NCBWA All-Atlantic Region Team
SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. - Slippery Rock University senior
Luke Trueman was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-Atlantic Region Team, the organization recently announced.
Trueman earned first team honors as a utility player for the first all-region honor of his career. The announcement comes on the heels of Trueman already being named the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Western Division Athlete of the Year in addition to earning first team All-PSAC West recognition from the utility spot.
The award is the latest of what figures to be a bevy of postseason honors for Trueman as all-region teams from the American Baseball Coaches Association and the Division II Conference Commissioner's Association will also be announced in the coming weeks.
If Trueman were to earn all-region honors from the ABCA and the D2CCA he would join former Slippery Rock greats Dan Herisko (2005), Phil Butch (2006, 2007), MJ Parsons (2007), Matt Adams (2007, 2008, 2009), Scott Bender (2008), Matt Howard (2011), Lou Trivino (2012), Will Kengor (2013, 2014), Adam Urbania (2015), Tyler Walters (2017, 2018), Joe Campagna (2018, 2019),
Jon Kozarian (2021),
Connor Hamilton (2021, 2022),
Devin Dunn (2022) and
Alex Robenolt (2022) as consensus all-region award winners over the last 19 years.
The top two-way player in the entire Atlantic Region, Trueman had a career-year in every facet of the game in 2023 as the McCandless, Pennsylvania native anchored The Rock's rotation by going 7-3 with a 1.98 ERA, 69 strikeouts and a .227 opponent batting average over 77.1 innings pitched in addition to hitting .381 with 27 runs scored, 11 home runs, 35 RBI and 19 doubles while slugging .748 with a .403 on-base percentage.
At the conclusion of the regular season, Trueman led the PSAC West in home runs, doubles and slugging percentage in addition to ranking second in batting average and sixth in total hits (56). As a pitcher, Trueman paced the division in victories and innings pitched while ranking second in strikeouts and third in opponent batting average.
Trueman leaves SRU ranks third in program history in strikeouts (211), third in innings pitched (217.2), eighth in wins (17), ninth in home runs (24) and 11th in doubles (42).
As a first team honoree, Trueman advances to the national ballot for All-America consideration. The NCBWA All-American Team will be unveiled on June 6.
Major award winners selected by the NCBWA for the 2023 season included Millersville's Bren Taylor who was named the NCBWA Atlantic Region Player of the Year and Chase Nowak of East Stroudsburg who earned NCBWA Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Year accolades. Millersville coach Jon Shehan was tabbed the region's Coach of the Year.
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