Oklahoma State University Athletics
Heaney Picks Up Another All-American Honor
June 20, 2012 | Cowboy Baseball
June 20, 2012
MT. PLEASANT, Mich. - Oklahoma State junior Andrew Heaney has been named a 2012 ABCA/Rawlings First-Team All-American, it was announced today by the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Heaney is the 15th OSU player to earn First-Team All-America honors from the ABCA and the first since Jeff Guiel in 1996. Earlier this year, Heaney was pegged a first-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
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 four starting pitchers named to the ABCA/Rawlings 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 an All-Big 12 First Team performer. He was also a semifinalist for the College Baseball Hall of Fame National Pitcher of the Year, 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.
