June 12, 2001

WACO, Texas - Baylor catcher Kelly Shoppach has been named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-America first team, as voted on by the American Baseball Coaches Association and released by the organization during the College World Series.

Shoppach, a junior from Fort Worth, Texas, led the team in hitting all season and finished the year with a .397 average. Behind the plate, the Big 12 Player of the Year recorded a .998 fielding percentage and committed just one error in 406 chances. Shoppach and Nebraska outfielder John Cole were the only Big 12 players named to the team.

Chosen by the Boston Red Sox with the 48th pick in the second round of the 2001 Major League Baseball draft, Shoppach has already been named to the all-America teams released by Baseball Weekly, Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. He is also one of three finalists for the Johnny Bench Award, given to the nation's top collegiate catcher.

2001 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-America Team


RHP	Dewon Brazelton, Middle Tennessee St.
RHP	Aaron Heilman, Notre Dame
RHP	Mark Prior, Southern Cal
RHP	Kirk Saarloos, Cal State Fullerton
Relief	Lee Gronkiewicz, South Carolina
UT	Cory Sullivan, Wake Forest
C	Kelly Shoppach, Baylor
1B	John VanBenschoten, Kent State
2B	Chris O'Riordan, Stanford
SS	Chris Burke, Tennessee
3B	Jake Gautreau, Tulane
DH	Scott Henley, Georgia Southern
OF	Ryan Brunner, Northern Iowa
OF	John Cole, Nebraska
OF	John Ford-Griffin, Florida State
OF	Jason Law, Monmouth