May 19, 2008

CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA . . . Thirteen Iowa Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) baseball players were named to the 2008 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings All-Central Region Team announced by the Association on Monday. The IIAC honorees include one First Team selections, five Second Team selections and seven Third Team selections.

Wartburg College senior pitcher Aaron Saeugling (Dubuque, Iowa/Wahlert) was the IIAC's lone selection to the First Team. Luther College junior catcher Jake Waddle (Coon Rapids, Iowa/Coon Rapids-Bayard), Coe College junior catcher Tyler McAllister (Ursa, Ill./Mendon-Unity), University of Dubuque senior third baseman Alex Martinez (Rio Linda, Calif./Grant), Wartburg College junior outfielder Jerrold Martijn (Calbas, Aruba/Kirkwood C.C.), and Simpson College junior pitcher Jared Sass (Iowa City, Iowa/Iowa City) were each named to the Second Team.

Earning Third Team All-Region honors were Simpson College junior Jason McClaflin (Altoona, Iowa/Southeast Polk), University of Dubuque senior shortstop Danny Cantu (Chicago, Ill./Maine South), Luther College senior shortstop Jeff Hiatt (Dubuque, Iowa/Senior), Buena Vista University junior outfielder Brandon Pietrzyk (Portland, Ore./Marshall), University of Dubuque senior outfielder Michael Ramos (Culver City, Calif./Culver City), Simpson College senior pitcher Jake Ritchey (Indianola, Iowa/Interstate 35), and Luther College pitcher Adam Kohls (Hampton, Iowa/Hampton-Dumont).

Four of the All-Region honorees have previously received similar recognition. Saeugling was also a First Team selection in 2007, while Hiatt and Kohls were on the Second Team and Martinez was on the Third Team last year.

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