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S-135-03-04
Tuesday, June 1, 2004

Elizabethtown College Senior Brad Duppstadt Named All-American in Baseball

ELIZABETHTOWN, Pa. --- Elizabethtown College senior center fielder Brad Duppstadt (Mechanicsburg, PA/Cumberland Valley) has been named a Second Team All-American for the first time in his four year collegiate baseball career.

In 2004, in addition to being named an All-American for the first time, Duppstadt earned his second straight All-Mid-Atlantic Region team berth, and he also repeated as the Commonwealth Conference's Most Valuable Player. He was also the conference's Rookie of the Year as a first-year in 2001. He was a three-time All-Commonwealth Conference player as well, earning the award in 2002, 2003 and 2004, and he was a member of the Middle Atlantic Conferences' All-Academic Team this year.

In 2004, he led Elizabethtown in batting average (.403), slugging percentage (.701), on base percentage (.473), hits (58), runs scored (41), runs batted in (37), triples (5), home runs (9), stolen bases (11), and he tied for the team lead in walks (18). In the field, he did not commit a single error all season.

Over the course of this season, Duppstadt set new Elizabethtown career records in hits (200), home runs (17), at-bats (554), and games played (152). He concluded his career tied for third on Elizabethtown's all-time list in career RBI with 109. His 117 career runs scored rank him eighth all-time at Etown, as do his nine career triples.

This spring, Duppstadt is one of seven Elizabethtown College athletes to earn All-America honors, as five track & field athletes and one golfer joined Duppstadt as All-Americans as well. It is the highest total of All-Americans that Elizabethtown College has ever had in the span of a single season.

The Elizabethtown College baseball team completed its 2004 season with a 19-20 overall record. The team reached the Commonwealth Conference playoffs for the fourth consecutive year, every year the Commonwealth playoffs have existed, and it reached the post-season for the sixth consecutive season.