Kunkel Earns NCBWA Preseason All-America Honors
12/13/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
ANN ARBOR -- University of Michigan fifth-year senior catcher Jeff Kunkel (Oak Forest, Ill./Oak Forest HS) was named to the seventh annual Division I preseason All-America third team chosen by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association of America (NCBWA).
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The last Wolverine to earn preseason honors was second baseman Chris Getz when he was named to Baseball America's preseason third team last season. Getz was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association's Rawlings All-America second team at the end of the 2005 season. Getz, a two-time All-Big Ten first team selection, was drafted and signed by the Chicago White Sox last June following his junior season.
The Wolverines open the 2006 season in the Wiregrass Classic (Feb. 24-26) in Dothan, Ala., facing Alabama-Birmingham (UAB) in the season opener (Feb. 24), host Troy University (Feb. 25) and South Alabama (Feb. 26). The Wolverines open the home schedule with a four-game weekend series vs. Oakland University (March 24-26) and open Big Ten action with a four-game home series against Northwestern (March 31-April 2).
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