FIU freshmen
Logan Allen and
Jose Garcia were named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman All-American teams on Monday afternoon.
Allen and Garcia are each coming off record-breaking first seasons at FIU and each received their third freshman accolade, including the NCBWA recognition.
Allen and Garcia each garnered their second Freshman All-American nod. Allen and Garcia along with
Adan Fernandez were selected Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper earlier this month. Allen and Garcia were also picked to the Conference USA All-Freshman Team last month.
Allen was tabbed to the Freshman All-American First Team for both his work on the mound and at the plate. The left-hander went 5-5 with a 3.89 ERA, which was third best on the FIU pitching staff.
Allen broke the FIU freshman record for strikeouts per nine innings with a 10.34 mark surpassing David Mittauer, who averaged 10.17 strikeouts per nine innings in 1998.
Allen pitched 74 innings, allowed 74 hits, 32 earned runs, 16 walks and struck out 85 batters to lead the Panthers pitching staff. The 85 strikeouts rank second on the FIU freshman strikeouts list, second only to Derek DeCarlo, who struck out 92 in 2002.
Allen was named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week after pitching eight shutout innings against Western Kentucky on May 13. The 8-4 win against WKU clinched a berth in the C-USA Championship for the Panthers.
In the batter's box, Allen hit .309 with two home runs and 16 RBI. He had five doubles among his 43 hits. Allen's first collegiate home run was as a pinch-hitter. The round tripper won the game against UTSA, 2-1, in San Antonio.
Garcia, who was named Second Team catcher, hit an FIU freshman record 13 home runs this past season surpassing the mark held by former FIU slugger Jabari Henry, who hit 12 dingers in 2010. Garcia was named the Conference USA Freshman of the Year after his record-breaking season. Henry was the Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year in 2010.
Garcia hit .264 with 13 home runs and 38 RBI. The right-handed hitter had 47 hits and nearly half of them were for extra bases. Garcia had eight doubles and two triples.
Garcia was third on the team in total bases with 98 and third in slugging with a .551 clip, which is second on the FIU freshman slugging percentage list to Henry, who slugged .599 in 2010. Garcia's 98 total bases are fifth all-time among FIU freshmen.
