University of Houston Athletics
Scheiner Named an All-American, Again
6/8/2017 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. â€" For the second straight week, Houston Baseball's Jake Scheiner was recognized for his strong play throughout the 2017 season, earning Third Team All-America honors by Baseball America, announced by the publication on Thursday.
The Third Team honor comes one week after being named a Second Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball.
The Santa Rosa, California native became the triple crown winner for the Cougars, leading Houston in batting average (.346), home runs (18) and RBI (64). He is coming off one of the best slugging years by a Cougar, tallying 18 home runs, which sits second all-time in a Houston single season.
He was honored as the American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, the American Championship Most Outstanding Player. Scheiner became just the third Cougar in program history to be tabbed Conference Player of the Year and first since 1990. He joins Southwest Conference Players of the Year Keith Darter (1990) and Rayner Noble (1983) on this exclusive list.
Scheiner joins Kevin Merrell (Second Team) of USF as the only two players on any of the three teams representing The American Athletic Conference.
Jake Scheiner | Junior | UTL
- Named a Second Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball
- Named American Co-Player of the Year
- Named to All-American Athletic Conference First Team (UTL)
- Named a Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
- Named to Golden Spikes Award Watch List
- Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Week once
- Appeared in all 63 regular-season games, making 62 starts in the infield.
- Has played shortstop, second base and third base this season.
- Led the American in home runs with 18 and RBI with 64 as well as total bases with 162.
- Led Houston with a .346 average, 18 doubles and a .667 slugging percentage.
- Broke the Houston NCAA postseason single-game RBI record with six RBI in a 17-3 win over Baylor in the Houston Regional (June 3).
- Had a career day, tallying a five-hit game vs. Alabama State on March 19 when he belted three home runs and drove in seven RBI.
- Named National Player of the Week (March 20) after hitting .813 (13x16) with six home runs and 15 RBI, helping the Cougars to a 4-0 week (March 14-19). He slugged 2.063 and scored eight runs.
- Led Houston with 18 multi-RBI games and is second with 22 multi-hit games.
- Had a hit in 49 of the 63 games and an RBI in 32 of the 63 games.
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