Eisenberg and Klausman named Rawlings All-Americans
Marietta's streak of consecutive years with an All-American hits 32

May 26, 2006
APPLETON, Wisconsin — The 2006 NCAA Division III World Series kicked off Thursday (May 25) evening with a banquet for the eight teams at the Radisson Paper Valley Hotel. Highlighting the festivities were the announcement of the three Rawlings All-American Teams. As has been the case in each of the last 32 years, Marietta had representation on the prestigious list.

Junior pitcher Mike Eisenberg (Coral Gables, Fla./Bullis) was honored with first team recognition, while senior left fielder/first baseman Jarrod Klausman (Altoona, Pa.) picked up third team honors.

Marietta has now produced 106 All-Americans since 1972. It is also the 28th year that at least two Pioneers earned the honor in the same season.

Eisenberg became the Pioneers' 55th first team selection. The Mideast Region Pitcher of the Year and first team All-OAC selection enters World Series play with an 11-2 record. Eisenberg currently has a 1.36 ERA, pitched eight complete games and struck out 115 in 99 innings this season. The lanky right-hander is the first All-American to be named to the first team since Matt DeSalvo in 2003.

Klausman brings a .432 batting average into his first World Series action. The first team All-Region and first team All-OAC performer leads the 'Etta Express with 82 hits and four triples. He is also second on the squad in runs scored (46), doubles (12) and runs batted in (35). Klausman is currently on an 18-game hitting streak.

Marietta now has three All-Americans on its roster, with senior Mike DeMark (Jeanette, Pa./Penn-Trafford) earning second team All-American honors as a sophomore. Those three standouts will lead the Pioneers into World Series action against Wis.-Stevens Point this evening (May 26) at 8:45 p.m. All of the action can be heard live on WMOA-AM 1490 and mariettaonline.com.