Gross Named To ABCA/Rawlings Central All-Region Second Team

ARLINGTON, Texas – Senior right-hander Andrew Gross, who was recently was selected by the Tampa Bay Rays in the 39th round (1,178th pick) of the 2019 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, has been named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings Division I Central All-Region Second Team.

The teams were voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process was led by the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America Committee, which is chaired by Tommy Raffo of Arkansas State University.

The righty, who was named to the Midseason NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award Watch List earlier this year, finished his senior campaign with a 2-3 record in 36 appearances with a conference-leading 17 saves (currently tied for 2nd in the nation), posting a 4.11 ERA, .296 opponent batting average and 46 strikeouts in 46.0 innings. In Sun Belt play, Gross had 17 appearances, going 2-2 with nine saves and a 2.40 ERA.

This season, Gross also became UTA's leader in single-season saves with his 15th save in UTA's 6-3 win over No. 19 TCU on April 16. The senior fell one save short of tying the SBC single-season saves record of 18 (Hugh Adams - FAU, 2013).

The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 11,000 members represent all 50 states and 23 countries. Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association membership has broadened to include eight divisions: NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School and Youth. The 76th annual ABCA Convention will be held Jan. 2-5, 2020 in Nashville, Tennessee.

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2019 Central-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Teams
NCAA Div. I Central All-Region First Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Pedro Pages	Jr.	Florida Atlantic	FL
C	Chase Smartt	Sr.	Troy	AL
1B	Sonny DiChiara	Fr.	Samford	AL
2B	Nate Fisbeck	Jr.	McNeese State	LA
3B	Chad Bell	Sr.	Louisiana Monroe	LA
SS	Hayden Cantrelle	So.	Louisiana	LA
OF	Yamil Pagan	Sr.	Alabama State	AL
OF	Ethan Wilson	Fr.	South Alabama	AL
OF	Javeyan Williams	Sr.	Southern	LA
OF	Jake Sanford	Jr.	Western Kentucky	KY
DH	Riley Pittman	Sr.	Arkansas-Little Rock	AR
P	Matt Canterino	Jr.	Rice	TX
P	Corey Gaconi	Sr.	Southeastern Louisiana	LA
P	Zach Hester	Jr.	Samford	AL
RP	Reeves Martin	Jr.	New Orleans	LA
RP	Zach Greene	Sr.	South Alabama	AL

NCAA Div. I Central All-Region Second Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Santiago Garcia	So.	Alabama State	AL
1B	Mason Mallard	Sr.	Louisiana Tech	LA
1B	Joe Davis	Sr.	Houston	TX
2B	Francisco Urbaez	Jr.	Florida Atlantic	FL
3B	Tyler LaPorte	Sr.	Southern	LA
SS	Drew Frederic	Jr.	Troy	AL
SS	Dalton Shuffield	So.	Texas State	TX
OF	Colton Cowser	Fr.	Sam Houston State	TX
OF	Rigsby Mosley	So.	Troy	AL
OF	Jordan Fucci	Jr.	Samford	AL
DH	Andrew Dunlap	Sr.	Rice	TX
P	Cody Davenport	Sr.	Central Arkansas	AR
P	Logan Allen	So.	Florida International	FL
P	Hayden Wesneski	Jr.	Sam Houston State	TX
P	Alex Palmer	Jr.	Stephen F. Austin	TX
RP	Andrew Gross	Sr.	UT Arlington	TX

Players Mentioned

Andrew Gross

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