DALLAS - Utah junior pitcher
Jayson Rose has been selected as a preseason All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, announced by the organization on Tuesday. Rose is a second-team selection.
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An All-Pac-12 selection last season, Rose set the Utah record for strikeouts in a season with 106 which ranked second in the Pac-12. He was the only league pitcher to have over 100 strikeouts in the regular season (102). Rose held opponents to a .205 batting average, which ranked sixth in the Pac-12, and his 2.89 ERA was 10th in the league. He went 8-5 in 16 starts on the year. Highlights included a one-hit shutout over UC Riverside and 10 strikeout games against College World Series participant Arizona and Saint Mary's. He also earned wins over Kansas, Oregon, UCLA, Stanford and California.
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Rose and the Utes are coming off the 2016 Pac-12 Championship and open the season on Feb. 17 at CSU Bakersfield.
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