June 23, 2009

CORAL GABLES, Fla. - University of Miami junior Kyle Bellamy earned his fifth All-America honor this postseason as the right-handed closer was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-America Second Team on Tuesday.

Bellamy, who has now garnered three first team honors to go along with two second team honors, finished the 2009 season among the national save leaders with 16. In 46 1/3 innings pitched, the Davie, Fla. native allowed just five earned runs while striking out 63 and holding his opponents to a .147 batting average against him.

In a team-high 30 appearances, Bellamy (3-1, 0.97 ERA) allowed just two extra-base hits and finished a perfect 16-for-16 in save opportunities. His 16 saves are tied for fifth in school history for saves in a single season, with 12 of his saves coming from more than an inning of work.

In addition to his ABCA/Rawlings national honor, Bellamy was also named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Atlantic Region First Team on Tuesday.

An All-ACC First Team performer, Bellamy was also named one of five finalists for the prestigious NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award as well as a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award, the Dick Howser Trophy and the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Awards.

He has been named first team All-America by Baseball America, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and Rivals.com, in addition to a second team honor from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.

On June 10, Bellamy was selected in the fifth round of the 2009 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Chicago White Sox with the 163rd overall pick.

2009 ABCA/Rawlings All-America Team
First Team
SP: Eric Arnett, Jr., Indiana
SP: Louis Coleman, Sr., LSU
SP: Mike Leake, Jr., Arizona State
SP: A.J. Morris, Jr., Kansas State
SP: Stephen Strasburg, Jr., San Diego State
RP: Addison Reed, So., San Diego State
C: Carlos Ramirez, Jr., Arizona State
1B: Dustin Ackley, Jr., North Carolina
2B: Derek McCallum, Jr., Minnesota
SS: Bryan Marquez, Sr., New Mexico State
3B: Marc Krauss, Jr., Ohio
OF: Bryce Brentz, So., Middle Tennessee
OF: Jason Kipnis, Jr., Arizona State
OF: Kent Matthes, Sr., Alabama
OF: Tyler Townsend, Jr., Florida International
DH: Kyle Roller, Jr., East Carolina
UTIL: Danny Hultzen, Fr., Virginia

Second Team
SP: Buddy Baumann, Jr., Missouri State
SP: Danny Bibona, Jr., UC Irvine
SP: Kyle Gibson, Jr., Missouri
SP: Anthony Ranaudo, So., LSU
SP: Kenneth Roberts, Jr., Middle Tennessee
RP: Kyle Bellamy, Jr., Miami
RP: Austin Wood, Sr., Texas
C: Chris Henderson, Jr., George Mason
C: J.T. Wise, Sr., Oklahoma
1B: Rich Poythress, Jr., Georgia
2B: Mike Brownstein, Sr., New Mexico
SS: Ben Orloff, Sr., UC Irvine
3B: Wade Gaynor, Jr., Western Kentucky
3B: Tony Thompson, So., Kansas
OF: Jeremy Cruz, Sr., Stetson
OF: Jeremy Hazelbaker, Jr., Ball State
OF: Scott Krieger, Sr., George Mason
OF: Jarrett Parker, So., Virginia
OF: Tim Wheeler, Jr., Sacramento State
DH: Joey Henshaw, So., Army
UTIL: Mike Belfiore, Jr., Boston College