BATON ROUGE – LSU catcher Micah Gibbs has been named to the 2010 American Baseball Coaches Association first-team All-South Region squad. The honor makes Gibbs a candidate for the ABCA All-America team, which will be announced later this month.
Gibbs, a product of Pflugerville, Texas, has already earned second-team All-America honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. He was also a first-team all-SEC selection by the league coaches, and he was voted to the all-SEC Defensive Team for the second straight year.
Gibbs was LSU’s leading hitter this season, batting .388 with 14 doubles, three triples, 10 homers and 60 RBI. He was selected in the third round of the MLB Draft last month by the Chicago Cubs and is now playing in the Cubs’ minor league system.
In three seasons at LSU, he posted a .336 career batting average in 187 games (177 starts) with 46 doubles, five triples, 18 homers, 137 RBI and 11 stolen bases.
He was named to the 2009 American Baseball Coaches Association Gold Glove Team, and he was the starting catcher for the 2008 U.S. National Team that won the gold medal at the World Championships in the Czech Republic.
A 2009 member of the SEC Academic Honor Roll, Gibbs is majoring in sports administration at LSU.
2010 ABCA All-South Region First Team
SP Chris Sale, Florida Gulf Coast
SP Drew Pomeranz, Ole Miss
SP Thomas Royce, Louisville
RP Neil Holland, Louisville
C Micah Gibbs, LSU
1B Hunter Morris, Auburn
2B Ryan Wright, Louisville
SS Josh Rutledge, Alabama
3B Zack Cox, Arkansas
OF Brian Fletcher, Auburn
OF Brett Eibner, Arkansas
OF Chad Oberacker, Tennessee Tech
OF Taylor Dugas, Alabama
DH AJ Kirby-Jones, Tennessee Tech
2010 ABCA All-South Region Second Team
SP Scott Copeland, Southern Miss
SP Drew Smyly, Arkansas
SP Sonny Gray, Vanderbilt
RP Kevin Chapman, Florida
C Jim Klocke, Southeast Missouri State
1B Paul Hoilman, East Tennessee State
2B Anthony Gomez, Vanderbilt
2B Mikel Alvarez, Florida Gulf Coast
SS Drew Lee, Morehead State
3B Jacob Tanis, Mercer
OF Trent Mummey, Auburn
OF JD Ashbrook, Morehead State
OF Matt den Dekker, Florida
DH Nate Woods, Belmont