2004 Baseball Awards Banquet

2004 Baseball Awards Banquet

11/5/2004

2004 Baseball Awards Banquet

The baseball team held their annual awards banquet on Friday, Nov. 5 in the University Club’s Cumberland Room.

Photo Gallery

Jeff Peeples Most Valuable Player Award
Ryan Klosterman

Best Offensive Player
Warner Jones

Best Defensive Player
Ryan Klosterman

Best Pitcher
Jeremy Sowers

Rookie of the Year
Aaron Garza

Charlie Hawkins Most Inspirational Player Award
Jonathan Douillard
Cesar Nicolas
Worth Scott

The following is a list of awards and/or honors the Commodores earned throughout the season that were recognized at the banquet.

SEC Freshman Academic Honor Roll
Aaron Garza
Carter Hawkins

SEC Academic Honor Roll
Mike Baxter
Aaron Garza
Jensen Lewis
Nick Pilkington
Ryan Rote

NCAA All-South Region Baseball Team
Warner Jones
Ryan Klosterman
Cesar Nicolas
Jeremy Sowers

Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-America Team
Warner Jones

American Baseball Coaches Association All America Team
Warner Jones
Jeremy Sowers

Baseball America All-America First Team
Warner Jones (First Commodore to be named to first team)

National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America Second Team
Warner Jones

Collegiate Baseball All-America Second Team
Warner Jones

Southeastern All-Conference Team
Warner Jones, First Team
Ryan Klosterman, First Team
Jeremy Sowers, Second Team

SEBaseball All-Southeastern Conference Team
Warner Jones
Ryan Klosterman
Ryan Mullins
Cesar Nicolas
Jeremy Sowers

Southeastern Conference All-Tournament Team
Jonathan Douillard
Warner Jones
Ryan Klosterman
Cesar Nicolas
Jeremy Sowers

NCAA Tournament All-Regional Team (Charlottesville)
Aaron Garza
Warner Jones
Ryan Klosterman
Cesar Nicolas
Antoan Richardson
Worth Scott
Jeremy Sowers
Cesar Nicolas – MVP

Team USA Invitations
Warner Jones
Ryan Mullins

Baseball America All-Summer League Team
Ryan Mullins, First Team
Mike Wagner, Second Team

SEBaseball All-Summer League Team
Jensen Lewis
Ryan Mullins
Mike Wagner

2004 Major League Baseball Draft – Most Commodores selected in VU history
Jeremy Sowers ? 6th overall pick ? Cleveland Indians
Ryan Klosterman ? 5th round ? Toronto Blue Jays
Cesar Nicolas ? 5th round ? Arizona Diamondbacks
Antoan Richardson ? 13th round ? Arizona Diamondbacks
Jeff Sues ? 14th round ? Cleveland Indians
Jonathan Douillard ? 28th round ? Chicago Cubs
Ryan Rote ? 37th round ? New York Yankees

Omaha Challenge Winners
Matt Buschmann
Ryan Klosterman

Collegiate Baseball National Pitching Coach of the Year
Derek Johnson