Michigan State University Athletics
Bucciferro Named To Big Ten All-Freshman Team
5/19/2009 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 19, 2009
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Tony Bucciferro was named to the Big Ten Baseball All-Freshman Team, it was announced Tuesday (May 19) by the conference office. The Joliet, Ill. native, leads MSU in strikeouts this season with 59 and posts a dominant strikeout to walk ratio of 5.9-to-1.
"We are very proud of the year Tony has had," said MSU head coach Jake Boss Jr. "He did a tremendous job first as a midweek starter and then as our No. 3 starter in the conference."
Bucciferro, who is currently 5-2 on the year, began the season coming out of the bullpen but quickly turned into a starter for the Green and White as he got is first start in just his third appearance on March 8 at Bethune-Cookman. He picked up his first win in his second-career start, vs. Eastern Michigan on March 18 where he struck out five in seven complete innings.
The righty won his first-career Big Ten start on April 26 at Iowa, where he went 7.1 innings, allowed three earned runs and struck out five in 14-5 MSU win. Twice this season he has tied a team-season high with nine strikeouts.
"Tony is very deserving of this honor and we look forward to his bright future with MSU," Boss added.
The Spartan baseball team is the No. 5 seed in this year's Big Ten Tournament in Columbus, Ohio and will take on No. 4-seed Illinois at 12:05 p.m. on Wednesday (May 20). The game will be televised live on the Big Ten Network.
