Oklahoma State University Athletics
Heaney Tabbed All-American By Baseball America
June 22, 2012 | Cowboy Baseball
June 22, 2012
DURHAM, N.C. - Oklahoma State junior Andrew Heaney has been named to Baseball America's College Baseball All-American First Team, it was announced by the publication today.
With his inclusion on the Baseball America team, Heaney becomes a 2012 unanimous All-American selection as he has previously been named a first-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the American Baseball Coaches Association. He is the 10th OSU player to earn First-Team All-America honors from Baseball America and the first since Jason Bell in 1994.
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 Baseball America College 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 opponents hit just .180 against him. He racked up an NCAA-leading 140 strikeouts in 118.1 innings of work, and he ranks second nationally in WHIP (0.81) and sixth in earned run average.
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.
