Wednesday was another big day for ASU baseball and Wes Hobson as the second baseman was named a third-team all-American by Ping!Baseball and just hours later he was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 40th round of the 2010 MLB Draft. Hobson is Appalachian's fourth all-American in the past four years and the ninth Mountaineer selected in the MLB Draft over the last three years. He joins Chris Patterson as the second ASU player drafted this year. Hobson finished his collegiate career as the most prolific hitter in Appalachian history. In 206 career games, he hit .362 and set ASU all-time records with 318 hits, 879 at-bats, 223 runs, 78 doubles and 504 total bases. He enjoyed his most productive season as a senior this spring, winning the Southern Conference batting title with a .404 average and ranking among the conference leaders with 95 hits, a school-record 69 runs scored, 22 doubles, 11 home runs, 54 RBI, a .655 slugging percentage, .474 on-base percentage and 17 stolen bases. Wes capped his record-breaking season and career by leading the Mountaineers to three SoCon Tournament victories for the first time since 1991. He hit a tournament-best .600 (12-for-20) with three doubles, a triple, six walks, three stolen bases and four runs scored in five games. He also played in 206 games at ASU, including a string of 186-consecutive starts at second base to close out his career. The only games he didn't start at second base during his four-year collegiate career came when he missed 25 contests after suffering a wrist injury when hit by a pitch versus Elon as a freshman. Hobson is the 15th all-American in ASU history and joins former teammates David Rubinstein (third team, 2007), Zach Quate (third team, 2009) and Isaac Harrow (honorable mention, 2009) in earning all-America recognition over the past four seasons. He is the 27th Mountaineer ever selected in the MLB Draft.