FROSTBURG, Md. – Former Frostburg State University pitcher Greg Ross has been named the Maryland State Association of Baseball Coaches (MSABC) Amateur Player of the Year for the 2011 season. 

Ross had an impressive final year on the mound for Frostburg State with an 11-2 record and an overall ERA of 1.49. He threw a team-high 90.2 innings and had a team-low .192 opponents’ batting average. He threw two complete games and collected one save on the year. Ross had six double-digit strikeout games that season, which included his performance against No. 1 Marietta in the NCAA Tournament and an 11-strikeout day against Wesley in the first round of the Capital Athletic Conference tournament.

Because of his success on the hill, Ross earned multiple postseason awards including being named to the American Baseball Coaches Association All-America First Team, D3baseball.com All-America Second Team, as well as ABCA Mid-Atlantic Pitcher of the Year and First Team selection.  Ross was also named the CAC Player of the Year and was a First Team honoree. 

Ross will receive his award at the MSABC banquet on Feb. 18 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards at 7 p.m.  Tickets are a $65 donation and are available here.   

The Bobcats open the 2012 season at Methodist for the first round of the Methodist Tournament on Feb. 17 at 4 p.m.