ABCA All-American Team Release
Greensboro, N.C. – (June 15, 2019) – The 2019 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-America teams were released by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods on Saturday. For the third time this postseason, Fordham sophomore
John Stankiewicz found his name listed as a Third Team All-American. This adds to his All-American awards from
Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA.
The Cherry Hill, N.J. native was the 2019 Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year and a First Team All-Atlantic 10 selection, helping the Rams to their first conference title and first NCAA appearance since 1998. Stankiewicz recorded a team-high eight wins to go with a 1.47 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 92.0 innings. He has walked only 20 batters this season and held opponents to a .190 batting average.
He was the fourth Ram ever to record 100 strikeouts in a season, and ranked third on the Fordham single season list behind only Dick Egan (107 – 1909) and Hank Borowy (115 – 1939), while his 1.47 ERA tied for the fifth-lowest in program history with former MLB All-Star Johnny Murphy (1929).
A three-time Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week this season, he ranked in the top 20 in the NCAA in ERA (6
th) and WHIP (10
th).
The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 11,000 members represent all 50 states and 25 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 76th annual ABCA Convention will be held Jan. 2-5, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.
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