June 7, 2002

NEW ORLEANS, La. - On the heels of becoming Tulane University's first student-athlete to earn both academic and athletic All-America honors in the same season, the postseason honors keep coming in for senior James Jurries as the native of Lake Jackson, Texas, was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association District VII Co-Player of the Year on Friday.

Jurries, who has also been named 2002 Conference USA Player of the year, second-team TPX/Louisville Slugger All-American and third-team Verizon Academic All-American, shares the NCBWA honor with Texas sophomore southpaw Justin Simmons. In his final season in a Green Wave uniform, Jurries became the first player to hit .400 since 1985 while also setting a new standard by hitting 20 home runs and stealing 30 bases.

It is the second consecutive year that a Tulane player earned NCBWA District Player of the Year recognition as 2001 Conference USA Player of the Year and All-American third baseman Jake Gautreau earned the honor last season. Voting for the award was done by the members of the NCBWA, featuring writers, broadcasters and publicists of college baseball. The District VII area includes all Division I players in the states of Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas.

A sixth-round selection in Tuesday's Major League Baseball Amateur Draft, Jurries led Tulane in 2002 with 77 runs scored, 96 hits, four triples, 74 RBI, 180 total bases, a .750 slugging percentage, a .493 on-base percentage and 43 walks while tallying 16 doubles.

During his final collegiate season, Jurries helped the Green Wave earn their fourth consecutive trip to the NCAA Regionals. His 96 hits in 2002 is tied for sixth in the Green Wave's single-season record book, and he is also third in total bases and slugging percentage, tied for fourth in batting average, seventh in stolen bases, eighth in runs scored and tied for eighth in triples.

In Tulane's career record book, Jurries tied the all-time runs record (284) while finishing second in hits (344) and home runs (62), fourth in games played (239), at-bats (953), RBI (257) and doubles (66), tied for fourth in triples (11), fifth in stolen bases (80), tied for fifth in batting average (.361), sixth in slugging percentage (.648), tied for sixth in assists (430), seventh in walks (145) and tied for seventh in sacrifice flies (13).

A success in the classroom as well, Jurries posted a 3.44 grade point average in the spring semester to raise his cumulative GPA to 3.32. The number increases to an impressive 3.77 mark in Tulane's prestigious A.B. Freeman School of Business. In the fall, Jurries earned Dean's List recognition with a 3.83 GPA in finance.

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