Jaguars, Rickie Weeks Continue Dominance Of All-SWAC Baseball Team

A quick search of the thesaurus could find no other words to describe Southern University’s continued hold on the All-Southwestern Athletic Conference Baseball team. The 2003 team, voted on by the league’s coaches and sports information directors, has seven of thirteen first-team spots claimed by Jaguar players. Of the five “Best Of” categories, Southern claims or shares all five positions.
Leading the Jaguar parade of honors is junior infielder Rickie Weeks. Weeks was named 1st team at second base, Outstanding Hitter and was a unanimous repeat selection as “Player of the Year.”
The other “Best Of” categories saw Southern pitcher, Duwon Day selected “Outstanding Pitcher”, outfielder Andrew Toussaint was tabbed “Newcomer of the Year” and “Freshman of the Year” honors was shared by SU’s Jonathan Kohn and Alcorn State’s Tory Bates.
On the 2003 All-SWAC first team Southern picked up seven positions. Prairie View A&M and Mississippi Valley State had two players, and Alabama A&M had one player selected.
On the second team, Southern picked up three more spots with Mississippi Valley State, Texas Southern and Grambling State picking up two spots each. Alabama A&M, Alabama State, Alcorn State and Prairie View A&M picked up one spot each.
Texas Southern players led the honorable mention category with seven players, followed by Jackson State with three. Arkansas-Pine Bluff and Mississippi Valley State placed two players with Alabama State, Grambling State and Southern with one player each.
2003 All-SWAC Baseball Team
FIRST TEAM
1b- Kevin Vital (Southern) – 6-0,245,Sr., Loreauville, La.
2b- Rickie Weeks (Southern) – 6’0,190, Jr., Altamonte Springs, Fla.
SS- Fernando Puebla (Southern) – 6’1, 180, Jr., Caracas, Venezuela
3b- Antoin Gray (Southern) – 5’10, 185, Sr., Hattiesburg, Miss.
C- Brian McGinty (Prairie View) – 6-2, 190, Jr., Houston
OF- Joseph Vaughn (Prairie View) – 5-10, 180, Jr., Houston
OF- Adrian Brown (Miss. Valley State) – 5-10, 177, Sr., Indianapolis
OF- Andrew Toussaint (Southern) – 6-2,175, So., Los Angeles
P – Duwan Day (Southern) – 6’4, 210, Sr., Jackson, Miss.
P – Aaron Simms (Alabama A&M)- 6-4, 200, Sr., Waukegan, Ill.
P – Damien Ursin (Southern)- 6’0, 190, Jr., Gramercy, La.
P – David Bayless (Ark.-Pine Bluff) – 6’1, 205, Fr., Marshall, Texas
DH – Nathan Purvis (Miss. Valley State)- 6-5, 203, Jr., Florence, Miss.
Outstanding Hitter
Rickie Weeks (Southern) – 6’0,190, Jr., Altamonte Springs, Fla.
Outstanding Pitcher
Duwan Day (Southern) – 6’4, 210, Sr., Jackson, Miss.
Newcomer of the Year
Andrew Toussaint (Southern) – 6-2, 175, So., Los Angeles
Freshman of the Year
Tory Bates (Alcorn State) – 5-10, 225, Meridian, Miss.
P- Jonathan Kohn (Southern) – 6-6, 250, Baker, La.
Player of the Year
Rickie Weeks (Southern) – 6’0, 190, Jr., Altamonte Springs, Fla.
SECOND TEAM
1b – Nathan Purvis (Miss. Valley State) – 6-5, 203, Jr., Florence, Miss.
2b – Mario Deleon (Tx. Southern) – 5-11, 188, Jr., Houston
SS- Tee Thomas (Miss. Valley State) – 5-11, 187, Sr., Starkville, Miss.
3b – Calvin Fugett (Tx. Southern) – 6-3, 215, Jr., Denver
OF – Jonathan Colvin (Prairie View) – 5-11, 175, Jr., Houston
OF -Damien Ellison (Ala. A&M) – 5-10, 175, So., Detroit
OF – James Cooper (Grambling State) – 6-3, Jr., Cullen, La.
C – Jonathan Jones (Grambling State) – 6’3, Jr., Decatur, Ga.
DH- Brian Nichols (Ala. State) – 6-3, 236, So., Atlanta
P – Vince Davis (Southern) – 6’6, 235, Jr., Chicago
P – Corey Johnson (Alcorn State) – 6-0, 175, Sr., Shannon, Miss.
P- Cory Poret (Southern) – 5-11, 180, Jr., New Orleans, La.
P- Jonathan Kohn (Southern) – 6-6, 250, Fr., Baker, La.
Honorable Mention
Herman Hebert (Tx. Southern); Kevin Camp (Grambling); Jose Alvarez (Tx. Southern); Joey Mouton (Southern); Kevin Banks (Ark.-Pine Bluff); Anthony Johnson (Jackson State); Josh Hailey (Miss. Valley State); Jermaine Shack (Miss. Valley State); Jesus Guerra (Tx. Southern); Brian Nichols (Ala. State); Trey White (Jackson State); Isaac Daniels (Tx. Southern); Earl White (Ark.-Pine Bluff); Robert Felton (Jackson State); Aulston Taylor (Tx. Southern); Corey Alexander (Tx. Southern); Larry Watson (Tx. Southern).