ABCA All-Americans
Eastern Illinois shortstop
Trey Sweeney added to his post-season awards collection on Saturday as he was named a first team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).
Earlier this week Sweeney made program history becoming the school's first first-team All-American at the NCAA Division I level when he was tabbed by Baseball America.
Sweeney is just the third EIU player to earn All-American honors at the NCAA Division I level joining Stan Royer and Jimmy Govern. He is just the fifth EIU baseball player to earn NCAA Division I honors joining Marty Pattin, Mike Honel, Jeff Gossett and Tim Pyznarski on that list.
Sweeney, the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year, finished the regular season ranked in the Top 50 nationally in 11 different categories including seventh in on-base percentage (.522), ninth in walks (46) and 13th in RBI (58). In 48 games Sweeney hit .382 hit 65 hits, 52 runs, 10 doubles, 14 home runs and a .712 slugging percentage while striking out only 24 times in 170 at-bats. He was a finalist for the Brooks Wallace Award and a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Award.
