Perfect Game All-Americans

CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Illinois junior Bren Spillane was named to the Perfect Game All-America first team, the publication announced Wednesday. It is Spillane's third first-team All-America selection after being picked to Baseball America's and Collegiate Baseball's teams.

Spillane joins Josh Klimek (1996) and Tyler Jay (2015) as the only Illini to earn three All-America first-team honors in the same season. Spillane is Illinois' fifth All-American in the last four years. 

Spillane's long list of accomplishments includes Big Ten Player of the Year, the first player in Big Ten history to win three straight conference player of the week awards, the first player in Illinois history to win two national player of the week awards, the nation's leading slugging percentage (.903), OPS (1.401) and home runs per game (0.46) and the second-best slugging percentage in Big Ten history. 

Spillane was the first player in program history to hit 15 homers and steal 15 bases in the same season. His combo of power and speed help him lead the Big Ten in batting average (.389), slugging percentage (.903), on-base percentage (.498), OPS (1.401), home runs (23), RBIs (60) and total bases (158).

The Cincinnati Reds singed Spillane to a professional contract Tuesday. He was drafted No. 82 overall, the highest selected position player in Illinois program history.

Perfect Game First Team All-Americans

First Team
C Joey Bart, Georgia Tech
1B Andrew Vaughn, California (Player of the Year)
2B Kody Clemens, Texas
3B Jonathan India, Florida
SS Seth Lancaster, Coastal Carolina
OF Devlin Granberg, Dallas Baptist
OF Bryant Packard, East Carolina
OF Trevor Larnach, Oregon State
DH Bren Spillane, Illinois
SP Nick Sandlin, Southern Miss (Pitcher of the Year)
SP Brady Singer, Florida
SP Casey Mize, Auburn
SP Kyle Brnovich, Elon
SP Logan Gilbert, Stetson
RP Michael Byrne, Florida
RP Jack Little, Stanford
UT Brooks Wilson, Stetson

Spillane Stats and Notes

• 2018 Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Year
• 2018 Baseball America All-America First Team
• 2018 Big Ten Player of the Year
• 2018 Big Ten regular season triple crown (.407, 22 HR, 57 RBIs)
• 2018 Unanimous First Team All-Big Ten
• Drafted No. 82 overall by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2018 MLB Draft 
• Leads the nation in slugging percentage (.903)
• Leads the nation in OPS (1.401)
• Leads the nation in home runs per game (0.46)
• Leads the nation in weighted on-base average (.569)
• Ranks third in the nation in home runs (23), ninth in total bases (158), ninth in on-base percentage (.498), 12th in RBIs per game (1.20), 15th in runs per game (1.14) and 17th in batting average (.389)
• One of two players in the nation with 20+ homers and 15+ stolen bases
• Only player in Division I history to slug over .900 in the BBCOR bat era
• First player in Division I to slug over .900 for a season since 2009 (Bryce Brentz, Middle Tennessee State, .930)
• First Power 5 player to lead the nation in slugging at over .900 since Pat Burrell (.948) for Miami (Fla.) in 1996
• No. 2 in Big Ten history in slugging percentage for a season (Darrin Fletcher, Illinois, 1987, .913)
• No. 1 in the nation in career slugging percentage among active players with two or more seasons (.723)
• No. 1 in Illinois history in career slugging percentage (.723)
• First player in Big Ten history to win three straight Big Ten Player of the Week awards (3/19-4/2/18)
• First player in Illinois history to win national player of the week honors twice
• Led the Big Ten in batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, OPS, home runs, RBIs and total bases
• Illinois single-season ranks include second in slugging (.903), second in home runs (23), second in Big Ten home runs (10), tied for fourth in total bases (158), tied for fourth in Big Ten total bases (67) and fifth in on-base percentage (.498)

Illinois All-Americans
1947 » Andy Phillip, 1B
1947 » Lee Eilbracht, C
1948 » Russ Steger, OF
1951 » Dick Raklovits, 3B
1959 » Bob Klaus, SS
1962 » Tom Fletcher, LHP
1973 » Bob Polock, 2B, (2nd)
1987 » Darrin Fletcher, C (1st)
1988 » Mark Dalesandro, 2B
	Baseball America Summer Team (2nd)
1990 » Mark Dalesandro, 2B
	ABCA (1st)
	Baseball America (2nd)
1991 » Bubba Smith, UT
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
1991 » Larry Sutton, OF
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
1993 » Scott Spiezio, IF
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
1994 » Forry Wells, OF
	Smith Super Team/NCBWA (HM)
1994 » Tom Sinak, OF
	Smith Super Team/NCBWA (HM)
1996 » Josh Klimek, SS
	ABCA (1st)
	Baseball America (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (1st)
	Smith Super Team (1st)
1996 » Brian McClure, 2B
	ABCA (2nd)
1998 » Brett Weber, RHP
	NCBWA (2nd)
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
	ABCA (3rd)
1998 » D.J. Svihlik, 2B
	NCBWA (2nd)
1999 » Jimmy Journell, RHP
	Baseball America (2nd)
	NCBWA (2nd)
1999 » D.J. Svihlik, 2B
	NCBWA (Honorable Mention)
2000 » Jason Anderson, RHP
	ABCA (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (2nd)
2001 » Drew Dickinson, LHP
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
2002 » Drew Dickinson, LHP
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
2005 » Drew Davidson, OF
	Collegiate Baseball (3rd)
2007 » Lars Davis, C
	PING! Baseball (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (2nd)
	ABCA (3rd)
2008 » Kyle Hudson, OF
	ABCA (3rd)
2009 » Brandon Wikoff, SS
	Ping! Baseball (2nd)
2013 » Justin Parr, OF
	NCBWA (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (1st)
	Baseball America (2nd)
	Perfect Game (2nd)
	ABCA (2nd)
	CollegeBaseballInsider.com (2nd)
2015 » Tyler Jay, LHP
	Baseball America (1st)
	NCBWA (1st)
	ABCA (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (1st)
	Perfect Game (1st)
	D1Baseball.com (2nd)
2015 » Kevin Duchene, LHP
	NCBWA (2nd)
	ABCA (2nd)
	D1Baseball.com (2nd)
	Collegiate Baseball (2nd)
	Baseball America (2nd)
	Perfect Game (2nd)
2015 » David Kerian, 1B
	NCBWA (2nd)
	ABCA (2nd)
	D1Baseball.com (2nd)
	Collegiate Baseball (2nd)
	Baseball America (2nd)
	Perfect Game (2nd)
2016 » Cody Sedlock, RHP
	Baseball America (1st)
	D1Baseball.com (2nd)
	ABCA (3rd)
2018 » Bren Spillane, 1B
	Baseball America (1st)
	Collegiate Baseball (1st)
	Perfect Game (1st)