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Show I 'Bird third basetnan natned to all-region second teain I PA,E 10 UNIVERSITY JOURNAL SPORTS MONDAY, JUNE 4, 2001 Senior third baseman Curtis Jacobsen was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) Midwest All-Region second team late Thursday afternoon in Lawrence, Kan. Jacob en (6-1, 205; Lehi, Utah/Utah Valley State College) was a first-team all-MidContinent Conference and conference aJJ. tournament selection after leading the T. Birds to a second-place finish in the Mid-Con this season. Jacob en hit .390 in 59 games this year and broke ingle- eason school records for hits (89) and RBI G4) and tied teammate Todd Mitchell for the single-season home run record with 18. Jacobsen also hit 16 doubles and had 64 runs scored, the secondbest single-season total in school history. Jacobsen al o moved atop suu· career RBI (118) and total base lists (266) and stands second all-time in hits (153) and home runs (27) and third in batting average ( .390) and runs scored (108). The Mid-Con also had another repre entatrve on the list in Oral Roberts righthander Michael Rogers, who was named to the first team. The 28-member squad represents 13 different schools, including four player from Big-12 champion ebraska. ·-----------------------------------· Buy One Get On~ Free : Jensen is first 'Bird to make it to bigs 1 lee Cream . Cone :I Or Get $1 Off a Milkshake : · 91 N. Main Cedar City 586-9651 Evan Vickers, R. Ph. Open 9 a .m. - 9 p.m. Monday - Sunday One coupon per item. Coupon must be presented. t: ml ~·~~·· (I) I Fonner UU T-Bird basebalJ player Ryan Jen en became the school's first· ever player to be called up to play Major League Baseball last month after the San Franci co Giant promoted him · from Triple-A Fre no . Jensen , who was slated to start for the Grizzlies last Sunday, got the promotion after the Giants placed lefthander Shawn Estes on the 15-day Disabled List with tendinitis in his throwing shoulder. Jensen was 3-0 with an 1.62 ERA in DUES JUST 66¢ ADAY seven games, including four starts, with the Grizzlies this season. Jensen w · with the big club for two weeks before reinstatements from the DL forced h.is return to Fre no. Jensen played at VU in 1996, where he was 3·7 with an 8.66 ERA, but went 3·3 with a 5.45 ERA over the final seven weeks of the season , with 42 strikeouts in 44 .2 innings . He also batted .267 and led the team in home runs (9) and RBI (29). JOIN NOW FOR ONLY $20° 1 A MONTH If you're not completely satisfied after six months, we'll give you your old body back. While you can't change the way your body looks overnight, you can change the way it feels. Gold's Gym, serious fitness for every body. G(>L~ 1605 W. Regency • Cedar City, Utah 867-5077 |