Jefferson grad Ryan Garman has been named a Preseason All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association.

Garman is a senior pitcher at Grand Valley State in Allendale, Mich. He was 9-1 with a 1.70 ERA for the Lakers last season and fired the seventh no-hitter in school history.

Garman is one of four Grand Valley players named to the Division II team. The Lakers were 52-5 last season and made their fifth appearance in nine years in the NCAA Division II World Series.

Garman is a 2007 Jefferson grad. He played two seasons at Johnson County (Kan.) Community College, wrapped around a medical red-shirt year. Last year was his first season at Grand Valley State. He was named to all-region teams by the ABCA (first), Daktronics (second) and NCBWA (second). He also was named to the Great Lakes Conference first team.

Grand Valley played a three-game exhibition series against the Cuban National Team in Havana in early January and was 0-3. Garman started the third game, a 13-5 loss.

The Lakers open the season Feb. 27 at Bellarmine in Louisville, Ky.