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PORTLAND, Ore. --- Portland Pilots senior 1B C.J. Cullen has been named to the 2010 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America First Team, as selected by the College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA). It’s the first Academic All-America honor for Cullen, who is a computer science major with a 3.99 cumulative grade point average.
The native of Seattle, Wash., is also minoring in mathematics and he is the reigning West Coast Conference Player of the Month (April). He is enjoying a career year at the plate, batting .341 with four home runs, five doubles, a triple, 32 RBI’s and 37 runs scored. He is second on the team in batting average and he ranks tenth in the WCC. Cullen’s defense has been stellar as he’s made just three errors all season for a fielding percentage of .993.
Cullen is the first UP baseball player to land on the CoSIDA Academic All-America America First Team and he’s the first to earn Academic All-America since Cory Lunde earned third-team honors in 2000. He’s the third University of Portland student-athlete to earn Academic All-America this year, joining women’s soccer players Danielle Foxhoven and Jessica Tsao.
ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Baseball Academic All-America - University Division
All-America of the Year
Jim Klocke, Southeast Missouri State, Sr., Catcher, 3.94 Business Administration
First Team
Austin Fleet, Coastal Carolina, Sr., Pitcher, 3.78 Business Management
Matt Ridings, Western Kentucky, Sr., Pitcher, 3.74 Business Management
Jim Klocke, Southeast Missouri State, Sr., Catcher, 3.94 Business Administration
Paul Hoilman, East Tennessee State, Jr., Infield, 3.93 Math
David Towarnicky, Appalachian State, Sr., Infield, 4.0 Banking and Finance, Risk Insurance Mgt.
C.J. Cullen, Portland, Sr., Infield, 3.99 Computer Science
Matt Payton, Western Kentucky, Sr., Infield, 3.82 Exercise Science
John Lee, South Dakota State, Sr., Outfield, 3.89 Chemistry
Preston Hale, North Florida, Sr., Outfield, 3.71 Criminal Justice
DJ Belfonte, Nebraska, Sr. Outfield, 3.72 Finance
Ian Choy, Canisius, Sr., Designated Hitter, 3.52 Economics
