June 29, 2005

DURHAM, N.C. - The honors keep rolling in for Lobo second baseman Jordan Pacheco as he was named to the Baseball America All-Freshmen second team Wednesday afternoon. Pacheco has already been selected to the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American team and was named a third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball earlier this month. A product of Albuquerque's La Cueva High School, Pacheco had an outstanding season in his first year as Lobo, ranking among the MWC leaders in batting (.408), homers (15), runs (65), hits (95) and slugging (.717). He also drove in 52 runs and tallied 17 doubles and five triples in the leadoff spot.

With his third-team All-America selection, Pacheco became the first freshman in UNM baseball history to garner All-America honors. He is the fifth player in the program to earn Freshman All-America accolades. Pacheco, an All-Mountain West selection, was one of 64 players nationally and one of only two freshmen named to the Dick Hower National Player of the Year watch list.

Pacheco is currently playing for the La Crosse Loggers of the Northwoods League this summer.

BASEBALL AMERICA ALL-FRESHMEN TEAM
FIRST TEAM
C	J.P. Arencibia, Tennessee
1B	Sean Doolittle, Virginia
2B	Taylor Harbin, Clemson
3B	Beau Mills, Fresno State
SS	Todd Frazier, Rutgers
OF	Corey Brown, Oklahoma State
OF	Jacob Priday, Missouri
OF	Steven Strausbaugh, Western Carolina
DH	Matt Wieters, Georgia Tech
UT	Joe Savery, Rice (Freshman of the Year)
SP	James Adkins, Tennessee
SP	Adrian Alaniz, Texas
SP	Johnny Dorn, Nebraska
SP	John Ely, Miami (Ohio)
RP	Mickey Storey, Florida Atlantic
SECOND TEAM
C	Andrew Walker, TCU
1B	Justin Baum, Pacific
2B	Jordan Pacheco, New Mexico
3B	Brad Emaus, Tulane
SS	Darwin Barney, Oregon State
OF	Matt Hague, Washington
OF	Kody Kaiser, Oklahoma
OF	Danny Payne, Georgia Tech
UT	Cole White, Army
SP	Kenn Kasparek, Texas
SP	David Price, Vanderbilt
SP	Wes Roemer, Cal State Fullerton
SP	Nick Schmidt, Arkansas
RP	David Robertson, Alabama