Oklahoma State University Athletics
Cowboy Pitcher Matt Smith Named Preseason All-American
December 16, 1999 | Cowboy Baseball
Dec. 16, 1999
STILLWATER, Okla. - Oklahoma State pitcher Matt Smith was named a first team Collegiate Baseball Preseason All-American in the newspaper's annual release today.
Smith was one of seven pitchers named to the first team and the only lefthander on the squad.
The junior hurler from Henderson, Nev., finished last season with a 9-6 ledger and a 3.09 ERA with 144 strikeouts and 44 walks. Smith posted six double digit strikeout games and twice recorded career highs of 14 K's in a game.
Smith earned second team National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's (NCBWA) All-America plaudits and was a first team All-Big 12 pick as well.
Baseball America rates Smith, who was the 1998 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, as the top lefthanded pitching prospect in collegiate baseball and the 11th best prospect overall. He is a projected first-round selection in the 2000 amateur draft and would be Oklahoma State's first first-rounder since Jeromy Burnitz was selected by the New York Mets in the 1990 draft.
Smith and outfielder Daylan Holt of Texas A&M were the only players from the Big 12 named to the first team.
Collegiate Baseball's Preseason All-Americans
First Team
RHP - David Gil, Miami (Fla.) (12-0, 3.19 ERA, 103 K, 36 BB in 93 IP)
RHP - Jon McDonald, Florida State (9-3, 3.57 ERA, 123 K, 51 BB in 116 IP)
RHP - Aaron Heilman, Notre Dame (11-2, 3.14 ERA, 6 CG, 118 K, 37 BB in 109 IP)
LHP - Matt Smith, Oklahoma State (9-6, 3.09 ERA, 144 K, 44 BB in 113.6 IP)
RHP- Jason Young, Stanford (12-3, 3.43 ERA, 10 CG, 178 K, 55 BB in 154.6 IP)
RHP- Adam Johnson, Cal. State Fullerton (10-4, 3.55 ERA, 136 K, 47 BB in 116.3 IP)
Relief - Brandon Belanger, Tulane (16 SV, 2.45 ERA, 3-5 record, 68 K, 15 BB)
C - John Wilson, Kentucky (.360, 23 HR, 16 2B, 56 RBI)
1B - Don Price, Nevada (.351, 27 HR, 89 RBI)
2B - Marshall McDougall, Florida State (.419, 28 HR, 26 2B, 106 RBI, 22 SB)
SS - Kelly Eddlemon, Sam Houston St. (.416, 26 HR, 24 2B, 95 RBI)
3B - Taggert Bozied, San Francisco (.412, 30 HR, 13 2B, 82 RBI)
3B - Xavier Nady, California (.374, 23 HR, 17 2B, 62 RBI)
OF - Daylan Holt, Texas A&M (.341, 34 HR, 22 2B, 105 RBI)
OF - Bill Scott, UCLA (.380, 28 HR, 19 2B, 86 RBI)
OF - Jeff Stallings, Oral Roberts (.417, 19 2B, 42 RBI, 49 SB)
UT - Larry Bowles, Virginia Tech (.390, 14 HR, 17 2B, 58 RBI, 10-3 as
pitcher, 4.27 ERA, 94 K)
