Fort Hays State junior outfielder Ryan Busboom has been honored as a Daktronics First Team All-American selection, as voted on by sports information directors throughout the nation in NCAA Division II. After being named the Daktronics South Central Region Player of the Year, the Cortland, Neb., native is one of three players in Division II named to the first team in the outfield.

Busboom was a unanimous All-MIAA First Team selection before earning NCBWA and Daktronics All-South Central Region First Team honors in the outfield. This was the first year Busboom played the outfield in his collegiate career after playing third base for Barton (Kan.) Community College his two years prior. He committed just two errors in 86 chances.

Busboom was a force at the plate in 2012, leading the MIAA and South Central Region in RBI with 66. He also led the MIAA in home runs with 16, slugging percentage (.718), hits (78) and total bases (145). Entering the final week of the regular season, Busboom owned the MIAA lead in all three triple crown stats, but ended the regular season fourth in the batting average race. After helping the Tigers to their first-ever MIAA Baseball Championship Tournament final and a record of 29-24, Busboom ended the year with a .386 batting average. He finished the year with 34 extra-base hits (17 doubles, 1 triple and 16 home runs) and 50 runs scored.

Busboom was the only representative from the MIAA on the Daktronics All-America First Team. Central Missouri starting pitcher Lee Stoppelman earned second-team honors, Washburn third baseman John Calhoun earned third-team honors, and Emporia State designated hitter Joe Vaskas earned an honorable mention selection.

Below is a complete list of the 2012 Daktronics Baseball All-America Team.

2012 Daktronics NCAA Division II Baseball All-America Teams

Ron Lenz Player of the Year: Nathan Minnich, Sheperd (W. Va.)
Ron Lenz Pitcher of the Year: Carl O’Neal, St. Mary’s (Texas)

FIRST TEAM
C Geno Escalante Jr. Mount Olive (N.C.)
1B Nathan Minnich Sr. Shepherd (W. Va.)
2B Joe Wendle Sr. West Chester (Pa.)
3B Bryan Lippincott Sr. Concordia-St. Paul (Minn.)
SS Blake Miller Jr. Western Oregon
OF Casey Allison Sr. Wingate (N.C.)
OF Ryan Busboom Jr. Fort Hays State (Kan.)
OF Jeff Popick Sr. Colorado Mesa
DH Antony Boza Sr. Lynn (Fla.)
UT Cody Coffman Sr. Tusculum (Tenn.)
SP Carl O’Neal Jr. St. Mary’s (Texas)
SP Tim Flight Jr. Southern New Hampshire
SP Geoff Broussard Sr. Cal Poly Pomona
SP Grady Wood Sr. Western Oregon
RP Stephen Johnson Jr. St. Edward’s (Texas)

SECOND TEAM
C Zach Braun So. Bemidji State (Minn.)
1B Jacob Rogers Sr. Mount Olive (N.C.)
2B Carlos Asuaje So. Nova Southeastern (Fla.)
3B Daniel Duran Sr. Cal State Los Angeles
SS Braden Box Jr. Colorado Mesa
OF Aaron Guinn Sr. Tusculum (Tenn.)
OF James Roche Sr. Franklin Pierce (N.H.)
OF Areo Regoli Sr. Nova Southeastern (Fla.)
DH Nick Sell Fr. Seton Hill (Pa.)
UT Cameron Dullnig Sr. Texas A&M-Kingsville
SP John Healy Sr. St. Anselm (N.H.)
SP Donovan Drake Sr. Indianapolis (Ind.)
SP Lee Stoppelman Sr. Central Missouri
SP Rene Solis So. St. Mary’s (Texas)
RP Emilio Pagan Jr. Belmont Abbey (N.C.)

THIRD TEAM
C M.P. Cokinos Jr. St. Mary’s (Texas)
1B Austin Rycroft Sr. Central Oklahoma
2B Andre Rodriguez Jr. Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)
3B John Calhoun Sr. Washburn (Kan.)
SS Grant DeBruin Sr. Alabama-Huntsville
OF Phil Imholte Jr. St. Cloud State
OF Shane Latshaw Sr. Mercyhurst (Pa.)
OF Eli Davis Sr. Cal State Stanislaus
DH Mike Russo Jr. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fla.)
UT Michael Jordan Sr. Benedict (S.C.)
SP Derek Hansen Jr. Augustana (S.D.)
SP Craig Goodman Sr. Tusculum (Tenn.)
SP Sean Bierman Sr. Tampa (Fla.)
SP Mark Sappington Jr. Rockhurst (Mo.)
RP Brad Zambron Jr. Grand Valley State (Mich.)

HONORABLE MENTION
Jon Carnahan (C, Delta State) ; Zach Mathieu (1B, Franklin Pierce), David Weber (1B, Benedict) ; Chase Lacomb (2B, Colorado State-Pueblo) ; Frank Salerno (SS, St. Thomas Aquinas) ; Cade Stallings (3B, Tusculum) ; Michael White (UT, Stonehill) ; Joe Vaskas (DH, Emporia State) ; Danny Susdorf (OF, UC-San Diego), Andrew Jones (OF, Tampa), Steve Anderson (OF, Grand Valley State), Pat Curtin (OF, Tiffin) ; Harvey Martin (SP, Minnesota State, Mankato), Chad Boughner (SP, North Alabama), Logan Birr (SP, St. Cloud State), Matt Marotta (SP, St. Thomas Aquinas), Ryan Goodbrand (SP, UC-San Diego), Alex Powers (RP, Southern New Hampshire)