Ten Titans Named To All-Big West Teams;
Four Take Top Honors May 31, 2005 – Fullerton, Calif
As the No. 6 nationally-seeded Cal State Fullerton Titans look to this
weekend’s NCAA Regional at Goodwin Field, the Irvine-based offices
of the Big West Conference looked back on the regular season, unveiling
it’s All-Conference selections for 2005. Head Coach George Horton,
Ricky Romero, Sergio Pedroza and Wes Roemer headlined the conference announcement
as they took four of the five top awards for the conference’s best
perfomances.
Head Coach George Horton has earned his fourth Big West Coach of the Year
nod as he has guided the Titans to his sixth Big West Conference championship
(21st overall), and their 21st 40-win season in the schools 31-year history.
Horton, 51, has earned the honor twice in back-to back years, taking it
home in 1998 and 1999, and now 2004 and 2005. Horton is just three wins
shy of his 400th career win with an overall record of 197-169-1 (.702)
in nine seasons at the helm of the Titans.
Left-handed ace Ricky Romero (East Los Angeles, Calif.) was named Pitcher
of the Year, marking the first time in three seasons that a lone player
has been bestowed the honor. Romero so far has compiled a dominant season
going 12-4 with a 2.80 ERA in 119 innings in his third year in the pinstripes.
The 6-1 junior has taken care of the opponents keeping them to a .215
batting average overall while fanning a conference- leading 129 batters.
Sergio Pedroza (Covina, Calif.) was named Co-Big West Player of the Year
as he has led the Titan offense from the third spot in the line-up all
year long. The left-handed swinger has popped 13 home runs on the year
leading the team with a .346 batting average. In 55 games, the six-foot
right fielder has collected 12 doubles and a team-leading 49 RBI while
accumulating a .477 on base percentage, and a .635 slugging percentage,
both good for second in league. Pedroza shares this year’s honor
with Cal Poly’s Kyle Blumenthal.
Wes Roemer earned Freshman Pitcher of the Year honors as he made his presence
felt when he was pressed into action by an injury to teammate Ryan Schreppel
in March. He made 17 appearances garnering a 5-3 record, including five
consecutive Saturday wins. The freshman right-hander’s 3.68 ERA
is good for 11th in the conference.
Ten Titans were named to one of three All-Big West Teams, leading both
the first- and second-teams with four players a piece.
Cal State Fullerton First-Team All-Big West Conference
3B - Ronnie Prettyman (Los Alamitos, Calif.)
SS - Blake Davis (Fountain Valley, Calif.)
OF - Sergio Pedroza (Covina, Calif.)
SP - Ricky Romero (East Los Angeles, Calif.)
Cal State Fullerton Second-Team All-Big West Conference
1B - Brett Pill (Covina, Calif.)
2B - Justin Turner (Lakewood, Calif.)
DH - Felipe Garcia (Diamond Bar, Calif.)
SP - Scott Sarver (Covina, Calif.)
Cal State Fullerton All-Big West Honorable Mention
OF - Danny Dorn (Diamond Bar, Calif.)
RP - Vinnie Pestano (Anaheim, Calif.)
Top-seeded Cal State Fullerton will play the fourth-seeded Harvard in
Regional action Friday night at 8:00 p.m following the No. 2 Arizona -
No. 3 Missouri game at 4:00 p.m.
Please visit www.titansports.org for ticketing information for the 2005
NCAA Regionals at Goodwin Field. Game times will be 4 p.m. and 8 p.m.
for each of the days Friday-Sunday with a 6 p.m. game to be played on
Monday if needed. All games will be televised on ESPNU. Check your local
listings.
