OC Varsity » all-america http://ocvarsity.freedomblogging.com High school sports talk by the staff of the Orange County Register Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:41:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 en-us hourly 1 Three Orange County players selected to All-America team http://ocvarsity.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/15/three-orange-county-players-selected-to-all-america-team/4037/ http://ocvarsity.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/15/three-orange-county-players-selected-to-all-america-team/4037/#comments Tue, 15 Jul 2008 20:10:11 +0000 TODD HARMONSON, OCREGISTER.COM http://ocvarsity.freedomblogging.com/2008/07/15/three-orange-county-players-selected-to-all-america-team/ Orange Lutheran pitcher Gerrit Cole was a first-team All-America selection by EA Sports, and two other Orange County players were second-team selections.

Cole, a first-round selection of the New York Yankees in June, was 8-2 with 118 strikeouts and a 0.47 ERA for the Lancers.

Katella's Nick Ramirez, the Orange County player of the year, and Mater Dei's Tyler Rahmatulla were second-team All-America selections.

Tim Beckham from Griffin, Ga., was the choice as the national player of the year after being the first pick in the June draft.

Other Southern California selections:

First team
Kyle Shipworth, Patriot of Riverside
Aaron Hicks, Long Beach Wilson
Tyler Chatwood, Redlands East Valley
Matt Hobgood, Norco

Second team
Matt Cerda, Oceanside

Related:
• Gerrit Cole's stats
• Yankees select Orange Lutheran's Cole
• Video: Gerrit Cole on pitching
• Video: Gerrit Cole's future -- pros or college
• HS career over, Cole's future still as bright as ever
• Nick Ramirez's stats
• Katella a cut above after capturing Empire title
• Katella's Ramirez makes game look easy
• Tyler Rahmatullah's stats

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