Garcia, Powell Selected as All-Americans by Baseball America
June 10, 2019 | Baseball
LOS ANGELES โ UCLA right-handed pitchers Ryan Garcia and Holden Powell were named All-Americans by respected outlet Baseball America on Monday morning. Garcia was a First Team choice while Powell was tabbed to the Second Team.
It was the second All-America honor of the season for both. Garcia was a Collegiate Baseball First Team All-American while Powell was a Second Team pick.
The honor from Baseball America is the latest in an accolade-filled junior season for Garcia, who was previously named the 2019 Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, a Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist, Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist, and earned Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors three times this season.
The Sierra Madre, Calif. native had one of the best seasons of any collegiate pitcherย in 2019, posting a 10-1 record with a 1.44 ERA and 117 strikeouts in just 94 innings. A second round selection by Texas (No. 50 overall) in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft, Garcia allowed two earned runs or fewer in each of 16 appearances for the Bruins this season.
As of the Super Regionals round of the postseason, Garcia ranked top-10 in the country in hits allowed per nine innings (4.98, second), WHIP (0.83, second), ERA (fourth), and wins (10th).
Powell, a sophomore, had one of the best campaigns by a reliever in Bruin history, recording a 1.84 ERA and 17 saves. His save total was second, both in the country this year and in the all-time UCLA single-season record book, trailing only the NCAA-record 24 recorded by David Berg in 2013. Powell made 40 appearances during the season, third-most of any pitcher nationwide (trailing only teammates Kyle Mora and Nate Hadley).
The Visalia, Calif. native is one of six finalists for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award, handed out annually to the nation's top relief pitcher.
