Dray, Zimmerman Named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Americans

Tyler Dray

Tyler Dray from Southern Illinois Carbondale and Jeff Zimmerman from Northern Illinois University have been named to the 2011 Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Baseball Team selected by Collegiate Baseball.


LHP Dray recorded 8 saves with a 3.41 ERA, 24 K's in 29 innings pitched this season for the Salukis.  Tyler lives in Rockford Illinois and attended Rockford Boylan Catholic high school.



Jeff Zimmerman

1B Zimmerman, who was also named the Freshman Player of the Year in the Mid-American Conference, hit .326 with 11 home runs, 13 doubles and 47 RBI's.  Jeff is from Tinley Park Illinois and attended Victor J. Andrew high
school.

Jeff Zimmerman from Northern Illinois Baseball Selected to NCBWA Freshman All-American Team

Northern Illinois DH Jeff Zimmerman was selected to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman All-American second team announed on Monday.

Zimmerman led the Huskies in home runs with 11 and a .540 slugging percentage.  Jeff is one of 14 conference Freshman of the Year winner on the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association list and the only representative from the Mid-American Conference.

Jeff is from Victor J. Andrew High School and lives in Tinley Park Illinois.