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Pair of Frogs Tabbed Baseball America Preseason All-Americans
Purke and Coats honored by publication
FORT WORTH, Texas - Matt Purke and Jason Coats have been tabbed preseason All-Americans by Baseball America. Purke was a first-team honoree while Coats was named to the second team.
Purke led the nation in 2010 with a perfect 16-0 record. The consensus National Freshman of the Year fanned a team-high 142 batters in 116 1/3 innings pitched. He limited opponents to a .212 batting average against and posted a 3.02 ERA in 20 appearances.
The sophomore has also been named a first-team preseason All-American by the NCBWA and Collegiate Baseball.
Coats led the Frogs with a .361 batting average in 67 games played. Of his school-record 99 hits on the season, Coats racked up 23 doubles, four triples and 13 home runs. He paced the team with 69 RBIs and 68 runs scored. He was successful on eight out of 10 stolen base attempts.
Coats has also been tabbed a preseason All-American by numerous publications. He was a third-team selection by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA.
TCU will host its annual Alumni weekend this week starting with the eighth annual First Pitch Banquet Friday night. The Alumni game is set for Saturday afternoon with first pitch at 1 p.m. The 2011 season gets underway Friday, Feb. 18 when the Horned Frogs host Kansas.
