St. John's University Athletics
Baltz Named NCBWA National Freshman Hitter Of The Year
6/15/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 15, 2010
QUEENS, N.Y. - Freshman Jeremy Baltz has been named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) National Freshman Hitter Of The Year. This is the second National Freshman Of The Year honor for Baltz, who also earned Freshman Player of the Year honors from Louisville Slugger. TCU pitcher Matt Purke, the Louisville Slugger Freshman Pitcher of the Year, was also named the NCBWA Freshman Pitcher of the Year.
An NCBWA first team Freshman All-American, Baltz has also earned both Freshman All-America and second team All-America honors from Louisville Slugger. The BIG EAST Rookie of the Year finished the season with a .396 average, 16 doubles, 24 home runs and 85 RBI. A unanimous first team All-BIG EAST choice, Baltz started all 63 games for the Red Storm and also scored 64 runs to go with a .771 slugging percentage and a .479 on-base percentage.
The Charlottesville Regional MVP, Baltz broke St. John's single season records in home runs and RBI, while his 95 hits rank second all-time and his 64 runs scored are tied for sixth.
Baltz, who homered four times in a May 14 win at then-No. 8 Louisville, leads the nation in home runs by a freshman. The outfielder finished the regular season with 20 home runs before adding four blasts in five NCAA Tournament games, including a pair of two-run home runs in a 6-5 win against then-No. 1 Virginia.
