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June 19, 2002
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – University of Virginia baseball player David Stone (Frederick, Md./Gov. Thomas Jefferson) was selected to the 2002 Virginia College Sports Information Directors (VaSID) Division I All-State Baseball Team as an honorable mention choice. Stone was the only UVa player selected to the team and was one of ten players chosen to the honorable mention squad. Richmond’s Tim Stauffer was named the 2002 VaSID Player of the Year and Richmond head coach Ron Atkins was named the 2002 VaSID Coach of the Year. Liberty’s Larry Wayne York and Virginia Tech’s Joe Saunders were the only repeat selections on the first team of the VaSID squad.
Stone, a fourth-year outfielder, started all 57 games he appeared in during the 2002 season in left field. He recorded a team-high 53 runs was second on the squad with a .360 batting average and was also second on the team with 76 hits (including 15 doubles and four home runs). Stone posted a team-high 26 stolen bases on 33 attempts and was fourth on the squad with 36 RBI. On March 15th, 2002, Stone became Virginia’s all-time career leader in bases on balls when he walked in UVa’s 11-10 victory over the then #1 ranked Florida State Seminoles. Less than a month later, he also became Virginia’s all-time career leader in stolen bases when he recorded a stolen base against Wake Forest on April 13th, 2002.
Stone was recently selected in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft in the 36th round as the 1087th pick overall by the San Francisco Giants. With his selection, Stone became the 47th player from UVa selected in the MLB Draft and was the 31st player from Virginia chosen in the past 14 seasons. He joined Robert Word (10th round, 293rd player overall by the Florida Marlins), Dan Street (20th round, 591st pick by the Colorado Rockies) and Chris Sweet (37th round, 1117th pick overall by the San Francisco Giants) as one of four UVa players picked in the 2002 MLB Draft.
Stone stands first all-time in the history of Virginia baseball with 156 career bases on balls and 83 career stolen bases. He is also second all-time at UVa with 276 career hits and fourth all-time at Virginia with 174 runs in a career. Stone holds the all-time single season school record at UVa with 26 stolen bases.
For his career, Stone started all 226 games he appeared in and posted a career batting average of .324. He recorded 276 hits, scored 174 runs, posted 113 RBI and stole 83 bases as a Cavalier. Stone was a Biology major at Virginia and graduated with a 3.902 grade point average.
Here is a look at the 2002 VaSID All-State Baseball Team.
2002 VaSID All-State Baseball First Team:
Pos. Name SchoolC Adam Tidball Richmond1B Eddie Kim James Madison2B Larry Wayne York LibertySS Matt Craig Richmond3B David Reaver RichmondOF Brad Bauder Virginia TechOF Marcus Maringola LibertyOF Bryan Pritz RichmondDH Wyatt Toregas Virginia TechP Jared Doyle James MadisonP Joe Saunders Virginia TechP Tim Stauffer Richmond
Coach of the Year: Ron Atkins, RichmondPlayer of the Year: Tim Stauffer, Richmond
2002 VaSID All-State Baseball Honorable Mention:
Name SchoolWhitt Farr William & MaryBryan Gillespie Virginia CommonwealthEvan Howard George MasonBrian Marshall Virginia CommonwealthMike McGirr RichmondJoey Monahan LibertyDavid Stone VirginiaMarc Tugwell Virginia TechJustin Verlander Old DominionJohn West Virginia Tech
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