Three Deacons Earn All-American Baseball Honors
6/11/2002 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Wake Forest was one of four schools nationally to place three All-Americans and only ACC rival Clemson had more players on the teams.
Bush, a Collegiate Baseball first team All-American, set the ACC career record for appearances with 141. As a senior, he was 8-1 with a 1.64 ERA, an ACC-leading 13 saves and 40 appearances. The senior from Devon, Pa., allowed just one earned run in 26.1 regular season innings against conference opponents. He was a second round draft pick of the Toronto Blue Jays in last week's draft.
Sleeth, the ace of the Deacon rotation, had a perfect 14-0 record with a 2.97 ERA and 113 strikeouts. A sophomore from Westminster, Colo., Sleeth led the conference in wins, ERA and strikeouts. He tossed two complete games, 1.5 shutouts to his credit and defeated four nationally-ranked teams. Sleeth also made Collegiate Baseball's second team All-America squad.
Bourassa, a junior from Apple Valley, Minn., led the Deacons in most offensive categories including batting average (.412), runs (72), hits (103), triples (4), on-base percentage (.495) and stolen bases (26). Bourassa, in his first season at Wake Forest, started all 61 games in center field for the Deacons and finished third in the league in hitting.
 Dave Bush  | |
 Kyle Sleeth | |
 Adam Bourassa | |