BATON ROUGE – LSU first baseman Blake Dean has been named to the Lowe’s Senior CLASS first-team All-America squad. The team is composed of the most outstanding senior student-athletes in NCAA Division I baseball.
An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Lowe’s Senior CLASS Award program focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities. The award identifies personal qualities that define a complete student-athlete, with criteria including community service, excellence in the classroom, outstanding character and competition on the field.
Dean, a native of Crestview, Fla., enjoyed a brilliant career at LSU that included one national championship, two College World Series appearances, one SEC championship and three SEC Tournament titles.
Dean earned first-team All-America honors in 2008 and first-team All-SEC recognition in 2009, and he was selected in the eighth round of the MLB Draft earlier this month by the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Undrafted out of high school and selected in the 10th round by the Minnesota Twins in 2009, Dean returned to LSU for his senior season and batted .341 with 15 doubles, 12 homers and 70 RBI. He finished his collegiate career ranked No. 2 in LSU annals in hits (332), total bases (575) and RBI (260), No. 3 in doubles (63), No. 4 in home runs (56) and No. 5 in runs scored (223).
Lowe’ Senior CLASS All-America Teams
Player of the Year
Daniel Bibona, P, UC Irvine
First Team
Blake Dean, 1B, LSU
Jim Klocke, C/P, Southeast Missouri State
Cory Kovanda, 2B, Ohio State
Tony Plagman, 1B, Georgia Tech
Second Team
Stephen Cardullo, SS, Florida State
Mike Donato, OF, Massachusetts
Tyler Lyons, P, Oklahoma State
Matt Payton, INF, Western Kentucky
David Towarnicky, 1B, Appalachian State