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Jensen Pupa will take his Gold Glove Award and 1st Team All-America Honors to the University of Maryland College Park. He goes from a Gryphon to a Terrapin.
RHP Nick Franceski won the 2008 Rawlings Gold Glove Award. Nick goes from a Gryphon to a GW Colonial.
Rawlings Announces First-Ever Rawlings Gold Glove Awards
for College and High School Student-Athletes
Inaugural Programs Part of Award’s 50th Anniversary Celebration in 2007
ST. LOUIS (Sept. 11, 2007) – The Rawlings Gold Glove has been the standard for outstanding defensive play in the Major Leagues for a half century. In honor of its 50th anniversary, Rawlings and the American Baseball Coaches Association are proud to announce that the Rawlings Gold Glove AwardÆ is now awarded at the collegiate and high school levels.
“We are excited to be reaching out to college and high school student-athletes and offering them the opportunity to receive a Rawlings Gold Glove Award, which for 50 years has been the greatest measurement of defensive excellence in baseball,” said Rawlings President and General Manager Robert Parish. “This is something that never has been done before. We believe it’s time to recognize defensive excellence at all levels of the game, and the award’s 50th anniversary is the perfect time to begin doing just that.”
The collegiate and high school Rawlings Gold Glove Awards are awarded to nine players at each of the following levels: NCAA Divisions I, II, and III players, NAIA players, Junior College Division I players, and high school players. Winners were announced during each division’s post-season tournaments. Each winner will receive their own Rawlings Gold Glove Award
2007 ABCA/RAWLINGS NJCAA DIVISION III GOLD GLOVE TEAM
1B: Tyler Boekmann, So., North Arkansas College
2B: Zack Coleman, So., Community College of Allegheny County
3B: James Cummings, Fr., Suffolk County Community College
SS: Jose Molina, So., Tyler Junior College
C: Ryan Saldivar, So., Richland College
OF: Tim Coglietta, So., Suffolk County Community College
OF: Jay Scheidt, Fr., Minnesota West Community & Technical College
OF: Barry Burk, So., Itasca Community College
P:
Jensen Pupa, So., Montgomery College Germantown
To learn more, visit www.rawlingsgoldglove.com.
