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Posted: Jun 05, 2015

O’Rourke Named to All-America First Team by Daktronics

O’Rourke Named to All-America First Team by Daktronics

Senior caps career with consensus All-America honors

Full Daktronics All-America selections

O'Rourke In his final season as a Raven, O'Rourke finished as a consensus All-America First Team selection.

RINDGE, N.H. (June 5, 2015) – Senior right-hander Brendan O'Rourke (Shrewsbury, Mass.) of the Franklin Pierce university baseball team has been named to the Daktronics All-America First Team, as announced last week by Daktronics.

With the selection, O'Rourke finishes his career as a consensus All-America First Team selection, having earned the honor from the NCBWA, the ABCA and Daktronics, all three organizations which select All-America squads. He was one of three East Region selections to the First Team, as he was joined by senior pitchers Frank Samluk and Tyler Fries of Wilmington (Del.).

Over 13 starts and one relief appearance, O'Rourke -- who was the consensus East Region Pitcher of the Year and a consensus All-East Region First Team selection as well -- allowed just 10 runs (seven earned) on 42 hits over 75 innings, to post a miniscule, 0.84 earned run average. Of those 42 hits, just 15 went for extra bases, including just one home run. In the Northeast-10, O'Rourke led the league in wins (11-0) and was tied for the league lead in strikeouts (93). He also ranked second in strikeouts per nine innings (11.16) and third in ERA and innings pitched. Nationally, he finished fifth in the country in ERA, tied for seventh in wins, eighth in hits allowed per nine innings (5.04), tied for 21st in strikeouts, 22nd in WHIP (0.96) and 25th in strikeouts per nine innings.

The Ravens (48-4) laid claim to their fifth Northeast-10 title this spring and played host to the NCAA Championship East Regional for the seventh time. Franklin Pierce captured its fourth straight Northeast-10 Northeast Division title along the way.

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