Jose Macias Named to NCBWA All-America First Team
Junior now unanimous All-America First Team selection
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Jose Macias has been named to the NCBWA All-America First
Team.RINDGE, N.H. (May 26, 2010) – Junior right-hander Jose Macias (Bronx, N.Y.) of the No. 13/24 nationally ranked and NCAA East Region champion Franklin Pierce University baseball team has been named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America First Team, as announced Wednesday by the NCBWA.
Named to the All-America First Team by both Daktronics and the American Baseball Coaches Association on Friday, Macias is now a unanimous All-America First Team selection after also earning East Region Pitcher of the Year accolades from all three organizations as well. The Northeast-10 Conference Pitcher of the Year and an All-Conference First Team selection earlier this spring, Macias has been one of the best pitchers in the country in his first season on the mound after playing shortstop last year for the Ravens.
Through May 18, his 0.96 earned-run average was good for second in the country. At the last nationwide statistics update, Macias was also fourth in the nation in strikeouts (110), seventh in hits allowed per nine innings (5.21) and ninth in strikeouts per nine innings (11.69). His 9-1 record ties him for 24th in the country in wins. Currently, Macias leads the Northeast-10 in earned-run average (0.87) and strikeouts (118), is tied for first in wins (9) and ranks second in opposing batting average (.161, 52-for-323) and innings pitched (92.2).
One of his highlights of the year came on March 15 in Florida, when he threw a no-hitter with 12 strikeouts against Saint Michael's. The no-hitter was part of a streak of 16.2 innings without allowing a hit for Macias, which is believed to be a program record. Six times this year he struck out 10 or more batters, including a season-high 13 against Saint Anselm on March 25.
In the NCAA Championship East Regional, he threw eight innings, allowed just one unearned run and struck out six to lead Franklin Pierce to an 8-1 win over C.W. Post in its first game on Thursday before coming back to throw the final 1.2 innings on Sunday to finish off the fifth NCAA Regional title in program history. Macias started the first game of the NCAA Championship National Finals for the Ravens on Sunday and fired eight innings without allowing an earned run, gave up three hits, walked three and struck out eight.
Macias was a two-time Northeast-10 Pitcher of the Week selection and was named to the College Baseball Foundation/Diamond Sports weekly National All-Star Lineup on March 23. He is also one of six finalists for the inaugural Ping!Baseball Tino Martinez Division II Player of the Year award.
Franklin Pierce (42-16-1) is currently participating in the NCAA Championship National Finals for the fifth time in program history. The Ravens staved off elimination with a 6-2 win yesterday, but will face it again tonight at 7 p.m. against Kutztown at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, N.C.