Two Engineers Earn ESPN the Magazine Academic All-District Baseball Honors
May 12, 2008 (Rose Release)
TERRE HAUTE, IN -- Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology placed a pair of baseball players on the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District squad, in results released today by the College Sports Information Directors of America.
Senior Michael Matsui (Joliet, Ill./Plainfield South) earned first-team academic all-district honors, while sophomore Chandler Kent (Antioch, Ill.) was a second-team selection.
Matsui will advance to the national ballot, with the Academic All-America Team scheduled for release on May 27.
Matsui has compiled a 9-1 record and a 1.89 earned run average for the Engineer pitching staff this season. His efforts lead the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference in terms of both victories and earned run average.
On the season, Matsui has scattered 56 hits in 62 innings of work with 43 strikeouts. He has started nine contests with one complete game and one combined shutout.
Kent ranks second on the team in batting average at .378 with 12 doubles and one home run. He has slapped 54 hits with 31 runs scored, 25 RBIs and a .483 slugging average.
Rose-Hulman stands 28-11 on the season and will open the HCAC Tournament on Friday against Franklin College.