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June 19, 2006
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Virginia sophomore left-handed pitcher/first baseman Sean Doolittle has been selected a second team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) as a starting pitcher/utility player as well as a first team ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region team selection announced by the organization. Doolittle is one of three finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award given to the nation’s top player by the College Baseball Foundation. He also was named second team All-American by Baseball America, Louisville Slugger and the National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association.
Doolittle had another great season for the Cavaliers as he went 11-2 on the mound with a 2.38 ERA. He registered 108 strikeouts in 90.2 innings while holding opponents to a .193 batting avg. He tied for the team-lead in RBI (57) and tied the single-season record for base on balls (54). Doolittle came within one win on the mound of tying the single season school record wins. Doolittle hit .324 with 70 hits, 15 doubles, one triple and four home runs after playing in all 62 games for the Cavaliers. Virginia won a school record 47 games in 2006 and a school record 21 conference games. He helped UVa to a third place finish in the ACC.
Doolittle was named the 2006 Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and a first team All-ACC selection as a starting pitcher. He has been named a second team All-American by Louisville Slugger, the National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association and Baseball America as a utility player. He also was named to the College Baseball Foundation’s All-America team. Doolittle was also selected SEBaseball.com’s ACC Player of the Year and a first team All-ACC selection by SEBaseball.com.
The ABCA All-America Teams are collegiate baseball’s oldest selections, dating to 1949. All Division I coaches have the opportunity to nominate and vote on these selections, which are initially compiled into eight All-Region teams. These teams are then finalized as the first, secondand third All-America teams by the ABCA’s NCAA Division I All-America and Coach of the Year Committee. This year, the committee selected 58 players as 2006 ABCA All-Americans.
The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to the nation’s top collegiate baseball player and will be nationally televised on Fox Sports Network, and its’ award-winning family of regional affiliate networks, as well as Fox College Sports. The trophy and Wallace Award winner will become part of the permanent display in the College Baseball Hall of Fame under construction in Lubbock.