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May 10th, 2009

No love for Seaver

By tlawrence on May 10th, 2009

Despite the Chico State baseball team’s tough season, several of their standout players are getting the attention they deserve with All-CCAA team nods. In fact, slugger Josh Meagher and high-voltage outfielder Adam Arakawa made the first team, and deservedly so. But where’s the love for Kevin Seaver?

Yeah, Seaver made the 2nd team, but a spectacular year at the plate and in the field for the Wildcats’ sophomore deserved a first team honor, no question.

Seaver had the best season-long batting average in Chico State history - and Chico State is historically the most successful team in the CCAA - with a mark of .442. He also shined at first base yet again with a superb fielding percentage of .997, tops on the team in terms of their regular starters.

He was also 2nd in the CCAA behind slugger Jon Alia down at Cal State Dominguez Hills who had 17 home runs and a .464 average this season.

Someone at CCAA headquarters just doesn’t like Chico State, I think, after leading scorer Andy Bocian had the same bittersweet nod to the 2nd team after the men’s basketball season. If anything, and this isn’t an insult to him, Arakawa should be a second team member and Seaver on the top squad. Sure, he’s a first baseman and only had 3 home runs but he did have a slugging percentage of .600.

What’s the deal, CCAA?