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News Nuggets, 07.01.05
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Tulane coach, a N.C. native, wins national honor
NEW ORLEANS — After completing a
record-setting year at the helm of the Tulane Baseball program, Rick Jones
has been named National Coach of the Year by Baseball America Magazine, the
publication announced Thursday.
Jones, head coach of the Green Wave for
12 years, was named the Conference USA and Louisiana Coach of the Year
earlier this spring, and was also named C-USA's Coach of the Decade.
His selection as Baseball America's top
mentor marks the second time in his coaching career that Jones has been
named a National Coach of the Year. He was the recipient of the NAIA's top
baseball coaching award after leading Elon to the NAIA World Series in 1989.
"This is an honor that is very
gratifying and one that I accept on behalf of our players and staff," Jones
said in a Tulane press release. "It's a direct reflection on the work our
coaches have done in recruiting and our players have done on the field, more
so than on me."
In 2005, the Bennett, NC, native led
Tulane to its second College World Series berth, a school-record tying 56
wins and the C-USA regular season and co-tournament titles.
The Green Wave, which earned the No. 1
preseason ranking from Baseball America and spent all but three weeks of the
season atop at least one major poll, entered postseason play as the national
No. 1 seed.
Tulane won the New Orleans Regional in
three straight games, then claimed victory in a three-game Super Regional
series over Rice to advance to the CWS for the second time in the last five
years and for the second time in school history.
Under Jones, Tulane has made eight
straight NCAA postseason appearances and 10 during 12-year tenure with the
Wave. His record at the school is 523-237-1, a winning percentage of .688,
while his career mark stands at 799-330-2 (.707).
Jones' Tulane teams have won 40 or more
games in a season nine times and have captured four C-USA regular season
championships and five league tournament titles.
With four selections in the Top 12
rounds of the 2005 Major League Draft, Jones has sent 37 players to
professional baseball and has coached four first round selections, including
2005 first round choice Brian Bogusevic.
Jones' teams have also had remarkable
success in the classroom, compiling a team GPA above 3.0 during the 2005
spring semester. Four Green Wave players, including 2005 All-American Tommy
Manzella, have awarded Academic All-America honors, with Manzella joining
James Jurries as the only two student-athletes in Tulane history to earn
athletic and academic All-America recognition in the same year.
Jones' ability to build the Green Wave
program has resulted in unprecedented fan support for the baseball team.
Tulane drew a school record 145,084 fans to its home games this season,
averaging a record 3,720 fans.
Construction on a $6 million renovation
of Turchin Stadium, the on-campus home of the Green Wave, is underway with
completion scheduled for the start of the 2006 season.
From a
Tulane Athletics release
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