BOCA RATON, Fla. – (June 12, 2019) – For the second straight year, Florida Atlantic University closer Zach Schneider has been honored by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America (NCBWA) as an All-American, as he was voted by the membership on Wednesday as a Third Team member.
Schneider amassed 31 saves in two years as an Owl, tying Hugh Adams for the most in program history. His 16 this season led Conference USA and ranks fifth among all Division I pitchers. Out of the bullpen, he posted a 2.83 ERA in 28 games, and finished 26 games, also the most in the league. He struck out 47 batters in 47 2/3 relief innings, and 26 in 28 1/3 in league play, with his ERA against conference foes dropping even further, to 2.54.
There have been 19 All-Americans in FAU baseball history, but Schneider becomes the first ever to be honored in two separate seasons by any outlet. Among those 19, these seven have been bestowed the honor by the NCBWA:
· Dickie Hart (Honorable Mention, 1999)
· Todd Moser (Honorable Mention, 1999)
· Andy Mee (Second Team, 2010)
· Hugh Adams (Third Team, 2013)
· Brendon Sanger (Third Team, 2015)
· C.J. Chatham (Second Team, 2016)
· Zach Schneider (Second Team, 2018; Third Team, 2019)
– FAUSports.com –
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.
