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TCU baseball earns 5 selections to preseason All-America team

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TCU designated hitter Luken Baker, who hit .379 with 62 RBIs and 11 home runs last season as the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, was selected Monday as a preseason first-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball. Senior pitcher Brian Howard was also selected to the first team.
TCU designated hitter Luken Baker, who hit .379 with 62 RBIs and 11 home runs last season as the Big 12 Freshman of the Year, was selected Monday as a preseason first-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball. Senior pitcher Brian Howard was also selected to the first team. Richard W. Rodriguez rrodriguez@star-telegram.com

Five TCU baseball players were selected preseason All-Americans on Monday by Collegiate Baseball, the most in the nation.

Sophomore designated hitter Luken Baker and senior right-handed pitcher Brian Howard were first-team selections.

Baker, the 2016 Big 12 Freshman of the Year, hit .379 with 62 RBIs and 11 home runs to lead the Horned Frogs. Howard went 10-2 with a 3.19 ERA, including 3-0 in the postseason.

Junior catcher Evan Skoug (.301, 51 RBIs) and sophomore relief pitcher Durbin Feltman (3-0, 1.56 ERA, 9 saves) made the second team, while senior third baseman Elliott Barzilli (.339, 7 HRs, 14 SB) was selected to the third team.

TCU is scheduled to open the 2017 season Feb. 17 at home against Penn State.

This story was originally published December 19, 2016 at 5:16 PM with the headline "TCU baseball earns 5 selections to preseason All-America team."

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