June 21, 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

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

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
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

Yr. W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO
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