Southern Indiana Mud Hens prospect and Texas Longhorns freshman right-hander Chance Ruffin was named to Baseball America’s College All-America team the publication announced on Thursday. He was tabbed a third-team starting pitcher.
The Longhorns’ northpaw was one of just two freshmen named to any of the three teams, joining Miami left-hander Chris Hernandez.
Ruffin was arguably the best freshman starting pitcher in the nation in 2008. In 10 starts, he went 7-0 with a 1.56 ERA, striking out 60 over 57.2 innings. Ruffin was named the Big 12 Conference Freshman Pitcher of the Year, posting an 8-3 record with a 1.96 ERA and 82 strikeouts in 78 innings. He held opponents to a .191 batting average for the season.
Earlier in the month, Ruffin was named to the Louisville Slugger’s Freshman All-American Team by Collegiate Baseball and the Pro-Line Athletics Freshman All-American Team by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
Ruffin kept a streak alive for the Longhorns who have had at least one All-American in each of the last seven seasons.
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