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Notre Dame's Heilman, Stanley Earn All-America Honors From Baseball America
Selection marks the second time in four years that multiple Notre Dame players earn All-America honors.
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June 20, 2001

Notre Dame's Aaron Heilman (Logansport, Ind.) and Steve Stanley (Upper Arlington, Ohio) gained more national recognition on Wednesday, as each earned All-America honors from Baseball America magazine.

Heilman was one of five pitchers named a first team All-American-marking just the first time in the righthander's storied career that he has been named an All-American by Baseball America (he received numerous other All-America honors throughout his four-year career).

Stanley was one of three outfielders named by BA to its third team All-America squad, with the junior centerfielder earlier earning second-team honors from USA Today.

Heilman and Stanley's selection to the USA Today and BA teams marks the second time in the last four years that multiple Notre Dame players have earned All-America honors (Heilman and infielder Brant Ust were 1998 All-Americans).

Heilman-the 17th all-time Notre Dame student-athlete to be a four-year All-American in the same sport and just the fifth to do so in a team-oriented sport-has been named a first team All-American by every organization that has released its 2001 All-American teams. He now has racked up nine career All-America awards from the four major organizations (no other ND player has more than three).

Stanley joins Heilman ('99, '00, '01) and Ust ('98) as the third Notre Dame player in the last four years to be named an All-American by at least two of the four major national organizations (BA, USA Today, Collegiate Baseball magazine and the American Baseball Coaches Association-which has yet to release its All-America teams for 2001).

Heilman-who was selected by the New York Mets with the 18th overall pick of the 2001 Major League Draft-turned in a dominating 2001 season that included repeating as BIG EAST Conference pitcher of the year and ranking as the nation's only unbeaten pitcher with more than 13 wins (15-0, second overall in wins) while his 1.74 earned-run average ranked sixth nationwide.

He totaled 111 strikeouts in 114 innings-ranking third in the ND recordbook for season Ks, behind his 118 in both 1999 and 2000-while allowing just 31 walks and 70 hits, which factors out to a walks-plus-hits average of 8.0 per nine innings. Heilman's 15 starts in 2001 included 12 complete games and three shutouts while his .173 opponent batting avg. included just three home runs allowed and a .220 opponent slugging pct. He closed his career with wins in 25 of his final 26 decisions and is one of 15 all-time Division I players to reach 40 wins (43-7) and 400 Ks (425), plus a 2.49 career ERA that ranks 2nd in Notre Dame history and best since 1961.

Stanley-the 2001 BIG EAST Conference co-player of the year-turned in an inspiring performance in the 2001 NCAA South Bend Regional that included a .609 batting average (14-for-23). That postseason surge boosted his season average to an even .400-ranking 43rd in the nation and best by a Notre Dame player since Scott Sollmann hit .406 in 1995.

Stanley's 102 hits led all BIG EAST players and marked just the second time an ND player had cracked 100 (Dan Peltier had 115 in '89). Stanley also led the BIG EAST in runs (76) and triples (5) while ranking 2nd in stolen bases (31-of-39), 3rd in batting average and on-base percentage (.457) and 6th in total bases (129). He collected 12 more walks (29) than strikeouts (17), hit 14 doubles and his first career home run, and made just two errors (in addition to countless big-league plays) while joining senior shortstop Alec Porzel as the only Irish players to start all 63 games. Stanley-who has patrolled CF for all but 14 career innings while starting all 188 of ND's games the past three seasons-ranks 3rd at Notre Dame in career stolen bases (84), 6th in hits (266), 7th in batting average (.364) and 8th in runs (179).

BASEBALL AMERICA 2001 ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
FIRST TEAM

Pos. Player, Team  Yr.  AVG  AB  R  H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO  SB
C  Kelly Shoppach, Baylor  Jr.  .397  234  51  93  20  2  12  69  24  52  4
1B  John VanBenschoten, Kent State  Jr.  .440  225  74  99  17  6  31  84 55  50  23
2B  Michael Woods, Southern  Jr.  .453  170  68  77  27  5  14  54  26  29  32
3B  Jeff Baker, Clemson  So.  .369  233  66  86  13  2  23  75  32  38  5
SS  Chris Burke, Tennessee  Jr.  .435  271  105  118  21  11  20  60  51  28  49
OF  John Cole, Nebraska  Jr.  .418  239  71  100  15  4  11  61  20  26  28
OF  Shelley Duncan, Arizona  Jr.  .338  228  64  77  9  1  24  78  32  35  3
OF  John-ford Griffin, Florida State  Jr.  .450  251  79  113  30  0  19  75  50  23  11
DH  Jake Gautreau, Tulane  Jr.  .355  290  82  103  23  1  21  96  42  41  8
UT Cory Sullivan, Wake Forest Sr. .390 264 85 103 20 1 13 67 26 21 27

