Ronnie Bourquin Named Second Team All-American by ABCA – Ohio State Buckeyes
6/21/2006 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 21, 2006
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Former Ohio State third baseman Ronnie Bourquin collected his third All-America award this week when he earned second-team honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Last Thursday, Bourquin signed a professional contract with the Detroit Tigers, who selected him in the second round as the 50th overall pick in the Major League Baseball First Year Player Draft. He played his first game Tuesday night with the Oneonta (N.Y.) Tigers of the New York-Penn League.
Bourquin, the Big Ten Player of the Year last season when he was a junior, led the league with a .416 batting average, .612 slugging percentage, .492 on-base percentage, 91 hits, 66 RBI and 134 total bases. The NCBWA District V Player of the Year also was a first team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and a third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball.
Bourquin, who hails from Canton, Ohio (Canton South), came within one hit of tying the school record set by Steve Carvati in 2004. Bourquin had a hit in all but 11 of the 58 games he played and reached base in all but seven games. He had a career-long 14-game hit streak and led the Buckeyes with 27 multiple-hit games, including four contests with four hits. Bourquin hit 15 doubles, two triples and eight home runs, the second-best total on the team. He hit .417 with 45 hits and six home runs in Big Ten. Bourquin was a semifinalist for two national player of the year awards, including the Dick Howser Trophy, presented by the NCBWA, and the Brooks Wallace Award, presented by the College Baseball Foundation.
Bourquin’s 2006 Postseason Awards
NCBWA First Team All-American
Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American
College Baseball Foundation All-America Team
NCBWA District V Player of the Year
ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-Mideast Region Team
Second-Round Pick of the Major League Draft by the Detroit Tigers(50th overall)
Big Ten Player of the Year
First Team All-Big Ten
Three-time Big Ten Player of the Week
Bourquin’s Top 10 Rankings in Big Ten Stats
1st, batting average, .416
1st, slugging percentage, .612
1st, on-base percentage, .492
1st, hits, 91
1st, runs batted in, 66
1st, total bases, 134
2nd, bases on balls, 32
3rd, runs scored, 54
t-4th, home runs, 8
t-6th, doubles, 15
t-7th, at bats, 219
t-8th, total plate appearances, 255
