12th Round Pick - James Ewing (not a Dallas Ewing…) 2B – R/R – U Southern Mississippi –
(nope… didn’t have him in the top 20 2Bman available…)
2008 (Junior)
· Named first team All-Conference USA
· Conference USA All-Academic Team with a 3.71 GPA in Philosophy
· Named C-USA Hitter of the week and was selected to the "National All-Star Lineup" after batting .478 (11-for-23) in five games from April 29-May 4, his week included three doubles, two triples, two home runs, nine runs scored, 11 RBI and 24 total bases and at least one extra base hit in all five games.
· Led the team with a .359 batting average and a .436 on base percentage
· His .359 average was fourth in C-USA
· Played in 56 games including 49 as a starter despite battling a lower back injury most of the season
· Hit .398 in C-USA play with a .648 slugging percentage and a.481 on-base percentage
· Had 22 multiple hit games including five games with three hits and two games with four hits
· Had nine multiple RBI games including a career high six RBI in one game vs. Miss. Valley on April 15 and five RBI game at Marshall on May 3rd
· Scored 36 runs on the season including 11 multiple run games. Had a streak of five consecutive games from April 30- May 9 where he scored two runs in each game
· Tallied 20 extra base hits; 13 doubles, two triples and five home runs
· Drew 23 walks and was hit by the pitch eight times
· Had a 12 game hit streak from April 20-May 10, over the streak he hit .479 (23-48) and had a slugging percentage of .854
· Had an eight game stretch from April 27 -May 10 in which he hit .528 (19-for-36) with 13 runs and 17 RBI with an on-base percentage of .571 and 1.000 slugging percentage thanks to four doubles, two triples and three home runs
· http://southernmiss.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/ewing_james00.html
The College Baseball Foundation and Diamond Sports named Southern Miss second baseman James Ewing to their "National All-Star Lineup" for the week 11 of the college baseball season.
Ewing's selection is the third for Southern Miss this season to the "National All-Star Lineup" as pitcher Barry Bowden and head coach Corky Palmer were also selected to the national team of the week as well this season.
Bowden was selected after throwing his best game of the season defeating No. 10 Rice and Palmer was selected for achieving his 900th career win as a head coach.
Ewing, who was also named the Conference USA hitter of the week, led the Golden Eagles to three wins in the week by batting .478 (11-for-23) in five games, including four on the road. His week included three doubles, two triples, two home runs, nine runs scored, 11 RBI and 24 total bases. Ewing had at least one extra base hit in all five games and recorded four multiple-hit outings.
In Conference USA play at Marshall this past weekend, Ewing hit .500 (7-for-14) including two doubles, two triples and a home run while scoring six runs and picking up eight RBI. Over the three game series he had a slugging percentage of 1.143 and an on base percentage of .500.
Ewing's two triples against Marshall were his first career triples and he currently has a hit in 10 straight games, dating back to the final game of the Tulane series. Over the last 10 games, Ewing his hitting .500 (18-for-36) with three home runs, two triples, four doubles, 14 RBI and 13 runs scored.
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