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5.22.2000
DeRenne, Diggins, Gingrich Earn All-Pac-10 Honors

TUCSON, Ariz.Three Arizona Wildcats, junior shortstop Keoni DeRenne, sophomore right-hander/designated hitter Ben Diggins and senior center fielder Troy Gingrich, were named to the 2000 All-Pac-10 team Monday as voted on by the league's coaches.

DeRenne, a three-year starter for the Cats, earned his second all-conference honor by posting career highs in batting (.362) and home runs (7). He's tied for sixth in the league with 13 stolen bases.

Diggins, who has already earned first-team All-America honors from Baseball Weekly, went 10-4, 3.83 on the mound and hit .336-9-34. He'll finish among the conference leaders in wins, earned-run average, strike outs and innings pitched. Diggins is rated the top collegiate prospect in this year's major league draft by Baseball America.

Gingrich paces the Pac-10 with 25 stolen bases and shares the conference lead with six triples. He led the Cats in at-bats (226), runs (66), hits (83), triples, walks (37), on-base percentage (.455) and steals. Gingrich is the only Arizona player to have appeared in every game this season, as he played center field and hit leadoff in all 56 contests.

Junior first baseman Ernie Durazo, who hit .365-11-51 and led the Cats in doubles (16), homers, extra-base hits (31), total bases (126) and slugging percentage (.667), earned honorable mention All-Pac-10 honors. The complete list of Conference honors:

PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Casey Myers, ARIZONA STATE

CO-PITCHERS OF THE YEAR
Rik Currier, USC
Justin Wayne, STANFORD

FRESHMAN/NEWCOMER OF THE YEAR
Anthony Lunetta, USC

COACH OF THE YEAR
Pat Murphy, ARIZONA STATE


ALL-PAC-10 TEAM
Name                 School  Pos     Yr   Ht    Wt   Hometown
Garrett Atkins (3)   UCLA    IF      Jr.  6-2   190  Irvine, Calif.
Joe Borchard (2)     STAN    OF      Jr.  6-4   225  Camarillo, Calif.
Brooks Conrad        ASU     IF      So.  5-11  175  Spring Valley, Calif.
Beau Craig           USC     C       So.  5-11  175  Santee, Calif.
Keoni DeRenne (2)    ARIZ    IF      Jr.  5-7   155  Honolulu, Hawai'i
Ben Diggins          ARIZ    RHP/DH  So.  6-6   230  Prescott Valley, Calif.
John Gall (3)        STAN    IF      Sr.  6-1   200  Portola Valley, Calif.
Justin Gemoll        USC     IF      Sr.  6-2   205  San Jose, Calif.
Joe Gerber (3)       OSU     IF      Sr.  6-1   210  Portland, Ore.
Troy Gingrich        ARIZ    OF      Sr.  5-10  180  Apache Jet, Ariz.
Ray Hattenburg (2)   WSU     IF      Sr.  6-1   195  Spokane, Wash.
Drew Hedges          OSU     OF      Sr.  6-4   200  Portland, Ore.
Forrest Johnson      UCLA    C       Jr.  6-1   190  Rialto, Calif.
Mitch Jones          ASU     OF      Sr.  6-2   210  Orem, Utah
Josh Karp            UCLA    RHP     So.  6-5   195  Bothell, Wash.
Edmund Muth          STAN    OF      Sr.  6-1   200  Long Beach, Calif.
Xavier Nady (3)      CAL     IF      Jr.  6-2   205  Salinas, Calif.
Bill Scott (2)       UCLA    OF      Jr.  6-1   210  Granada Hills, Calif.
Mike Tonis (2)       CAL     C       Jr.  6-3   220  Elk Grove, Calif.
Chase Utley (2)      UCLA    IF      Jr.  6-1   175  Long Beach, Calif.

HONORABLE MENTION: Damien Alvardo, Sr., STAN; Stefan Bailie, Fr., WSU; Brian Barden, Fr., OSU; Jon Brandt, Jr., UCLA; Jeff Bruksch, So., STAN; Eric Bruntlett, Sr., STAN; Ryan Carter, Jr., UCLA; Seth Davidson, Jr., USC; Tyler Davidson, Fr., WASH; Eric Doble, Jr., ASU; Ernie Durazo, Jr., ARIZ; Ed Erickson, Sr., WASH; Rob Garibaldi, So.; USC; Mike Gosling, So., STAN; Jason Grove, Jr., WSU; Rob Henkel, Jr., UCLA; Clint Hoover, Jr., CAL; Andy Jarvis, Fr., OSU; Thad Johnson, Jr., OSU; Todd Linden, So., WASH; Scott Nicholson, Jr., OSU; Matt O'Brien, Sr., WSU; Chris O'Riordan, So., STAN; Josh Persell, Jr., USC; Jeff Phelps, Jr., ASU; Mark Prior, So., USC; Anthony Reyes, Fr., USC; Tila Reynolds, Fr., WASH; Bobby Roe, Jr., UCLA; Shawn Stevenson, Sr., WSU; Jon Switzer, So., ASU; Craig Thompson, Sr., STAN; David Weiner, Fr., CAL; Jason Young, Jr., STAN.

(2) - Two-time All-Conference selection
(3) - Three-time All-Conference selection



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