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Heine, Luzier selected to ECAC South All-Star Team

Wednesday, May 27, 2009 Heine, Luzier selected to ECAC South All-Star Team

ALTOONA, Pa. - Penn State Altoona freshman Cord Heine (Malvern, PA/Mercersburg) and sophomore Grady Luzier (Forest, PA/West Branch) were selected to the Eastern College Athletic Conference South Region All-Star Baseball Team, the ECAC announced Wednesday.

Heine received First Team honors as an outfielder and also was the ECAC South Newcomer of the Year.  The UMass transfer set a new single-season record for home runs with 16, which also led the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference, and batted .326.  He earned the same accolades -- First Team and Newcomer of the Year -- from the AMCC.

Luzier, who led the AMCC in five statistical categories including hits (78), runs (66), RBI (61), doubles (18), and total bases (118), was a Second Team ECAC All-Star at first base.  He led the Lions and finished third in the league in batting average at an impressive .463 clip.  Luzier was a First Team All-AMCC honoree.

To view the entire ECAC South Region Baseball All-Star Team, visit the ECAC website at www.ecacsports.com.

 

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