Post by FIUFanatic on May 20, 2008 19:51:25 GMT -5
Congrats to Mollica!! I didn't know this before reading this Athletics' release, but he hit freaking .504 Average during SBC games!!!
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Mollica Named First Team All-Sun Belt
Courtesy: FIUSports.com
Release: 05/20/2008
Courtesy: FIUSports.com
Ryan Mollica led FIU with a .413 average and hit .504 in conference play
MIAMI, Fla. (www.fiusports.com) – FIU junior second baseman Ryan Mollica was named to the 2008 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team, it was announced today. The All-Sun Belt teams are selected by the conference’s 11 head coaches.
Mollica posted some of the best numbers in FIU history in 2008, batting .413 with 23 doubles, five home runs, 49 RBI and .483 on-base percentage in 55 games with 48 starts. He also led the Sun Belt with a .504 average against conference opponents. His overall average of .413 was the fourth-highest in FIU single-season history and he tied Joe Hughes’ single-season school record for doubles, set in 1980.
A fair amount of Mollica’s success this season came on a 27-game hitting streak, the fifth-longest in school history. He is the first FIU infielder named to the SBC First Team since former first baseman Brad Eldred in 2002.
Mollica was voted onto the first team ahead of what is arguably the deepest and most-talented position in the Sun Belt this year, including Preseason Sun Belt Player of the Year, New Orleans’ Johnny Giavotella, who earned second team honors with Kyle Suire of Louisiana at Monroe.
First Team All-Sun Belt
SP Bryan Cryer (New Orleans, Sr., SP)
SP Hunter Moody (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., SP)
RP Josh Storm (Troy, Jr., RP)
C Robert Taylor (UALR, Sr., C)
1B Rawley Bishop (Middle Tennessee, Jr., 1B)
2B Ryan Mollica (Florida International, Jr., 2B)
SS Ben Soignier (ULM, Jr., SS)
3B Zach Barrett (Middle Tennessee, Sr., 3B)
OF Mike McKenna (Florida Atlantic, Sr. Outfield)
OF Dexter Fontenot (ULM, Sr., Outfield)
OF Bryan Miller (Troy, Sr., Outfield)
DH Chad Cregar (WKU, Jr., DH)
Utility Jeff Lanning (New Orleans, Jr., Utility)
Courtesy: FIUSports.com
Release: 05/20/2008
Courtesy: FIUSports.com
Ryan Mollica led FIU with a .413 average and hit .504 in conference play
MIAMI, Fla. (www.fiusports.com) – FIU junior second baseman Ryan Mollica was named to the 2008 All-Sun Belt Conference First Team, it was announced today. The All-Sun Belt teams are selected by the conference’s 11 head coaches.
Mollica posted some of the best numbers in FIU history in 2008, batting .413 with 23 doubles, five home runs, 49 RBI and .483 on-base percentage in 55 games with 48 starts. He also led the Sun Belt with a .504 average against conference opponents. His overall average of .413 was the fourth-highest in FIU single-season history and he tied Joe Hughes’ single-season school record for doubles, set in 1980.
A fair amount of Mollica’s success this season came on a 27-game hitting streak, the fifth-longest in school history. He is the first FIU infielder named to the SBC First Team since former first baseman Brad Eldred in 2002.
Mollica was voted onto the first team ahead of what is arguably the deepest and most-talented position in the Sun Belt this year, including Preseason Sun Belt Player of the Year, New Orleans’ Johnny Giavotella, who earned second team honors with Kyle Suire of Louisiana at Monroe.
First Team All-Sun Belt
SP Bryan Cryer (New Orleans, Sr., SP)
SP Hunter Moody (Louisiana-Lafayette, Sr., SP)
RP Josh Storm (Troy, Jr., RP)
C Robert Taylor (UALR, Sr., C)
1B Rawley Bishop (Middle Tennessee, Jr., 1B)
2B Ryan Mollica (Florida International, Jr., 2B)
SS Ben Soignier (ULM, Jr., SS)
3B Zach Barrett (Middle Tennessee, Sr., 3B)
OF Mike McKenna (Florida Atlantic, Sr. Outfield)
OF Dexter Fontenot (ULM, Sr., Outfield)
OF Bryan Miller (Troy, Sr., Outfield)
DH Chad Cregar (WKU, Jr., DH)
Utility Jeff Lanning (New Orleans, Jr., Utility)
