Frazier Earns Second Team All-America Honors
Jun 03 | Baseball
PISCATAWAY, NJ - Rutgers junior Jeff Frazier (Toms River, NJ) has been named to the 2004 USA Today/Sports Weekly All-America second team. Frazier is one of two BIG EAST players to receive the honor, joined by Notre Dame's Matt Macri on the second team.
Frazier hit a team-best .382 overall and .365 in BIG EAST play this season. He was among the league leaders in several offensive categories, including average (2nd), home runs (13, 2nd) and RBI (59, 3rd). He also led the league in hits with 79 and finished tied for third in doubles (16). Frazier was also third in slugging percentage (.657).
Frazier led the Scarlet Knights in batting average, at bats (207), runs (59), doubles, total bases (136), slugging percentage, hits, sacrifice flies (4), RBI, home runs and games played (53). He hit .396 vs. lefties and .377 vs. righties this season, while also hitting .420 with runners in scoring position and leading the team with 21 two-out RBI.
The all-time home run leader in school history (34), Frazier is also one of just nine players in school history with 200 hits, finishing the 2004 season with 220, which is fourth all-time. He also has fourth in school history with 167 RBI and fourth in total bases with 370.
This All-America award is the second of Frazier's career. He was named a Freshman All-American in 2002 by both Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball, when he hit .356 with a single-season school record 13 home runs. He is expected to be among the top picks in the major league baseball amateur draft, which begins on Monday, June 7.
SPORTS WEEKLY ALL-AMERICA TEAM
CATCHER
Landon Powell, Sr., South Carolina (1st)
Kurt Suzuki, Jr., Cal State Fullerton (2nd)
FIRST BASE
Billy Becher, Sr., New Mexico State (1st)
Josh Brady, Jr., Texas Tech (2nd)
SECOND BASE
Jed Lowrie, Soph., Stanford (1st)
Jarrett Hoffpauir, Jr. Southern Mississippi (2nd)
THIRD BASE
Alex Gordon, Soph., Nebraska (1st)
Matt Macri, Jr., Notre Dame (2nd)
SHORTSTOP
Dustin Pedroia, Jr., Arizona State (1st)
Brian Bixler, Jr., Eastern Michigan (2nd)
OUTFIELD
Chris Rahl, Soph., William & Mary (1st)
Jon Zeringue, Jr., LSU (1st)
Marshall Hubbard, Jr., North Carolina (1st)
Ryan Frith, Sr., Southern Mississippi (2nd)
Brad Corley, Soph., Mississippi State (2nd)
Jeff Frazier, Jr., Rutgers (2nd)
UTILITY/DH
Stephen Head, Soph., Mississippi (1st)
Dennis Bigley, Jr., Oral Roberts (2nd)
STARTING PITCHERS
Jered Weaver, Jr., Long Beach State (1st)
J.P. Howell, Jr., Texas (1st)
Wade Townsend, Jr. (1st)
Philip Humber, Jr., Rice (1st)
Matt Fox, Soph., Central Florida (2nd)
Kyle Bono, So., Central Florida (2nd)
Justin Hoyman, Jr., Florida (2nd)
Mike Pelfrey, So., Wichita State (2nd)
RELIEF PITCHER
Blair Erickson, Fr., UC-Irvine (1st)
Nate Moore, Jr., Troy State (2nd)
