Junior second baseman Jon Peacock of Illinois State has been chosen to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-Midwest Region Team.
By vote of the regions baseball coaches, Peacock was a second-team selection. Coaches elected two teams with 15 players each.
The 2002 Missouri Valley Conference batting champion with a .406 average, Peacock also led the Redbirds in hits (76), home runs (9), runs batted in (48) and slugging percentage (.652). The Roselle, Ill., natives batting average ranks No. 7 in Redbird single-season history.
Peacock, a 2002 Second-Team All-Missouri Valley Conference choice, was joined by 10 other Valley players among the 30 elected, including John Tetuan, Brian Burgamy, Drew Moffitt and Dustin Hawkins of Wichita State, Steve Obenchain and Andy Rohleder of Evansville, Brad Ziegler and Dante Brinkley of Southwest Missouri State, Jason Simon and Travis Welsch of Northern Iowa.
The ABCA All-America ballot included all first-team selections from the ABCAs eight regions. Tetuan, Obenchain and Burgamy were among the eight players from the Midwest Region to earn All-America honors.
2002 American Baseball
Coaches Association
All-Midwest Region
First Team
1B Mike Huggins Baylor
2B Tim Moss Texas
Brian Burgamy Wichita State
SS Gera Alvarez Texas Tech
3B Jason Simon Northern Iowa
OF Pat Maloney Kansas State
Jason Fransz Oklahoma
Andy Rohleder Evansville
Jeff Liese Nebraska
C Jed Morris Nebraska
DH Ross Bennett Baylor
P John Tetuan Wichita State
Justin Simmons Texas
Shane Komine Nebraska
RP Steve Obenchain Evansville
Second Team
1B Jeff Ontiveros Texas
2B Jon Peacock Illinois State
SS Travis Welsch Northern Iowa
3B Omar Quintinilla Texas
OF Jon Slack Texas Tech
Dante Brinkley SMS
Wilton Reynolds Oral Roberts
Dustin Hawkins Wichita State
C David Castillo Oral Roberts
DH Drew Moffitt Wichita State
P Justin Taylor Baylor
Brad Ziegler SMS
Rene Ricio Oral Roberts
Aaron Marsden Nebraska
RP Steve Rowe Texas Tech
All-Americans
