July 1, 2011

TITANS IN TH POLLS:
The Cal State Fullerton (41-17) baseball team won 40 games for the 26th time in school history and ascended to as high as No. 6 in the Baseball America Top 25 on Mar. 7. The team spent 11 weeks in the Top 10 and finishes the year as the publication's No. 14 team in the country in the final poll released June 30. Here are the final polls/rankings:

&\#149; Baseball America: 14
&\#149;Collegiate Baseball 18
&\#149; USA Today/ESPN Coaches: 17
&\#149;NCBWA: 16

ALL AMERICANS:
The Titans had four players earn All-American status in 2011, with three of them spending some, if not all of their time, on the mound. This marks the 14th consecutive season the Titans have produced at least one All-American pitcher dating back to 1998, and the 19th time in the past 20 years they have had a presence on the mound. In all, the Titans have produced 93 All-Americans. Here are the 2011 honorees:

Nick Ramirez (Anaheim, Calif.)
&\#149; Baseball America - 2nd Team, Utility
&\#149; Collegiate Baseball - 3rd Team, Utility
&\#149; ABCA - 3rd Team, Utility
&\#149; NCBWA - 3rd Team, Utility

Noe Ramirez (East Los Angeles, Calif.)
&\#149; Collegiate Baseball - 2nd Team, Right-handed pitcher

Tyler Pill (Covina, Calif.)
&\#149; NCBWA - 2nd Team, Utility

Michael Lorenzen (Anaheim, Calif.)
&\#149; Baseball America - 1st Team, Freshman, Outfielder
&\#149; Collegiate Baseball - Freshman, Outfielder

ALL-WEST REGION
The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) released its All-Region teams for 2011 during the College World Series. The Titans had two players selected to the second team in the West Region:

Michael Lorenzen (Anaheim, Calif.)
&\#149; ABCA - 2nd Team, Outfielder

Nick Ramirez (Anaheim, Calif.)
&\#149; ABCA - 2nd Team, Utility

GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD SEMIFINALIST:
Nick Ramirez, Utility

NCBWA DICK HOWSER AWARD SEMIFINALIST:
Tyler Pill, Utility

COLLEGE BASEBALL FOUNDATION'S
JOHN OLERUD TWO-WAY PLAYER OF THE YEAR
SEMIFINALIST:
Nick Ramirez

BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Nick Ramirez

BIG WEST COACH OF THE YEAR
Dave Serrano

BIG WEST FRESHMAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Michael Lorenzen

ALL-BIG WEST FIRST TEAM
Nick Ramirez
Noe Ramirez

ALL-BIG WEST SECOND TEAM
Tyler Pill
Anthony Trajano
Michael Lorenzen

ALL-BIG WEST HONORABLE MENTIONS
Richy Pedroza
Ivory Thomas

NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Anthony Trajano - Mar. 8,
NCBWA
CollegeBaseballInsider.com

BIG WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Richy Pedroza (Feb. 28)
Anthony Trajano (Mar. 7)
Nick Ramirez (Apr. 4)
Michael Lorenzen (May 16)

BIG WEST PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Jake Floethe (Apr. 4)
Noe Ramirez (Co - Apr. 11)
Colin O'Connell (Apr. 18)

CoSIDA/CAPITAL ONE ACADEMIC ALL-DISTRICT
Carlos Lopez (2nd Team)