May 28, 2009

TUCSON, Ariz. - Ohio junior Marc Krauss kept the accolades coming Thursday, as he was named to the 2009 Louisville Slugger All-America First Team by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, marking the first Bobcat first-teamer since Scott Kuvinka in 1979. Krauss, listed at third base, was the lone Mid-American Conference player on any of the three All-America teams and one of just eight players from a non-BCS conference on the 17-man first team. Anthony Gressick was Ohio's last All-American, as he claimed third-team honors in 2006.

The Deshler, Ohio, native was named a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award Tuesday, given annually by USA Baseball to the nation's top amateur baseball player. Krauss became the first Bobcat to ever garner the MAC Player of the Year award when he earned the honor May 19 and was placed on the All-MAC First Team for the third-straight year. He was also tabbed CoSIDA/ESPN the Magazine Second-Team Academic All-District and was a Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week April 6.

Krauss, who started all 53 games this season, shattered Ohio's single-season home runs record in 2009 with 27 (the record was 20), which ranks third nationally and second in MAC single-season history, while leading the league with 70 RBIs, which ties for first on Ohio's single-season chart. His 178 total bases (fifth nationally) this season are a school record, as is his .852 slugging percentage (fourth nationally), both of which also rank first in the MAC. The broadcast journalism major batted .402 on the year with 84 hits, including 13 doubles. Krauss scored 73 runs, while drawing 46 walks to help his .521 on-base percentage, all of which rank second in the conference and in the top-26 nationally.

San Diego State right-handed hurler Stephen Strasburg was named CBN's National Player of the Year, as Krauss and Strasburg were just two of 13 conference players or pitchers of the year to make First-Team All-America. For a complete list of the All-America teams, click here.

Krauss, who was a Freshman All-American in 2007, becomes the 25th Bobcat to ever receive All-America status and the 10th to garner first-team accolades.