June 6, 2001
Baseball: Schlabach Named Freshman All-American
Tucson, Ariz. -- Youngstown State
freshman left fielder Kendall
Schlabach was named to the
Louisville Slugger Freshman
All-American Team, Collegiate
Baseball newspaper announced on
Wednesday.
Also, YSU freshman first baseman Jim Lipinski earned
honorable-mention Freshman
All-America honors.
Schlabach, a native of Millersburg, Ohio, was a first-team
All-Mid-Continent Conference
selection and made the league's
all-tournament team. He led the
Penguins with a .406 batting average
and tied the school record with 80
hits. He was tied for the team lead
with 19 stolen bases, scored 50 runs
and had 25 RBI. Lipinski, a Cuyahoga
Falls native, finished the year with
10 home runs -- one shy of the
school mark of 11. He hit .284 and
started every game at first base for
YSU in his first year. He was third
on the team with 48 RBI, had 12
doubles, 43 runs scored and 55 hits. |
