Ike Davis Wins Game MVP and Sparks West Team to Victory In Second Annual AFLAC All-American High School Baseball Classic
August 07 2004 - 2:33AM
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Ike Davis Wins Game MVP and Sparks West Team to Victory In Second
Annual AFLAC All-American High School Baseball Classic - Andrew
McCutchen Sets AFLAC All-American Record with Four Hits - ABERDEEN,
Md., Aug. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Ike Davis (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
earned Most Valuable Player honors at the second annual AFLAC All-
American High School Baseball Classic at Ripken Stadium in
Aberdeen, Md., as the West Team defeated the East Team, 4-2 in
front of a crowd of 4,006. Davis hit the go-ahead home run in the
bottom of the second inning to give the West Team a 2-1 lead. The
complete AFLAC All-American Baseball Classic box score is available
at http://www.aflacallamerican.com/Media/Andrew McCutchen (Fort
Meade, Fla.) led the East offensive attack with four hits, setting
a new AFLAC All-American record. Starring on the mound for the West
was Ryan Tucker (Temple City, Calif.) who posted a scoreless first
inning, and escaped from a bases-loaded jam. Cameron Maybin, John
Drennen (San Diego, Calif.), Brett Wallace (Sonoma, Calif.) and Ben
Booker (Bruceville, Texas) also set new a new AFLAC All-American
record, recording two stolen bases each. In all, nine East pitchers
combined for 14 strikeouts, including three from Sean O'Sullivan's
(El Cajon, Calif.). Nine West pitchers also combined for 14
strikeouts, with Shane Funk (Panama City, Fla.) striking out three
batters as well. Jordan Danks, the star outfielder from Round Rock
High School (Round Rock, Texas) won the second annual AFLAC
All-American Home Run Derby to beat Cameron Maybin (Arden, N.C.).
Danks had a total of six home runs over the two rounds, while
Maybin smashed four balls out of the park. The official charity for
the Home Run Derby is CureSearch National Childhood Cancer
Foundation. The 2004 AFLAC All-American Baseball Classic raised
$60,000 for the division of pediatric oncology at Johns Hopkins
Kimmel Cancer Center, the game's official charity, as part of
AFLAC's ongoing commitment to support research and treatment of
pediatric cancer. Last night at the AFLAC All-American Awards
dinner, Justin Upton (Chesapeake, Va.) won the inaugural Jackie
Robinson Award as the AFLAC National High School Player of the
Year. Upton was presented with the award by Rachel Robinson, the
wife of the late Hall of Fame Baseball Player Jackie Robinson. The
top 40 high school players from across the nation were selected by
Baseball America and Perfect Game USA to form this year's AFLAC
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and is the largest life insurer in Japan in terms of individual
insurance policies in force. In January 2004, AFLAC was included in
Fortune magazine's list of "The 100 Best Companies to Work for" for
the sixth consecutive year. Also in January 2004, AFLAC was named
to Forbes magazine's "Platinum 400 List of Best Big Companies in
America" for the fifth consecutive year. In March 2004, Fortune
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