Warrensburg, Mo. (June 5, 2001) -- Central Missouri State University pitcher Corey Clinefelter can add one more honor to his outstanding senior season this spring.

He is a first-team selection on the Verizon College Division Academic All-America Baseball Team. The senior right-hander from Independence, Mo. (Truman H.S.) graduated in May with a bachelor's degree in marketing and had a 3.46 overall grade point average.

Clinefelter was 13-1 with a 3.09 earned run average this season. He helped lead the Mules' to their best record in school history at 53-10 and a runner-up finish in NCAA Division II. He led the team in starts (16), complete games (4), innings pitched (107 2/3) and strikeouts (79). His final CMSU appearance produced a complete-game win over the University North Florida in the semifinals of the national tournament in Montgomery, Ala.

Earlier Clinefelter had been named to the first-team of the NCAA Division II All-America Team selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association. He is the only player in Division II to be selected to the first-team All-America Team and the first-team Academic All-America Team.

Clinefelter's other honors this season include being named Central Region Pitcher of the Year and Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Pitcher of the Year. Included in his 13 wins was a no-hitter Mar. 5 against East Central University.

For his career, Clinefelter finished with a 30-4 record and a 3.74 earned run average. His total of 30 wins ties him for second in career victories at Central Missouri. He ranks second in career innings pitched (271 1/3) and fifth in career strikeouts (188). His 2001 season totals for wins, strikeouts and innings pitched all rank as the second-best single-season marks in CMSU history.

Clinefelter is the Mules' first Academic All-America baseball selection since designated hitter Brayden Whitney was named in 1998 and the fifth Mules' baseball player to earn first-team Academic All-America recognition. Overall the Mules' baseball program has had a total of 13 players receive Academic All-America recognition.