July 1, 2009
2009 Cowboy Baseball Accolades in PDF Format 
• Oklahoma State finished the 2009 season with a 34-24 record and earned a berth in the NCAA Tournament for the fourth-straight year and fifth time in six seasons under head coach Frank Anderson.
• The Cowboys advanced to the championship round of the NCAA Clemson Regional, marking the fourth consecutive year they have played for an NCAA Regional title.
• OSU was ranked in at least three of the national polls for the first eight weeks of the season, which extended its streak of being nationally ranked to 18 consecutive weeks.
• OSU was ranked No. 27 in the final 2009 Collegiate Baseball Newspaper poll.
• The Cowboys had 10 wins against ranked teams in 2009, including three wins over Top 10 teams (#6 Cal State Fullerton, #7 Baylor and #9 Texas).
• OSU was ranked No. 26 in the final official NCAA RPI rankings.
• The Cowboys had six players earn All-Big 12 distinction. Making the first team was outfielder Micheal Dabbs, while outfielder Neil Medchill and starting pitcher Tyler Blandford both earned second-team accolades. Tyrone Hambly (INF), Tyler Lyons (SP) and Kevin David (C) were honorable mention all-conference performers.
• Frank Anderson became just the third coach in OSU baseball history to reach 200 career wins. He reached that milestone with the Cowboys' season-opening victory over BYU.
• Tom Belza tied a school record with three home runs in a game against Alabama at the NCAA Clemson Regional. The Cowboy sophomore became just the 10th player in OSU history to hit three homers in a game, a feat which has been achieved only 12 times in the program.
• Randy McCurry tied OSU's single-season record for saves with 10. The freshman right hander is also tied for fifth on OSU's career saves list.
• OSU ranked prominently in numerous NCAA team and individual statistical categories in 2009, including:
TEAM (288 teams ranked)
Triples - 5th (29)
3B Per Game - 6th (0.47)
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings - 11th (9.2)
Fielding Percentage - 10th (.976)
INDIVIDUAL
Doubles - Kevin David, 23rd (23)
Triples - Micheal Dabbs, 24th (6)
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings - Tyler Blandford, 12th (11.19)
Sacrifice Bunts - Tyrone Hambly, 15th (14)
• OSU ranked second in the Big 12 Conference in slugging percentage (.503) and triples (21) and third in home runs (81).
• Seven of the Cowboys regularly in the starting lineup hit .303 or better.
• The Cowboys finished with three of the Big 12's top 20 hitters -- Tom Belza (12th at .346), Micheal Dabbs (15th at .337) and Tyrone Hambly (16th at .336).
• Micheal Dabbs led the Big 12 with six triples.
• Kevin David finished second in the Big 12 with 23 doubles.
• Micheal Dabbs finished second in the Big 12 with a .668 slugging percentage.
• Tyrone Hambly ranked 15th nationally with 14 sacrifice bunts in 2009. That total was the third highest in a single season in OSU history. Hambly also finished his career fifth on OSU's all-time list with 26 sacrifice bunts.
• OSU's pitching staff ranked third in the Big 12 with 516 strikeouts and 15 saves.
• The 516 strikeouts by the Cowboys' pitching staff was the most by OSU since the 1999 staff recorded a school-record 584 strikeouts. That total also marks only the sixth time in program history the pitching staff has eclipsed the 500-strikeout mark.
• Opponents batted just .210 against Tyler Blandford, the second-lowest batting average against a Big 12 pitcher.
• Tom Belza ended the season on a 12-game hitting streak.
• Junior outfielder Neil Medchill was named second-team All-Midwest Region by the ABCA.
• OSU set a school record with a .976 fielding percentage. That mark tied for the best in the Big 12 in 2009 and ranked 10th nationally.
• Kevin David was named the Big 12 Player of the Week on March 16.
• OSU had four players selected to the All-Tournament Team at the NCAA Clemson Regional. The Cowboys' all-tournament selections were Tom Belza (SS), Tyrone Hambly (3B), Micheal Dabbs (OF) and Tyler Lyons (P). Belza and Lyons both earned NCAA Regional all-tournament honors for the second time in their careers.
• OSU had eight players selected in the 2009 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, the fifth-highest total in school history.
2nd round - Andrew Oliver, LHP (Detroit)
5th round - Tyler Blandford, RHP (Seattle)
10th round - Tyler Lyons, LHP (NY Yankees)
11th round - Neil Medchill, OF (NY Yankees)
17th round - Micheal Dabbs, OF (Philadelphia)
20th round - Thomas Keeling, LHP (NY Yankees)
34th round - Dylan Brown, OF (Oakland)
35th round - Kevin David, C (Chicago Cubs)
• Kevin David was named to the 2009 ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team.
• The Cowboys had 10 Academic All-Big 12 selections, including six first-team honorees. Joe Kent, Jared Starks, Kevin David, Tom Belza, Dean Green and Thomas Keeling were named to the first team, while Tyler Lyons, Brett Davis, Neil Medchill and Davis Duren earned second-team honors.
• OSU's 10 Academic All-Big 12 selections were the most for the program since a record 11 Cowboys were named Academic All-Big 12 in 1999. Only Baylor, with 11, had more Academic All-Big 12 baseball selections than OSU in 2009.