Pos. Player, Team  Yr.  W  L  ERA  G  GS  CG  SV  IP  H  BB  SO
P  Dewon Brazelton, Middle Tenn.  Jr.  13  2  1.42  15  15  11  0  127  82  24  154
P  Aaron Heilman, Notre Dame  Sr.  15  0  1.74  15  15  12  0  114  70  31  111
P  Noah Lowry, Pepperdine  Jr.  14  2  1.71  18  17  3  1  121  88  41  142
P  Justin Pope, Central Florida  Jr.  15  1  1.68  17  17  6  0  123  97  27  158
P  Mark Prior, Southern California  Jr.  15  1  1.69  20  18  5  0  139  100  18  202
UT  Cory Sullivan, Wake Forest  Sr.  7  0  3.52  13  11  2  0  77  72  36  54

SECOND TEAM

Pos. Player, Team  Yr.  AVG  AB  R  H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO  SB
C  Casey Myers, Arizona State  Sr.  .395  223  53  88  17  0  7 69  37  19  2
1B  Dan Johnson, Nebraska Sr.  .361  230  77  83  13  1  25  86  63  49  7
2B  Chris O'Riordan, Stanford  Jr.  .359  281  62 101  17  2 12  68  32  29  16
3B  Kevin Youkilis, Cincinnati  Sr.  .405  210  81  85  7  2  18  61  59  21 22
SS  Jeff Keppinger, Georgia  Jr.  .389  262  69  102  15  5  18  73  45  22  10
OF  Matt Davis, Va. Commonwealth  Jr.  .396  227  84  90  7  2  3  26  45 17  49
OF  Greg Dobbs, Oklahoma  Sr.  .428  243  53  104  25  2  10  62  20  21  12
OF  Jason Knoedler, Miami (Ohio)  Jr.  .402  239  79  96  15  3  17  50  29  51  24
DH  Ryan Brunner, Northern Iowa  Sr.  .377  239  72  90  18  2  25  82  37  26  6
UT  Dan Haren, Pepperdine  Jr.  .308  224  33  69  8  0  5  47  25  33 1

Pos. Player, Team  Yr.  W  L  ERA  G  GS  CG  SV  IP  H  BB  SO
P  Jason Arnold, Central Florida  Sr. 14 3  1.97  19  17  5  0  119  82  32  150
P  Kenny Baugh, Rice  Sr.  13  2  2.17  22  21  3  0  141  106  54  163
P  Nate Fernley, Brigham Young  Sr.  16  3 3.12  21  20  7  0  153  136  32  133
P  Shane Komine, Nebraska  Jr.  14  2  3.35  18  18  7  0  132  129  36  157
P  Kirk Saarloos, CS Fullerton  Sr.  15  2  2.18  25  18  7  4  153  99  23  153
UT  Dan Haren, Pepperdine  Jr.  11  3  2.22  17  16  6  1  130  106  31  97

THIRD TEAM
Pos. Player, Team  Yr.  AVG  AB  R  H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB  SO  SB
C  Tim Whittaker, South Carolina  Sr.  .294  238  54  70  14  0  21  74  24  37  1
1B  Aaron Clark, Alabama  Sr.  .335  212  66  71  15  2  20  71  40  39  5
2B  Dan Uggla, Memphis  Jr.  .379  214  72  81  28  3  18  67  42  39  5
3B  Jack Hannahan, Minnesota  Jr.  .372  226  65  84  20  4  15  63  45  35  16
SS  Brendan Harris, William & Mary  Jr.  .390  218  73  85  20  3  18  69  36  24  7
OF  Todd Linden, Louisiana State  Jr.  .312  256  65  80  14  1  20  76  26  49  9
OF  Steve Stanley, Notre Dame  Jr.  .400  255  76  102  14  5  1  32  29  17  31
OF  Rickie Weeks, Southern  Fr.  .422  185  78  78  13  12  14  70  30  31  28
DH  Brian Baron, UCLA  Sr.  .443  237  39  105  17  0  2  47  20  26  1
UT  Barry Matthews, Gonzaga  Sr.  .348  224  52  78  16  1  10  33  24  27  0

Pos. Player, Team  Yr.  W  L  ERA  G  GS  CG  SV  IP  H  BB  SO
P Willie Collazo, Fla. Intern'l  Sr.  13  1  2.93  20  19  3  0  141  137 39  148
P  Rik Currier, So. California  Sr.  12  3  2.59  20  17  2  0  118  112  40  120
P  Lee Gronkiewicz, So. Carolina  Sr.  2  1  1.31  36  0  0  19  62  31  23  77
P  Jeremy Guthrie, Stanford  So.  13  4  2.82  20  20  3  0  134  123  41  128
P  Ben Thurmond, Winthrop  So.  14  3  2.88  20  18  12  1  150  132  42  148
UT  Barry Matthews, Gonzaga  Sr.  9  2  3.23  14  14  5  0  106  104  16  83

 

 

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