McClanahan Named A Perfect Game All-American
TAMPA, Jan. 9, 2018 – USF baseball's
Shane McClanahan (Cape Coral, Fla.) was named a preseason All-American by Perfect Game, as announced Tuesday.
The redshirt-sophomore was named as a second team pitcher and is one of six players from the American Athletic Conference recognized by Perfect Game. Click
HERE for the full list of PG preseason All-Americans.
McClanahan was a unanimous all-conference choice in December and was named a freshman All-American by Perfect Game, Baseball America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association in 2017.
As one of the leaders of a pitching staff that led the nation in strikeouts per nine innings in 2017, McClanahan paced The American with 12.32 strikeouts per nine innings which was good for eighth in the country. McClanahan finished ninth nationally allowing 5.68 hits per nine innings a season ago. He is also a projected top-10 pick in the 2018 June MLB Draft, which would make him the highest drafted player in program history.
The Bulls open practice on Jan. 26 and begin the 2018 campaign at home with a three-game series against North Carolina. For the complete 2018 schedule, click
HERE.
Season tickets for the upcoming baseball season are available at
USFBullsTix.com.
About USF Baseball
The University of South Florida baseball team is one of the fastest rising programs in the country. The Bulls reached the NCAA Regionals in 2015 for the first time in 13 years and followed that success with a 42-19 record and second NCAA regional trip in three years in 2017. The Bulls earned just their second and third wins over top-five ranked teams with victories against then-No. 3 Florida State and at then-No. 5 Florida during the 2017 season. During the 2017 season, USF reached the 40-win mark for the first time since 1996 and entered the top-25 in the major collegiate baseball polls for the first time since 2013. The USF Baseball program has won five conference titles and the Bulls have made 12 NCAA appearances.
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