Oklahoma State University Athletics
Heaney Garners NCBWA All-America Honors
June 13, 2012 | Cowboy Baseball
June 13, 2012
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Oklahoma State junior Andrew Heaney has been named a 2012 First-Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association, it was announced today.
Heaney, who was also named a Louisville Slugger First-Team All-American last month, is the first Cowboy to achieve First-Team All-American status from two outlets since Jeff Guiel earned that distinction in 1996 (from the American Baseball Coaches Association and Collegiate Baseball). He is the first Cowboy to be named an NCBWA First-Team All-American since Peter Prodanov in 1995 and just the fifth overall, and he is the 25th OSU player to earn All-American status from the NCBWA, which has been naming All-America teams since 1991.
Heaney, a southpaw who was the ninth overall pick by Miami in this month's Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, was one of five starting pitchers named to the NCBWA All-America First Team. He was dominant on the mound for the Cowboys in 2012 and was named the Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year and a All-Big 12 First Team performer. He was also a finalist for the College Baseball Hall of Fame National Pitcher of the Year and was a semifinalist for both the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy.
In 15 starts, Heaney was 8-2 with a 1.60 ERA. He tossed six complete games, including three shutouts, and racked up an NCAA-leading140 strikeouts in 118.1 innings of work. Opponents hit just .180 against him.
An Oklahoma City native, Heaney recorded eight or more strikeouts in 12 of his 15 appearances. He was the first OSU pitcher to reach 100 strikeouts in a season since Matt Smith racked up 114 in 2000, and his 140 punchouts were the fifth most in a single season in OSU history.
Heaney's three shutouts were one shy of the Big 12 single-season record and are fifth on OSU's career list.
Among Big 12 pitchers in 2012, Heaney led the league in ERA, innings pitched, strikeouts, shutouts, complete games and opponent batting average.
