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B-W Baseball Standouts Cody Kidd and Riley Kreisher Named ABCA All-Region

B-W Baseball Standouts Cody Kidd and Riley Kreisher Named ABCA All-Region

BEREA, OHIO -- Baldwin-Wallace College baseball seniors Cody Kidd (Wellington) and Riley Kreisher (Ashtabula/ Edgewood) have been named to the 2009 American Baseball Coaches Assocation (ABCA) All-Mideast Region team. Both were tabbed as second-team selections and Kreisher received an ABCA Gold Glove Award for his defensive play at first base. 

Kidd, a 2008 ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-American, was also a first-team All-Ohio Athletic Conference selection in 2009. He ranked fourth in the OAC with a .413 batting average and second with 52 runs scored and led the league with six triples and 23 stolen bases in 26 attempts. Kidd also totaled 13 doubles, three homeruns and 40 runs batted-in. He finished his career as the school's all-time leader in hits (184), runs scored (143), triples (14) and hit-by-pitches (25). He also had more stolen bases (62) and a higher batting average (.387) than any other Yellow Jacket from 2000-2009. Kidd was also named B-W's Most Outstanding Male Athlete for the 2008-09 year and is once again eligible for the ESPN THE MAGAZINE Academic All-America process after earning first-team Academic All-District IV honors for a third straight year.

Kreisher, a 2009 first-team All-OAC selection, led the conference with a B-W single-season record 58 RBI and finished second in the league with 10 homers. He batted .350 with a team-high 14 doubles and scored 33 runs.Kreisher was stellar at first base for the Jackets, committing only one error while registering 306 putouts. For his career, he was a .347 hitter with 16 homers, 130 RBI, 42 doubles and 100 runs scored. He also holds the school career-record with 961 putouts. 

The Yellow Jackets finished the season at 19-19 overall and have had three 19-win seasons in the past four years.

FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact B-W Sports Information Director Kevin Ruple at 440-826-2327 or e-mail him at kruple@bw.edu or Assistant SID Nick Minerd at 440-826-2780 and e-mail at nminerd@bw.edu. To contact Head Baseball Coach Bob Fisher, you can call him in his office at 440-826-2182 or e-mail him at rfisher@bw.edu.