A pair of MSU baseball players have garnered preseason honors.

Senior catcher Brady Burrill along with sophomore pitcher Tim Day became the Spartans first preseason All-Americans since Mark Mulder in 1998.

Burrill was named a third-team All-American by Louisville Slugger, as selected by Collegiate Baseball newspaper, while Day earned third-team honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

Although Burrill appeared in just 28 of the Spartans' 57 games last season, he still led the team with a .414 batting average.

As a freshman, Day tallied an 11-3 record, establishing a MSU single-season record for wins along with earning Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American honors. He finished the 2002 season with a 3.21 ERA. In Big Ten play, Day posted an impressive 2.43 ERA.

The Spartans open the 2003 season with a three-game series at Centenary College in Shreveport, La.,on Feb. 21-22.