June 18, 2008

QUEENS, N.Y. - The American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) has announced that St. John's senior pitcher George Brown and junior pitchers Colin Lynch and Scott Barnes have earned All-Northeast Region honors. Both Brown and Lynch earned first team accolades, while Barnes was a second team honoree.

Already this season Brown has been named the NCBWA District II Player of the Year, a Louisville Slugger second team All-American and a Pro-Line Athletic/NCBWA second team All-American. Brown was also named the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Year and was an All-BIG EAST first team selection. The lefty finished the season with a 9-1 record and was a perfect 9-0 in the regular season. Brown compiled a 2.91 ERA in a career-high tying 14 starts and added a career-high 59 strikeouts. The lefty tossed a career-high 89.2 innings, held opponents to a .251 batting average and walked just 12 batters.

Brown finishes his career at St. John's with a 22-3 record. The lefty ranks tenth in the all-time record books with 22 career wins and also ranks tied for fifth with nine victories in a single season. The senior lefty earned BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week honors twice this past season and was named to the honor roll once. An accounting major with a 3.47 GPA, Brown also earned ESPN The Magazine second team Academic All-America honors and first team Academic All-District honors.

The senior was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 27th round (815 overall) of the 2008 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft.

An All-BIG EAST second team selection, Lynch was 4-1 with a 3.58 ERA and 13 saves. The reliever made a team-high 24 appearances and had 23 strikeouts in 27.2 innings. Lynch ranks second in school history with 24 career saves and is only the second St. John's pitcher to reach the 20 career save plateau. Lynch also ranks second and third in single season saves with 13 (2008) and 11 (2007), respectively.

The junior was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 40th round (1215 overall) of the 2008 draft.

Barnes, meanwhile, was 7-3 with a 3.69 ERA in 15 starts this season. A back-to-back first team All-BIG EAST selection, Barnes had 90 strikeouts in 90.1 innings and allowed just a .216 opponent batting average. The lefty also earned NCAA Houston Regional All-Tournament team honors after allowing just one run in 7.2 innings in a no-decision against then-No. 19 Texas.

In three seasons, the southpaw ranks third all-time with 263 strikeouts. Barnes also ranks sixth and seventh in single season strikeouts with 99 (2007) and 90 (2008), respectively.

The lefty was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 8th round (237 overall) of this year's draft.