University of Houston Athletics
Romero Named First Team Freshman All-American
6/22/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. -- Postseason accolades continue for Houston Baseball freshman Seth Romero as he added to his resume his second Freshman All-America honor after being named to Baseball America's Freshman All-America First Team, announced by the organization on Monday.
The southpaw was previously named to the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-America Team, announced by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper earlier this month.
2015 BASEBALL AMERICA FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
FIRST TEAM
C J.J. Schwarz, Florida
1B Austin Edens, Samford
2B Kyle Davis, West Virginia
3B Jake Burger, Missouri State
SS Jacob Bivens, Michigan
OF Keston Hiura, UC Irvine
OF Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt
OF Reed Rohlman, Clemson
DH K.J. Harrison, Oregon State
UT Brendan McKay, Louisville
SP Brian Brown, North Carolina State
SP Alex Lange, Louisiana State
SP Chris Mathewson, Long Beach State
SP Seth Romero, Houston
RP Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt
SECOND TEAM
C Matt Whatley, Oral Roberts
1B Kel Johnson, Georgia Tech
2B Dalton Guthrie, Florida
3B Will Toffey, Vanderbilt
SS Zach Rutherford, Old Dominion
OF Stuart Fairchild, Wake Forest
OF Pavin Smith, Virginia
OF Cal Stevenson, Nevada
DH Connor Wanhanen, Texas Christian
UT Sean Watkins, Loyola Marymount
SP Michael Baumann, Jacksonville
SP Griffin Canning, UCLA
SP Tanner Houck, Missouri
SP Drew Rasmussen, Oregon State
RP Lincoln Henzman, Louisville
Romero was one of four starting pitchers in the nation named to the organization's First Team and just one of eight named to the two teams by Baseball America.
Romero had one of the most prolific freshman campaigns in program history; being tabbed the American Athletic Conference Rookie of the Year and a Second Team All-Conference selection after finishing the 2015 campaign with the league's best ERA at 1.94.
The southpaw went 7-4 with a team-high seven saves in 22 appearances and eight starts, while tossing one complete game and two combined shutouts. Romero fanned 92 hitters in 83.1 innings. He managed to hold opposing hitters to a low .201 average.
Romero lasted at least 6.0 innings and struck out at least six in seven of his eight starts, while fanning a career-high nine, twice, vs. Rice (March 17) and at USF (April 26). For his nine-strikeout performance and win in his first career start vs. Rice, he was tabbed the Silver Glove Series MVP.
He earned his first career win in a 5.1-inning relief performance vs. Hawaii on March 8 at the Houston College Classic at Minute Maid Park. His first career save came in the second game of the season, after tossing 4.0 shutout innings out of the bullpen vs. Minnesota on Feb. 14.
Romero earned a win and save in a road series victory at USF en route to being named the league's Pitcher of the Week.
He finished the season with one of the most dominating NCAA postseason performances in program history, tossing a no-hitter into the eighth inning vs. Louisiana-Lafayette. In that game, he tossed a 1-hitter in 8.0 innings, while fanning eight. For that, he was named to the NCAA Houston Regional All-Tournament Team.
This is the third straight season that Houston Baseball has produced a Freshman All-American as Andrew Lantrip was honored in 2014, along with the duo of Justin Montemayor and Kyle Survance in 2013.
Romero became just the 17th Cougar ever to earn Freshman All-America honors and joins a very impressive all-time Houston group: Andrew Lantrip (2014), Justin Montemayor (2013), Kyle Survance (2013), Chase Dempsay (2008), Blake Kelso (2008), Wes Musick (2007), Luis Flores (2006), Stuart Musslewhite (2002), Michael Bourn (2001), Hyung Cho (2001), Austin Faught (2001), Gene Flores (2001), Brad Sullivan (2001), Bryan Harris (2000), Jayme Sperring (1998) and Shane Nance (1997). ÂÂ
Romero is currently participating with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this summer with a chance to make the full squad announced this week. To follow his summer success, visit www.usabaseball.com.
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