Corey Kemp reels in All America honors
IRVING, Texas - East Carolina catcher Corey Kemp was named second-team All-America Thursday afternoon by Baseball America Magazine.
Kemp is one of three Conference USA players to be honored with Tulane's Shooter Hunt and Southern Miss' Barry Bowden taking home third-team honors.
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Kemp, a third-team National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) All-American, became the second Pirate to be named C-USA Player-of-the-Year.
He was one of the most productive hitters in Conference USA all season long, leading the league RBI (72) and ranking second in home runs (16), while batting .341 with a .628 slugging percentage.
Kemp produced 23 multi-hit and 20 multi-RBI games and had 11 game-winning RBI. In 24 conference games, he batted .319 with 10 homers and 38 RBI.
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