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Princeton University Athletics
Baseball Places Eight On All-Ivy Teams
May 14, 2002 | Baseball
May 14, 2002
PRINCETON, NJ - Ross Ohlendorf (Fr., Austin, TX) claimed IvyLeagueSports.com Rookie of the Year honors and was one of eight Princeton baseball players to earn All-Ivy League recognition, as was announced on Tuesday. Thomas Pauly (So., Atlantic Beach, FL) and Pat Boran (Sr., Pottsville, PA) were each named to the first-team All-Ivy. Ohlendorf and Ryan Eldridge (Fr., Stafford, VA) earned second-team recognition. Tim Lahey (So., Worcester, MA), Adam Balkan (Fr., Roslyn, NY), Jon Miller (Jr., Washington, DC) and Steve Young (So., Granada Hills, CA) received honorable mention honors.
Ohlendorf was third in the league with a 3.02 ERA. He finished with a 6-3 record, the best amongst the Princeton starters, as he helped the Tigers to the Ivy League Championship Series. In 52.2 innings on the mound, Ohlendorf recorded a team-leading 51 strikeouts. Pauly gave up just 30 hits in 41.2 innings of relief work on the mound for Princeton this season and is on of three players unanimously selected to the first-team. He recorded 45 strikeouts, while walking just 15 batters and giving up just six earned runs in 20 appearances. Pauly closed out the year with a 2-2 record and a 1.30 ERA. He tied the Princeton single-season record for saves when he closed out the 7-5 win over St. John's for his ninth save of the season. Pauly is now tied with David Boehle, who posted nine saves in 2000, for first in the Princeton record books.
Boran, a second-team All-Ivy selection at shortstop in 2001, received unanimous first-team honors in 2000. He finished second on the team with a .310 batting average and first with 33 RBIs. Boran closes out his career in first place in the Princeton record books for career hits (206), games played (177), at bats (635) and runs scored (143).
Eldridge joins Ohlendorf on the second team. A constant at first base this season, Eldridge also finished third on the team with a .298 average over 43 games.
Lahey earned honorable mention honors in his first full season behind the place. He hit .257 with a team-leading three home runs in 38 games. Balkan, the centerfielder, was the only Tiger to start all 45 games this season. He finished with a team-leading .313 average and a team-high 55 hits. Miller was the designated hitter for most of the season and also saw some time behind the plate. He posted a team-high 11 doubles and a .297 average in 43 games. Young stepped up for the Tigers at second base, third base, left field and right field during the course of the season. He finished the with a .214 average and a team-leading three triples.
Princeton closed out its season with two losses at Harvard in the Ivy League Championship Series. The Tigers clinched their seventh-consecutive Gehrig Division title en route to a 22-23 record. They has won two straight Ivy titles prior to the loss to the Crimson.