June 8, 2005
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Lobo second baseman Jordan Pacheco has been named to the Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team, as chosen by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. Pacheco was also a Collegiate Baseball third-team All-America selection earlier this month. A product of Albuquerque’s La Cueva High School, the second baseman had an outstanding season in his first year as Lobo, ranking among the MWC leaders in batting (.408), homers (15), runs (65), hits (95) and slugging (.717). He also drove in 52 runs and tallied 17 doubles and five triples in the leadoff spot.
With his third-team All-America selection, Pacheco became the first freshman in UNM baseball history to garner All-America honors. He is the fifth player in the program to earn Freshman All-America accolades. Pacheco, an All-Mountain West selection, was one of 64 players nationally and one of only two freshmen named to the Dick Hower National Player of the Year watch list.
PREVIOUS UNM FRESHMAN ALL-AMERICANS
Travis Young, 1994Lon Yamaguchi, 1996Matt Young, 2002Daniel Stovall, 2004Jordan Pacheco, 2005