2018 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-American Teams

ELON, N.C. – The 2018 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-America teams have been released by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods on Saturday, June 16. Elon right-handed pitcher Kyle Brnovich picked up second-team All-American nods by the organization following his stellar sophomore campaign for the Phoenix.
 
Over the course of the campaign, Brnovich posted an 8-2 overall record and finished the regular season leading the nation with 147 strikeouts. He finished his year with a 1.71 ERA and held opponents to a .159 batting average over 105.0 innings in 15 starts. The Milton, Ga., resident's strikeout total rates second on the CAA's single-season chart. Brnovich recorded 10 or more strikeouts in eight of his starts and has twice fanned 14 hitters this season.
 
Brnovich, who earned first-team All-CAA accolades this year, currently rates among the national leaders in strikeouts (4th), ERA (10th), strikeouts per nine innings (14th with 12.60), hits allowed per nine innings (3rd with 4.89) and WHIP (13th with 0.89).
 
Brnovich was selected to represent the United States as a member of the 2018 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this summer. He is a semifinalist for both the Golden Spikes Award and College Baseball Foundation's National Pitcher of the Year Award.
 
In his two years at Elon, Brnovich is 14-7 with a 2.35 ERA and ranks third on the program's career chart with 250 strikeouts.