UCLA Baseball

Junior right-handed pitchers Trevor Bauer and Gerrit Cole have earned preseason first-team Lousville Slugger All-America honors, as announced by Collegiate Baseball on Friday. Each pitcher secured second-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball as sophomores in 2010.

Collegiate Baseball has selected Bauer and Cole as two of its six starting pitchers to secure preseason first-team Louisville Slugger All-America honors. The Bruins' right-handed duo is joined by Danny Hultzen (Virginia), Taylor Jungmann (Texas), Matt Purke (TCU) and Noe Ramirez (Cal State Fullerton).

Bauer and Cole have excelled in UCLA's starting rotation since their freshman seasons. They are the only returning starting pitchers in the Pac-10 Conference who have earned All-Pac-10 Team honors the last two years. Cole was named a preseason first-team All-America selection by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association (NCBWA) earlier this week.

Hailing from Valencia, Calif., Bauer went 12-3 with a 3.02 ERA as a sophomore in 2010. He led the nation with 165 strikeouts in a team-high 131.1 innings. Bauer's 165 strikeouts established the school's single-season record. The right-hander went 3-0 with a 3.60 ERA in four in the playoffs (four starts) to lead UCLA to the finals of the College World Series for the first time in program history.

With the college baseball season slated to start two months from Saturday, Bauer and Cole will return to the mound next spring with extensive resumes. Bauer has gone 21-6 with a 3.00 ERA in two seasons at UCLA, totaling 257 strikeouts and 68 walks in 236.2 innings. Cole has posted a 15-12 record with a 3.42 ERA in two years at UCLA, recording 257 strikeouts and 90 walks in 208.0 innings.

UCLA opens its 2011 schedule with a three-game series against San Francisco, beginning Friday, Feb. 18. Game time at Jackie Robinson Stadium is slated for 6 p.m.