BOCA RATON, Fla. – (June 12, 2019) – The announcement of the 2019 ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Teams includes two members of the Florida Atlantic University baseball team, in Pedro Pages and Francisco Urbaez.
Pages was chosen as a First Team member, and as such, is eligible for All-American honors. The junior catcher threw out 17 runners attempting to steal this season (plus three pickoffs) and only committed three errors for a .993 fielding percentage. He also batted .310, and his .423 on-base percentage (third on the team) was 55 points higher than either of his previous two seasons. In addition to those two stats, he set a career high in nearly every offensive category.
Urbaez, the Second Team second baseman, hit .322 with 10 home runs and 41 RBI in his first year as an Owl. He finished among the league’s leaders in runs, hits, walks, total bases and on-base percentage, and he too was dynamite defensively, pacing all players in the conference in assists and was part of the most double plays among middle infielders.
Here is the full list of the Central Region honorees:
2019 Central-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Teams
NCAA Div. I Central All-Region First Team
Pos. Player Cl. School State
C Pedro Pages Jr. Florida Atlantic FL
C Chase Smartt Sr. Troy AL
1B Sonny DiChiara Fr. Samford AL
2B Nate Fisbeck Jr. McNeese State LA
3B Chad Bell Sr. Louisiana Monroe LA
SS Hayden Cantrelle So. Louisiana LA
OF Yamil Pagan Sr. Alabama State AL
OF Ethan Wilson Fr. South Alabama AL
OF Javeyan Williams Sr. Southern LA
OF Jake Sanford Jr. Western Kentucky KY
DH Riley Pittman Sr. Arkansas-Little Rock AR
P Matt Canterino Jr. Rice TX
P Corey Gaconi Sr. Southeastern Louisiana LA
P Zach Hester Jr. Samford AL
RP Reeves Martin Jr. New Orleans LA
RP Zach Greene Sr. South Alabama AL
NCAA Div. I Central All-Region Second Team
Pos. Player Cl. School State
C Santiago Garcia So. Alabama State AL
1B Mason Mallard Sr. Louisiana Tech LA
1B Joe Davis Sr. Houston TX
2B Francisco Urbaez Jr. Florida Atlantic FL
3B Tyler LaPorte Sr. Southern LA
SS Drew Frederic Jr. Troy AL
SS Dalton Shuffield So. Texas State TX
OF Colton Cowser Fr. Sam Houston State TX
OF Rigsby Mosley So. Troy AL
OF Jordan Fucci Jr. Samford AL
DH Andrew Dunlap Sr. Rice TX
P Cody Davenport Sr. Central Arkansas AR
P Logan Allen So. Florida International FL
P Hayden Wesneski Jr. Sam Houston State TX
P Alex Palmer Jr. Stephen F. Austin TX
RP Andrew Gross Sr. UT Arlington TX
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
