STANFORD, Calif. – Three Cardinal were named preseason All-America by Baseball America, as announced Monday.
Junior outfielder Kyle Stowers was named to the first team while junior left-handed pitcher Erik Miller and junior right-handed pitcher Jack Little earned second-team honors. Stanford's three student-athletes on the list ties Arkansas for the most in the country – the annual preseason teams are voted on by major league organizations' scouting departments.
Stanford's three @BaseballAmerica Preseason All-Americans tie for the most of any @NCAACWS program!
— Stanford Baseball (@StanfordBSB) January 28, 2019
1st team » @KyleStowers
2nd team » @E_Rex23 & @jack_little11 #GoStanford pic.twitter.com/n1tPxgQrNh
Stowers (communication) finished second on the team in 2018 in home runs (10), slugging percentage (.510) and RBI (42) while batting .286 and starting all 58 games. He was named All-Pac-12 honorable mention and Pac-12 All-Academic honorable mention while helping Stanford win its first conference championship since 2004.
Miller (science, technology and society) finished 4-4 with a 4.07 earned-run average in 13 appearances, all starts, in 2018. Miller struck out 52 in 48.2 innings as Stanford's Sunday starter.
Little (management science and engineering) tied a program record with 16 saves as a sophomore in 2018, finishing 3-0 with a 0.60 ERA, a .167 batting average against and 58 strikeouts against eight walks in 45.1 innings out of the bullpen. The Las Vegas native earned first-team All-America honors from D1 Baseball, Baseball America, Perfect Game, NCBWA and ABCA, and was a finalist for the NCBWA Stopper of the Year award. He is also a preseason All-American for D1 Baseball, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Perfect Game.