-American Team as announced on Wednesday morning. Bradley, a first-team selection, had a
productive first season with the Gamecocks batting .349 (89-for-255) with 11 HR and 46 RBI and played in all 63 games on the year
with 61 starts. Bradley ended the season on a high note as well with a productive NCAA Regional in Greenville, N.C. as he hit .500
(9-for-18) for the weekend with a pair of homers and eight runs scored as well.
Bradley had a strong first season the Gamecock lineup finishing with 26 multi-hit games, the third highest total on the Gamecock
squad. His 89 hits on the year is also a Gamecock record for hits by a freshman in single season. Also a member of the SEC All-
Freshman team, Bradley led the team in runs scored with 69 and added 11 doubles and two triples as well. He finished the year with a
.537 slugging percentage and a .431 on-base percentage. Bradley was 8-for-10 in stolen bases.
Bradley also received Freshman All-America honors from both Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA. The Gamecock outfielder is
competing this summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Hyannis Mets along with teammate Jay Brown. Whit Merrifield and
Parker Bangs are also on the Cape playing for the Chatham A’s.
BRADLEY JR.‘S SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
2009 NCAA Regional All-Tournament Team … 2-for-5 with a two-run home in 10-9 loss to East Carolina in regional championship
game (6/1) … 2-for-4 with two runs scored and a RBI in 12-2 win over East Carolina (5/30) … 3-for-5 with three runs scored two RBI
and a homer in 11-3 win over George Mason (5/29) … 2009 SEC All-Freshman Team … 3-for-6 with a run scored in 9-5 win over
Alabama at SEC Tournament (5/20) ... 3-for-3 with a run scored, a triple and two RBI in 6-3 win over USC Upstate (5/12) ... 1-for-4
with a three-run homer and three runs scored in 15-6 win over Tennessee (5/10) ... SEC Co-Freshman of the Week after 9-for-14
(.643) series vs. Vanderbilt ... 3-for-5 with a run scored and a RBI in 11-3 win over Vanderbilt (5/3) ... 3-for-4 with three runs scored
and a RBI in 14-5 win over Vanderbilt (5/2) ... 3-for-5 with a homer and two RBI in 8-5 win over Vanderbilt (5/1) ... 2-for-4 with a
RBI in 9-5 loss at Florida (4/26) ... 1-for-3 with two walks and two runs scored in 10-4 win over Auburn (4/19) ... 2-for-3 with a
homer, run scored and three RBI in 6-4 loss to Auburn (4/18) ... 2-for-4 with two runs scored in 8-3 win over Auburn (4/17) ... Career-
high in hits with 5-for-6 performance with two doubles, three runs scored and a pair of RBI in 20-6 win over College of Charleston
(4/14) ... 1-for-3 with key two-run single in 12-10 win over Ole Miss (4/10) ... 2-for-5 with a solo homer and two runs scored in 10-0
win vs. Furman (4/1) ... 3-for-5 in 12-5 loss at The Citadel (3/31) ... 2-for-4 with a double and run scored in 4-2 win at Kentucky
(3/29) ... 4-for-6 with three runs, three RBI and a homer in 20-19 win over Kentucky (3/28) ... 2-for-5 with game-winning run scored
in 2-1 win over Georgia Southern (3/25) ... Went 4-for-8 (.500) in the LSU series with a pair of home runs ... 2-for-3 with a homer in
11-3 loss to LSU (3/22) ... 1-for-1 with a homer and two runs scored in 7-3 win over LSU (3/20) ... 2-for-6 with a home run and two
RBI in 15-0 win at Furman (3/18) ... Game-tying RBI single in 5-4 win at Mississippi State (3/15) ... 1-for-3 with two runs scored in
6-5 win over Presbyterian (3/9) ... Reached base five times with a hit and three walks and stole two bases in 7-5 win over Long Beach
State (3/7) ... 3-for-6 with first career triple and two runs scored in 15-8 win over Long Beach State (3/6) ...Started all three games vs.
Duquesne and hit .333 (5-for-15) in series with four runs, two doubles, a homer and four RBI ... Three-run homer in Sunday’s 8-4 win
over Duquesne (2/22) ... 2-for-6 with three runs scored in first career start, a 13-0 win over Duquesne (2/21).
FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
Pos. Player AVG OBP SLG AB R H HR RBI SB-ATT
C Jeremy Schaffer, Tulane .311 .370 .566 212 40 66 14 56 1-4
1B Preston Tucker, Florida .364 .419 .628 242 48 88 15 85 5-7
2B Matt Jensen, Cal Poly .375 .493 .650 160 42 60 9 53 2-4
3B Anthony Rendon, Rice .388 .461 .702 242 60 94 20 72 9-11
SS A.J. Pettersen, Minnesota .353 .445 .438 224 65 79 2 45 8-13
OF Kolton Wong, Hawaii .341 .418 .597 226 46 77 11 52 11-15
OF Jackie Bradley Jr., South Carolina .349 .431 .537 255 69 89 11 46 8-10
OF George Springer, Connecticut .358 .454 .679 212 75 76 16 57 12-15
DH Troy Channing, St. Mary’s .379 .463 .723 206 45 78 20 75 2-3
UT Danny Hultzen, Virginia .327 .410 .422 199 40 65 3 37 9-9
Pos. Player W L ERA G SV IP H BB SO
SP Sean Gilmartin, Florida State 12 3 3.49 18 1 98 81 37 83
SP Taylor Jungmann, Texas 10 3 2.10 23 0 86 60 32 92
SP Trevor Bauer, UCLA 9 3 2.99 20 2 105 85 27 92
SP Noe Ramirez, Cal State Fullerton 9 2 3.33 20 0 111 90 24 100
RP Matty Ott, Louisiana State 3 2 2.85 36 16 47 46 5 66
UT Danny Hultzen, Virginia 9 1 2.17 17 0 95 88 28 107
SECOND TEAM
C-C.J. Cron, Utah (.337-11-58). 1B-Todd Brazeal, South Florida (.348-5-50). 2B-Ross Heffley, Western Carolina (.391-4-51).
3B-Matt Skole, Georgia Tech (.302-17-58). SS-Sam Mende, South Florida (.319-5-37). OF-Kameron Brunty, Southern
Mississippi (.336-7-53); Dusty Robinson, Fresno State (.319-15-45); Tyler Sibley, Texas State (.367-10-38, 14 SB). DH-Alex
Dickerson, Indiana (.370-14-57). UT-Nick Ramirez, Cal State Fullerton (.287-10-31; 3-1, 2.61, 7 SV). SP-Jordan Cooper, Wichita
State (8-6, 2.78, 97 IP/91 SO); Sam Gaviglio, Oregon State (10-1, 2.73, 63 IP/55 SO); Anthony Meo, Coastal Carolina (9-2, 2.93, 77
IP/68 SO); Tyler Pill, Cal State Fullerton (11-3, 4.06, 102 IP/74 SO). RP-Mitchell Lambson, Arizona State (9-5, 3.01, 5 SV, 84
IP/99 SO).
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