June 18, 2016 ABCA All-American Team
D1Baseball.com All-American Team
College World Series Central
OMAHA, Neb. - Coastal Carolina's Connor Owings and G.K. Young were both voted first team All-Americans by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA), while Owings was additionally named to the D1Baseball.com second team All-American squad.
ABCA All-American Team: http://www.abca.org/news/2016/2016_abca-rawlings_d1_all-americans D1Baseball All-American Team: http://www.d1baseball.com/awards/will-craig-leads-2016-america-teams/
The duo will lead the Chanticleers to its first ever game at the NCAA College World Series. Coastal will face top seed Florida Sunday on ESPN2 at 7 pm (CT)/8 pm (ET).
Owings and Young are the first two Chanticleers to be named first team All-American by the ABCA and just the third and fourth players from CCU to ever be selected All-American by the organization. (Anthony Meo was a third team pick in 2010 and Tommy La Stella was a second team selection in 2012.
Owings was previously named first team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) as well as being tabbed a second team All-American by Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball. Young, a semifinalist for the Dick Howser College Player of the Year Award, was additionally a first team All-American by the NCBWA.
Coastal Carolina Baseball Honors
Connor Owings
- ABCA 1st team All-American
- NCBWA 1st team All-American
- D1Baseball.com 2nd team All-American
- Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball 2nd team All-American
- Big South Player of the Year
G.K. Young
- ABCA 1st team All-American
- NCBWA 1st team All-American
Andrew Beckwith
- Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball 2nd team All-American
- Big South Pitcher of the Year
Mike Morrison
- Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball 1st team All-American
- NCBWA 3rd team All-American
Zach Remillard
- Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball 3rd team All-American
Austin Kitchen
- Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American