Ian Happ Named Perfect Game Freshman All-American

July 9, 2013

CINCINNATI -University of Cincinnati baseball freshman Ian Happ (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon) added another accolade to his name on Monday when he was named a First Team Freshman All-American by Perfect Game.

Happ started all 56 games for the Bearcats and led the team with 41 runs scored, 13 doubles, six homeruns and 47 walks. He recorded a team-high .322 batting average, .483 slugging percentage and a .451 on-base percentage. His 47 walks led the BIG EAST Conference while he placed fifth with 25 stolen bases.

Perfect Game selected Happ as the best freshman second baseman in the nation. He was the only member of the BIG EAST Conference named to the first team and one of only two selected to the All-America list.

He was previously named a 2013 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman All-American in June.

FIRST TEAM C Mitch Ghelfi, Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1B Patrick Mazeika, Stetson 2B Ian Happ, Cincinnati SS Alex Bregman, LSU 3B Xavier Turner, Vanderbilt OF Skye Bolt, North Carolina OF DJ Stewart, Florida State OF Joe McCarthy, Virginia DH Landon Lassiter, North Carolina UT Jacob Cronenworth, Michigan SP Justin Garza, Cal State Fullerton SP Thomas Eshelman, Cal State Fullerton SP Andrew Moore, Oregon State SP Cole Irvin, Oregon RP Trent Thornton, North Carolina

SECOND TEAM C Anthony Hermelyn, Oklahoma 1B Carl Wise, College of Charleston 2B Max Schrock, South Carolina SS Blake Trahan, Louisiana-Lafayette 3B David Thompson, Miami (Fla.) OF Donnie Dewees, North Florida OF Jacob Hannemann, BYU OF Tate Matheny, Missouri State DH Edwin Rios, Florida International UT Corbin Olmstead, North Florida SP Ryan Kellogg, Arizona State SP Kevin Duchene, Illinois SP Jimmy Herget, South Florida SP Matthew Crownover, Clemson RP James Kaprielian, UCLA

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