May 31, 2012
Stony Brook, N.Y. -
Juniors Travis Jankowski and William Carmona along with senior Tyler Johnson, of the Stony Brook baseball team, have been named to the Louisville Slugger All-American teams, College Baseball Newspaper announced on Thursday. Jankowski earned second team honors while Carmona and Johnson were selected to the third team.
The 2011 America East Player of the Year, Jankowski is eighth in the country in batting average (.411) and set Stony Brook singles season records for hits (90), runs scored (66) and steals (34).
Johnson went 9-1 with a 1.78 ERA in 12 starts this season and set the Stony Brook career record for wins earlier this season.
Carmona earns All-American honors for the second straight season and hit .380 while leading the America East in home runs (10) and RBI (60).
Making its third NCAA tournament in the last five seasons, No. 25 Stony Brook opens the Coral Gables Regional against No. 23 Miami on Friday at 7 p.m.