After helping UCSD baseball to its best season since being in Division II, seniors Logan Boutilier and Alex Gascon, junior Matt Lawson and sophomore David Morehead were selected to the NCAA All-West Region team on May 23. Boutilier was named to the First Team, while Gascon, Lawson and Morehead were named to the Second Team. In addition, Boutilier and Morehead were named to the 2005 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II West Region All-Star Second Team, making them both eligible for NCBWA All-American honors. A committee of sports information directors from four member institutions and three conference information directors from the 23 West Region teams voted for the NCBWA West Region All-Star First and Second Teams.
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Boutilier ended the season with an 11-2 record, breaking the school record for most wins in a season. He had an ERA of 3.47, striking out 62 batters and walking 22 in 109 innings pitched.
Gascon was one of the team’s best two-way players, leading the team with a .374 batting average with 18 multiple-hit games including an 11-game hitting streak. At third base, he had a solid .911 fielding percentage. He ends his career with 79 hits, good enough for second all-time at UCSD, trailing only fellow senior Keith Hernandez, who has 85.
At the clean-up spot, Morehead broke the single-season record for doubles with 20, and also led the team with seven home runs and 117 total bases while hitting .359. Defensively, he threw out 13 base runners behind the plate.
Lawson recorded 12 assists from the outfield while contributing offensively with a .335 batting average, including a league-high nine triples as well as 19 doubles and three home runs. The speedy Lawson also led the team in stolen bases with 21.
