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Kansas State juniors James Allen and Nick Martini were named to the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-Midwest Region second team, the ABCA has announced.

Kansas State junior left-hander Kyle Hunter was taken with the second selection of the 31st round (No. 933 overall) by the Seattle Mariners on the final day of the 2011 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft today. Hunter was the fifth Wildcat taken in the 2011 draft, after Evan Marshall and Jason King were selected in the fourth round, while Nick Martini and James Allen were drafted in the seventh round.

Kansas State had four players earn all-conference accolades from the Big 12 coaches as the Big 12 Conference announced its postseason awards Tuesday at the 2011 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. Junior relief pitcher James Allen earned first-team honors, junior third baseman Jason King and freshman outfielder Jared King were named to the second team, and junior outfielder Nick Martini was placed on the honorable-mention squad. The Wildcats have placed at least four players on the all-conference teams for three straight seasons.

Nick Martini singled home Ross Kivett in the top of the ninth inning to break a 4-4 tie, James Allen picked up his 14th save of the season and the Wildcats edged Cal State Bakersfield 5-4 on Monday night at Hardt Field. K-State won its fifth straight game and its 10th in the last 14 contests as the Wildcats improved to 25-15 on the year. The Wildcats now are 8-9 in one-run games this season and have won four of their last five games decided by a run.

Jared King's first collegiate home run highlighted a four-run fifth inning as Kansas State topped No. 5 Texas A&M 9-4 on Sunday afternoon at Tointon Family Stadium. In addition, Nick Martini set what is believed to be an NCAA record of consecutive games reaching base safely at 87 when he doubled in the second inning. K-State salvaged the final game of a three-game series against the Aggies and improved to 16-11 overall, 2-7 in Big 12 play. Texas A&M fell to 22-6 on the year and 7-2 in conference action.

Kansas State outfielder Nick Martini and relief pitcher James Allen were named to the 11th annual Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) preseason All-America team, the organization announced Wednesday. Both players earned third-team honors and they became the first Wildcats since closer Daniel Edwards in 2008 to earn preseason All-America accolades from the organization.

Kansas State outfielder Nick Martini picked up his second All-America award Thursday, when he was named a second-team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). Martini, who also earned Louisville Slugger third-team All-American accolades from Collegiate Baseball, became the second-straight Wildcat to be honored by the ABCA, after A.J. Morris was named an All-American and the Midwest Region Player of the Year in 2009.

Kansas State outfielder Nick Martini was one of 32 players nationally to be invited to the 2010 Collegiate National Team Trials, to be held July 5-11 at the National Training Complex in Cary, N.C. The lone invitee from the Big 12, Martini is vying for a spot on the 22-man roster that will compete both nationally and abroad in July and August. He also is looking to become the first Wildcat to play for Team USA since Craig Wilson in 1988.

Kansas State sophomore outfielder Nick Martini was named a Louisville Slugger All-American, Collegiate Baseball announced Thursday. Martini, the Big 12 co-Player of the Year, earned his second All-America designation after being named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball last season.

Kansas State sophomore outfielder Nick Martini headlined six Wildcats earning accolades from the Big 12 baseball coaches as the conference announced its postseason awards and All-Big 12 teams Tuesday at the 2010 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship. Martini was named the league's co-Player of the Year, the first time a Wildcat had received the honor since Craig Wilson in 1992. It was K-State's third specialty award in the past two years, after A.J. Morris was named Pitcher of the Year and Brad Hill as Coach of the Year in 2009.