Baseball's Carter Named to NCBWA All-American Third Team

CONWAY, SC —Senior righthanded pitcher Steven Carter (Windsor, Ontario/St. Anne’s) was named to the 2004 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Preseason All-American Third Team, the organization announced today (Nov. 11).

Carter went 11-3 in 20 appearances last season. He had a 4.06 earned-run-average and two complete games in being named to the All-Big South second team. Carter struck out 110 batters, while walking only 33. Carter threw a complete game against Charleston Southern University in the first round of the Big South Tournament, striking out seven while giving up only two earned runs. He then came back and pitched seven innings against Liberty University on his way to being named the tournament Most Valuable Player. He struck out nine batters in a game three times last year, including in the NCAA Regionals in Lincoln, Neb., against Eastern Michigan University.

A 2002 First Team All-Big South selection, Carter has 273 career strikeouts, which is fifth on the career list.

Carter becomes the first Chanticleer named to the NCBWA preseason team since Justin Owens was selected to the third team in 2002.

Coastal Carolina opens the 2004 baseball season Saturday, Feb. 7, against Delaware State University at 1 p.m., in Charles Watson Stadium.

2004 NCBWA Preseason All-America Third Team
1B C.J. Smith, Florida
1B Clay Harris, LSU
1B Jim Fasano, Richmond
2B Drew Anderson, Ohio State
3B Neil Sellers, Eastern Kentucky
3B Brett Carroll, Middle Tennessee State
SS Stephen Drew, Florida State
SS Mike Rozema, St. John’s
C Brad Willcutt, Southern Miss
OF Jeff Van Houten, Arizona
OF Ben Harrison, Florida
OF Jeff Fiorentino, Florida Atlantic
OF Mark Jurich, Louisville
OF Sam Steidi, Minnesota
OF Danny Putnam, Stanford
DH Curtis Ledbetter, Nebraska
UT Ryan Gordon, UNC Greensboro
UT Micah Owings, Georgia Tech
SP Steven Carter, Coastal Carolina
SP Randy Beam, Florida Atlantic
SP J.D. Cockroft, Miami
SP Quinton Robertson, Nebraska
SP Scott Lewis, Ohio State
SP Mark Romanczuk, Stanford
SP Clayton Jerome, TCU
SP Mike Pelfrey, Wichita State
RP Zane Carlson, Baylor
RP Chase Swing, Middle Tennessee State
RP Chris Noonan, Seton Hall