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Princeton University Athletics
Pauly Named ABCA/Rawlings Third-Team All-America
July 10, 2002 | Baseball
July 10, 2002
OMAHA, NE - Thomas Pauly (So., Atlantic Beach, FL) was selected to the 2002 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings Division I third-team All-America, as was announced on June 14. Pauly is the lone Ivy League representative on this year's All-America teams.
The ABCA All-America teams are collegiate baseball's oldest selections, dating to 1949. All Division I coaches have the opportunity to nominate and vote on these selections.
Pauly emerged as Princeton's closer in 2002, giving up just 30 hits in 41.2 innings of work on the mound for the Tigers. 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.
Pauly tied the Princeton single-season record for saves in 2002 when he closed out the 7-5 win over St. John's on April 30 to record his ninth save of the season. He is tied with David Boehle, who posted nine saves in 2000, for first in the Tiger record books.
Princeton earned its seventh-consecutive Gehrig Division title and advanced to the Ivy League Championship Series where it lost to Harvard 5-1 and 2-1. The Tigers closed out the season with a 22-23 record.