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MVNU's Burgos Named NAIA Honorable Mention All-American
written by Dave Parsons, Sports Information Director

MOUNT VERNON, Ohio (5-31-2008) - Richey Burgos, a member of the Mount Vernon Nazarene University baseball team, was selected as an NAIA Honorable Mention All-American when the NAIA announced its All-American Teams on Friday prior to the championship game of the NAIA World Series.

Burgos, a senior third baseman from Ponce, Puerto Rico, put together one of the best offensive seasons in school history in 2008 to cap off a stellar career. The former Puerto Rico Academy product led the Cougars with a .448 batting average, a .746 slugging percentage, a .539 on-base percentage, 90 hits, 17 doubles, 13 home runs, 68 RBI, and a school-record 39 walks. He also had two triples and 52 runs scored. Among the many honors he received this season, he was the American Mideast Conference, National Christian College Athletic Association East Region, NAIA Region IX, and NCCAA National Player of the Year.

For his career, Burgos finishes first in school history in games played (209), at bats (701), hits (281), and walks (137), second in batting average (.401), home runs (35), and RBI (206), third in doubles (55), fifth in runs scored (185), and tenth in assists (332).

Burgos will wait to see if his name is called in the upcoming amateur draft that will be conducted by Major League Baseball on June 5-6. However, if he fails to get picked up by a team, Burgos plans to sign with the Chillicothe Paints of the independent Frontier League and start his career in professional baseball there.

 

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