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OMAHA, Neb. – Eastern Kentucky University sophomore third baseman Jayson Langfels has been named an honorable mention All-Ping! performer by the college baseball website, Ping!Baseball.com. Langfels won the OVC batting title in 2009 with a .441 batting average while leading the Colonels with 72 RBI and 12 home runs.
The Lexington, Ky. native was voted first team All-OVC by league coaches and SIDs at the conclusion of the season. He was one of only two sophomores on the first team.
A Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American in 2008, Langfels exploded as one of the top hitters in the OVC in 2009. His .441 batting average was one of the best in modern EKU history and his 72 RBI ranks third on the all-time EKU single-season list.
He was also second in the league in triples (6), total bases (136) and slugging percentage (.800).
The sophomore blasted a team-best 12 home runs this season and displayed a propensity for delivering in the clutch as two of his home runs were walk-off jobs and one of them came at home against in-state rival Western Kentucky on March 18.
After ranking second in the country with eight triples last season, Langfels was named a Freshman All-American and was the only 2008 OVC All-Freshman team member to make the jump to first team All-OVC this season. His six triples this season allowed him to break the career EKU record for triples as only a sophomore.
The hard-hitting third baseman will be one of the favorites for OVC Preseason Player of the Year in 2010.
This is not the first time an EKU player has been honored by Ping!Baseball. First round draft pick Christian Friedrich was named a first team All-Ping! performer by the Omaha-based site in 2008.
Langfels was one of six OVC players represented on the All-Ping! teams, joining Eastern Illinois’ Brett Nommensen and Richie Derbak, Murray State’s Daniel Calhoun, Southeast Missouri State’s Jim Klocke and Tennessee Tech’s A.J. Kirby-Jones. Calhoun and Nommensen were named second team All-Ping! while the rest were named honorable mention.