Scott Lewis Named NCBWA Preseason Third Team All-American – Ohio State Buckeyes
11/13/2002 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Nov. 13, 2002
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Lefthanded pitcher Scott Lewis (So., Washington Court House, Ohio/Washington) was named a Third Team Preseason All-American as selected by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association on Wednesday.
Lewis, the 2002 Big Ten Freshman of the Year was a First Team All-Big Ten selection and finished the year with an 8-2 record and a team-best 2.84 ERA. He went 2-2 to start the year but won his last six decisions. Lewis finished the year with a Buckeye-best 91 strikeouts in 92.0 innings and was named to the all-tournament teams at the Big Ten Tournament and at the South Bend Regional.
At the end of the 2002 season, Lewis was named a Freshman All-American Louisville Slugger and by Baseball America. He also was named to the All-Midwest Region team by the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Lewis pitched the first nine-inning complete game of his career to beat Minnesota and earn the sixth Big Ten Tournament championship for Ohio State. That 6-3 win, in which he struck out six and walked two, earned the Buckeyes the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament. At the South Bend Regional, Lewis pitched another nine-inning complete game in a 6-4 elimination victory over South Alabama. He struck out 10 Jaguar batters without a walk. He finished the year with six complete games.
This is the fourth year for the NCBWA Preseason All-America teams.
Ohio State, which finished 38-20-1 last season with an appearance in the regional final at Notre Dame, will begin its 2003 campaign Feb. 28 at the Tournament of Champions Cardinal Classic at Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas. Joining the Buckeyes and Cardinals in the tournament will be Oklahoma and Southwest Missouri State. All four teams participated in the NCAA tournament in 2002.
