University of Tennessee Athletics
ARENCIBIA EARNS NCBWA PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA HONORS
November 15, 2006 | Baseball
Nov. 15, 2006
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) announced its seventh annual preseason All-America team Tuesday, and Tennessee catcher J.P. Arencibia earned third-team recognition. The Miami, Fla., native has starred on the USA Baseball National Team each of the last two summers and is projected by Baseball America as a first-round pick in next June's MLB draft.
Arencibia is coming off back-to-back All-America seasons, having garnered Freshman All-America honors in 2005 and first-team acclaim from the College Baseball Foundation in 2006.
The 2007 National Player of the Year candidate sports a .335 career batting average with 167 hits, 123 RBIs and 25 home runs. He has played in all 122 of UT's games over the past two seasons and ranks tied for 10th on the school's career home runs list.
For a look at the complete 2007 NCBWA Preseason All-America team, visit: www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa
