Dykstra Named Freshman All-American By Rivals.com
7/6/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
July 6, 2006
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - Wake Forest first baseman Allan Dykstra was named to the Rivals.com Freshman All-America first team on Thursday. Dykstra has already earned Baseball America and Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American honors, as well as ACC Rookie of the Year and All-ACC second team.
The San Diego, Calif., native led the Demon Deacons in slugging percentage (.670), on-base percentage (.479), RBI (56), home runs (15), walks (51), sacrifice flies (9) and tied for the team-high in games played (55) and started (55). He led the ACC in OPS, slugging percentage and is tied for the lead in sacrifice flies. Dykstra also ranked second in home runs, third in walks and tied for third in on-base percentage.
Nationally, Dykstra ranked fifth in walks per game, 40th in home runs and 41st in slugging percentage.
He finished among the Wake Forest top 10 single-season freshman records in walks (1st), doubles (t-1st), home runs (t-2nd), RBI (t-2nd), runs scored (t-5th), games started (7th), games played (9th) and hits (t-10th). In fact, his 51 walks were the third most in single-season school history.
Dykstra also tied a Wake Forest single-game school record with three home runs against Davidson on March 28. He recorded 15 multi-RBI games, including a pair of five RBI outings, and registered 15 multi-hit games.
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