STATESBORO, Ga. ? Georgia Southern University junior outfielder Chris Shehan (Strasburg, PA/Lampeter-Strasburg) was one of 10 players selected First Team All-PING!Baseball. It is the first of what could be multiple national post-season honors for Shehan.
Members of all three PING!Baseball teams can be found at www.pingbaseball.com. Three other Southern Conference representatives were on the Second and Third teams.
Shehan, who was featured on the PING!Baseball website in March, led the way offensively for the Eagles. The Southern Conference's ?Player of the Year' (sports media association) batted .438 ? the fourth highest single-season average. The junior outfielder scored a GS record 84 runs and ranked among the season ?Top 10' in seven categories in all. He became the fifth Eagle to be named SoCon ?Player of the Year'.
Starting in all 58 games, Shehan tallied 84 runs scored (GS record), 77 RBI, 17 doubles, three triples, 22 home runs, .557 on-base percentage, 53 walks, 22-of-24 stolen bases and six outfield assists. A Third Team Academic All-District pick, Shehan recorded a team-leading 33 multi-hit games and 23 multi-RBI games. He ended year on 15-game hitting streak and earned a spot on the SoCon All-Tournament Team.
Shehan was a finalist on three different National Player of the Year award watch lists ? including one of 16 semifinalists for the Dick Howser Award. Twice named SoCon ?Player of the Week' and the league's top offensive player in March, he also earned National ?Player of the Week' honors.
Last week he was selected in the 30th round of the Major League Baseball draft by the Atlanta Braves.
