Canisius College senior Sean Jamieson (Simcoe, Ontario) was named
to the ABCA All-Northeast Region Second Team on Thursday. It is the eighth time in the last
four seasons that a Golden Griffin has been honored by the American Baseball
Coaches Association.
Jamieson, a 17th-round draft
choice of the Oakland Athletics on June 8, has earned a number of awards
following the 2011 season. The Simcoe, Ontario native is one of 10
semifinalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, given to the best shortstop in the
country. Jamieson became the third Golden Griffin in program history to be
named MAAC Player of the Year, as he shared the award with Dan Paolini of
Siena. He also was named to the Capital One Academic All-America Second Team.
The two-time All-MAAC First-Team
selection started 57 games at shortstop this season, leading Canisius in
batting average (.350), runs scored (60), home runs (13), RBI (51), walks (34)
and stolen bases (22). Jamieson ranked in the top five in the Metro Atlantic
Athletic Conference in eight offensive categories.
Jamieson was named a Louisville Slugger National
Player of the Week on March 28. He was a two-time MAAC Player of the Week.
Jamieson hit a walk-off home run in the 10th inning against Buffalo
on March 30. On March 22, he became the first Golden Griffin to hit for the
cycle in 15 years and also set a program record with nine RBI in that game.
Jamieson gives Canisius eight ABCA
honorees in the last four years. Steve McQuail and Ian Choy were honored in
2010, Kevin Mahoney and Kevin Mailloux received the award in 2009 and 2008 and
Shane Davis was honored in 2008.
