BATON ROUGE — LSU pitchers Louis Coleman, Matty Ott and Anthony Ranaudo received 2009 All-America recognition Wednesday from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
Coleman, a senior right-hander from Schlater, Miss., and Ott, a freshman right-hander from Metairie, La., each received NCBWA second-team All-America honors.
Ranaudo, a sophomore right-hander from Jackson, N.J., was named to the third-team All-America squad.
Coleman, the 2009 SEC Pitcher of the Year, is 13-2 this season with a 2.76 ERA in 114 innings. He has recorded 19 walks and 124 strikeouts and opponents are batting just .217 against him. Coleman received first-team All-America recognition last month from Collegiate Baseball magazine.
Ott, the 2009 SEC Co-Freshman of the Year, has recorded 16 saves this season, setting the LSU single-season saves record.
Ott has a 3-2 record and a 2.17 ERA in 34 appearance this season with four walks and 63 strikeouts in 45.2 innings. He earned third-team All-America honors last month from Collegiate Baseball magazine.
Ranaudo, a second-team All-SEC selection, leads the conference in strikeouts with 147, and he will be the first LSU pitcher to pace the league in Ks since Kurt Ainsworth fanned 157 in 1999.
Ranaudo, the Tigers’ scheduled starting pitcher in Saturday’s College World Series game versus Virginia, is 10-3 this season with a 2.95 ERA in 109.2 innings.