- Official Release

ABILENE – The American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings announced their Preseason All-American teams Wednesday, and named Tarleton senior third baseman Chris Casazza to the second team.  This makes Casazza an All-American candidate for the 2011 campaign.

Last season, Casazza hit a .379 average, with team highs of 16 home runs, 48 runs scored and 59 RBI's for the Texans. He started in 50 of Tarleton's 51 games, and also led the team with 177 at bats, 15 doubles, 132 total bases and 34 walks.

The Temecula, Calif. native received second team All-Lone Star Conference honors after a season in which Tarleton went 26-25 and reached the LSC Tournament. Casazza also was named a Daktronics, Inc. Division II All-America honorable mention, as well as to the All-South Central Region and All-LSC tournament and regular season teams.

After a busy summer of playing summer ball in the West Coast Collegiate League, Casazza will join the rest of the Texan Baseball team as they begin their 2011 campaign on Feb. 4 at 3 p.m. when they host Cameron at the Cecil Ballow Baseball Complex.