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Jensen Lewis Named to ABCA All-South Region Team 6/16/2005 Lewis Earns Second Team Honors Vanderbilt junior right-handed pitcher Jensen Lewis (6-3, 195, Jr., RHP, Cincinnati, Ohio) was named a second-team All-South Region selection today by the American Baseball Coaches Association. Lewis led the Southeastern Conference-leading pitching staff with an 8-3 record and 2.62 ERA. He began the season as the Saturday starter in his first three appearances and then started the next 11 Friday night games. He appeared in 15 games with 14 starts and earned one save. He struck out 95 batters and walked 23. Opponents owned a .218 batting average against him. He pitched his first career game shutout in an 8-0 victory at Kentucky (May 13) where he struck out a career-high 13 batters. His first career complete game was an 11-3 win at #4 South Carolina (April 15) where he retired the last 16 consecutive batters. He is one of only 12 pitchers in Vanderbilt baseball history – dating back to 1886 – who has won 17 games in a career with a 17-12 record in three seasons. Lewis earned SEC Pitcher of the Week honors Feb. 21 when he went 7.0 innings facing 24 batters in a 5-2 win over VMI in the first series of the season. He struck out nine batters and VMI owned a .053 batting average against him. He was recently named to the 2005 All-SEC Second Team and the SEC Good Works Team. He also earned SEBaseball.com All-SEC First Team honors. Lewis was a third-round draft choice of the Cleveland Indians in the 2005 MLB draft. 2005 ABCA All-South Region Team FIRST TEAM SECOND TEAM |
