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5/28/2009 - BASEBALL
JU's Gillan Notches Academic All-America First Team
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TOWSON, Md. - Senior catcher Jeremy Gillan earned a spot on the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America Baseball First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
The fourth-leading hitter in the Atlantic Sun Conference with a .404 average, Gillan is an Exercise Science major with a 3.74 G.P.A. Named first team all-conference, he led Jacksonville to a 36-20 record and the Atlantic Sun Tournament championship. An excellent defensive catcher, he has a 1.000 fielding percentage. Named second team all-conference in 2008, he has 18 doubles, 11 home runs and 59 RBI’s. A native of Port St. Lucie, Fla., Gillan has thrown out 46 per cent of base runners try to steal.
After transferring from Indian River CC last season, he led the Dolphins in hits (83), doubles (10), home runs (9), RBI (60), total bases (120), slugging percentage (.545), sacrifice flies (6), multi-hit games (27), multi-RBI games (16) and fielding percentage (.987) en route to second team all-conference honors.
A preseason all-conference selection this year, Gillan leads the squad with a .396 batting average, 19 doubles, 136 total bases, a .484 on-base percentage and a .673 slugging percentage. Defensively, he has been just as stellar by not committing an error while gunning down 14-of-34 (.412) base runners on the year.
Gillan is currently ranked second in the nation amongst collegiate catchers by Rivals.com's College Power Rankings. He also earned first team all-conference honors and was named to the A-Sun All-Tournament team over the weekend.
To be eligible for Academic All-America consideration, a student-athlete must be a varsity starter or key reserve, maintain a cumulative G.P.A. of 3.30 on a scale of 4.00, have reached sophomore athletic and academic standings at his/her current institution and be nominated by his/her sports information director.
Since the program's inception in 1952, CoSIDA has bestowed Academic All-America honors on more than 14,000 student-athletes in Divisions I, II, III and NAIA, covering all NCAA championship sports.
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