St. John's University Athletics
Panik Named Second Team Freshman All-American By NCBWA
6/9/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 9, 2009
QUEENS, N.Y. - St. John's baseball freshman Joe Panik has been named a second team freshman All-American as announced by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
The Red Storm has now had a freshman All-American selection for three-straight years. Brian Kemp was honored by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball in 2007, while Paul Karmas earned the nod from Collegiate Baseball in 2008.
Panik batted .332 in 50 games, including 49 starts, this past season. The freshman, who saw time at both shortstop and third base, drew a team-best 29 walks and was third on the team with 47 RBI. Panik added 11 doubles, four triples and five home runs for a .513 slugging percentage and ranked fourth on the squad with a .426 on-base percentage. The freshman had 19 multi-hit games and 13 multi-RBI games.
