ABCA Place Fisher, Oller on All-America Team

6/20/2016 8:55:57 AM

HAMMOND, La. – Southeastern Louisiana's Jameson Fisher and Northwestern State's Adam Oller joined another All-America squad Saturday, when the American Baseball Coaches Association released the 2016 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America teams following the All-America Committee meeting in Omaha, Nebraska.

The redshirt junior from Zachary, Louisiana, was named to the first team after helping Southeastern to a 40-21 record in 2016, its second-consecutive 40-win season, and the program's first at-large bid to the NCAA postseason.

Fisher leads the nation in on-base percentage (.558). He also ranks second in batting average (.424), third in OPS (1.250), seventh in sacrifice flies (8), 11th in walks (54), 12^th in slugging percentage (.716), and 16^th in RBIs (66).

His batting average, on-base percentage and walk totals are all school single-season records. Through three seasons, Fisher owns the program's career records in batting average (.375) and on-base percentage (.483). He is also tied with former Lion shortstop Justin Boudreaux for the most sacrifice flies (15) in a career.

Fisher, who was named both the Southland Conference Baseball Player of the Year and Student Athlete of the Year, was a semifinalist for both the Dick Howser Trophy and Golden Spikes Award, two of the nation's most prestigious postseason player awards.

He has been named an All-American by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball / Louisville Slugger, www.D1Baseball.com, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and is a CoSIDA Academic All-American, won the HERO Sports Fan Choice Award, picked up All-Region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association and recently was drafted in the fourth round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft by the Chicago White Sox.

Oller becomes the first Demons ABCA All-American since shortstop Ryan Anholt was a third-team selection in 1998 and 1999.

Oller was named a second-team Louisville Slugger All-American by Collegiate Baseball magazine after posting an 8-1 record with a 1.23 ERA during his junior campaign. He struck out a career-best 73 batters while allowing just 81 hits.

Oller, the 2016 Southland Conference Pitcher of the Year, threw 109 2-3 innings, the second-most in a single season in Northwestern State history. His ERA was the third lowest in the country and the fifth-lowest by a Demons pitcher in program history.

Kyle Lewis of Mercer University won the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Bat Award as National Player of the Year. Lewis, a junior outfielder from Snellville, Georgia, hit .395 with 20 home runs, 72 RBI, 70 runs scored and a 1.000 fielding percentage. He was selected No. 11 overall by the Seattle Mariners in the 2016 MLB Draft.

First recognized in 1949, the ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans are selected by the ABCA All-America committee, which is chaired by Dean Ehehalt of Monmouth University. The committee also includes head coaches Mike Stone (Massachusetts), Brian O'Connor (Virginia), Tim Corbin (Vanderbilt), Steve Jaksa (Central Michigan), Dan Heefner (Dallas Baptist), Tommy Raffo (Arkansas State) and George Horton (Oregon).

The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 8,200 members represent all 50 states and 23 countries. Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association membership has broadened to include eight divisions: NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School and Youth. The 73rd annual ABCA Convention will be held Jan. 5-8, 2017 in Anaheim, California.

2016 ABCA/Rawlings Gold Bat Award - Player of the Year
Kyle Lewis, Jr., OF, Mercer

2016-ABCA/Rawlings All-America Teams
NCAA Div. I All-America First Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Zack Collins	Jr.	Miami	FL
1B	*Jameson Fisher*	*Jr.*	*Southeastern Louisiana*	LA
2B	Trey York	Sr.	East Tennessee State	TN
2B	Brian Mims	So.	UNC Wilmington	NC
3B	Will Craig	Jr.	Wake Forest	NC
SS	CJ Chatham	Jr.	Florida Atlantic	FL
OF	Seth Beer	Fr.	Clemson	SC
OF	Kyle Lewis	Jr.	Mercer	GA
OF	Connor Owings	Sr.	Coastal Carolina	SC
OF	Corey Ray	Jr.	Louisville	KY
OF	Ryan Scott	Sr.	Arkansas-Little Rock	AR
UT	Brendan McKay	So.	Louisville	KY
DH	G.K. Young	Jr.	Coastal Carolina	SC
P	Connor Jones	Jr.	Virginia	VA
P	Eric Lauer	Jr.	Kent State	OH
P	A.J. Puckett	Jr.	Pepperdine	CA
P	Logan Shore	Jr.	Florida	FL
P	Tyler Wilson	So.	Rhode Island	RI
RP	Troy Rallings	Sr.	Washington	WA

NCAA Div. I All-America Second Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Brett Cumberland	So.	California	CA
1B	Peter Alonso	Jr.	Florida	FL
2B	Cody Ramer	Sr.	Arizona	AZ
3B	Nick Senzel	Jr.	Tennessee	TN
3B	Boomer White	Jr.	Texas A&M	TX
SS	Sheldon Neuse	Jr.	Oklahoma	OK
OF	Alex Call	Jr.	Ball State	IN
OF	Tanner Gardner	So.	Texas Tech	TX
OF	Zach Gibbons	Sr.	Arizona	AZ
OF	Heath Quinn	Jr.	Samford	AL
OF	Spencer Johnson	Sr.	Missouri State	MO
UT	Darick Hall	Jr.	Dallas Baptist	TX
DH	Chris DeVito	Jr.	New Mexico	NM
P	Keegan Akin	Jr.	Western Michigan	MI
P	Shane Bieber	Jr.	UC Santa Barbara	CA
P	Thomas Hatch	So.	Oklahoma State	OK
P	James Karinchak	So.	Bryant	RI
P	Darren McCaughan	So.	Long Beach State	CA
P	Michael Mediavilla	So.	Miami	FL
RP	Shaun Anderson	Jr.	Florida	FL

NCAA Div. I All-America Third Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Nick Feight	So.	UNC Wilmington	NC
1B	Eric Gutierrez	Sr.	Texas Tech	TX
2B	Ben Spitznagel	Jr.	UNC Greensboro	NC
3B	Jake Burger	So.	Missouri State	MO
3B	Danny Hudzina	Sr.	Western Kentucky	KY
SS	Devin Hairston	So.	Louisville	KY
OF	Matt Albanese	Jr.	Bryant	RI
OF	Dalton Blaser	Sr.	Cal State Fullerton	CA
OF	Ronnie Dawson	Jr.	Ohio State	OH
OF	Daniel Johnson	Jr.	New Mexico State	NM
OF	Jake Mangum	Fr.	Mississippi State	MS
DH	Colton Shaver	So.	Brigham Young	UT
UT	Corbin Olmstead	Sr.	North Florida	FL
P	Ryan Foster	Sr.	UNC Wilmington	NC
P	Dakota Hudson	Jr.	Mississippi State	MS
P	Griffin Jax	Jr.	Air Force	CO
P	Adam Oller	Jr.	Northwestern State	LA
P	Jesse Scholtens	Sr.	Wright State	OH
P	Cody Sedlock	Jr.	Illinois	IL
RP	Thomas Hackimer	Jr.	St. John's	NY