Central Michigan University Athletics
Stovall Named to Academic All-America Second Team
5/29/2007 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
MOUNT PLEASANT Central Michigan University junior outfielder Tyler Stovall (Cincinnati, Ohio/Moeller HS) has been named to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Stovall, a personal financial planning major with a 3.84 grade-point average, was a second team selection. He is the first CMU baseball player to earn Academic All-America honors since Kurtis Wells was a second team choice in 2005.
The 2007 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year and a unanimous all-conference first team selection, Stovall batted a MAC-leading .391 this season. He led CMU in hits (88) and runs batted in (59), was tied for the team lead in runs scored (58) and was second in stolen bases (20). His 88 hits are the third-most in a single season in CMU history, while his 58 runs scored tie for the 10th-most in school history.
Stovall also led the MAC in hits and runs batted in, was tied for the lead in runs scored, ranked second in steals and third in total bases (127) and on-base percentage (.462).
Stovall recorded 26 multiple-hit games this season, including a career-best 5-for-6 performance at Akron on April 14 in which he tied a school record with four doubles and scored a school-record six runs.
Stovall put together a 21-game hitting streak midway through the season, tied for the second-longest streak in CMU history. He hit .468 (44-for-94), scored 31 runs and drove in 24 runs during the streak.
CMU finished the 2007 season 35-21 overall, 21-6 in the MAC.
Stovall, a personal financial planning major with a 3.84 grade-point average, was a second team selection. He is the first CMU baseball player to earn Academic All-America honors since Kurtis Wells was a second team choice in 2005.
The 2007 Mid-American Conference Player of the Year and a unanimous all-conference first team selection, Stovall batted a MAC-leading .391 this season. He led CMU in hits (88) and runs batted in (59), was tied for the team lead in runs scored (58) and was second in stolen bases (20). His 88 hits are the third-most in a single season in CMU history, while his 58 runs scored tie for the 10th-most in school history.
Stovall also led the MAC in hits and runs batted in, was tied for the lead in runs scored, ranked second in steals and third in total bases (127) and on-base percentage (.462).
Stovall recorded 26 multiple-hit games this season, including a career-best 5-for-6 performance at Akron on April 14 in which he tied a school record with four doubles and scored a school-record six runs.
Stovall put together a 21-game hitting streak midway through the season, tied for the second-longest streak in CMU history. He hit .468 (44-for-94), scored 31 runs and drove in 24 runs during the streak.
CMU finished the 2007 season 35-21 overall, 21-6 in the MAC.
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