May 22, 2008
APPLETON, WI - Two members of the Johns Hopkins baseball team were named to the ABCA-Rawlings All-America team at the banquet at the start of the College World Series on Thursday night. Sophomore right fielder Brian Youchak (Pittsburgh, PA/Vincentian Academy) earned a spot on the first team. Senior third baseman Todd Emr (Westwood, NJ/Saddle River Day) earned second team honors.
Youchak earns All-American honors for the first time in his career from the ABCA after making a strong comeback from an injury that cost him all of last year. He was a First Team ABCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region selection, a First Team D3baseball.com All-America, a Second Team All-Centennial selection and a member of the NCAA South Regional All-Tournament team. Youchak is hitting .500 in 39 games played for the Blue Jays and is second on the team in runs scored (61) and hits (78). Youchak leads the team in home runs (9) while being tied for the team lead in doubles (20). He has hit in 26-straight contests and is second on the team in stolen bases with 21.
Emr earns All-American honors for the first time in his career from the ABCA after making a stellar comeback from an injury that cost him all but five games in 2007. He was a First Team ABCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region selection, a D3baseball.com Honorable Mention All-America and a First Team All-Centennial selection earlier this season. Emr was also a member of the NCAA South Regional All-Tournament team. He is hitting .476 in 43 games and is leading the team in hits (79) and RBIs (64). Emr leading the team in multi-hit and multi-RBI games and recently had a 21-game hit streak. Emr is just two hits away from tying the JHU single-season hits mark (81) and needs nine RBIs to tie the single-season mark (73). He is 11-of-12 on stolen base attempts this season.
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The Blue Jays will make their second appearance in program history at the College World Series starting on Friday. Hopkins is set to face Adrian at 1:15 p.m. CT in Appleton, WI. The Blue Jays last appeared in the College World Series in 1989.
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