ORLANDO – UCF pitchers Matt Fox and Kyle Bono were named Sports Weekly Second Team All-Americans Friday. Both players are the first All-America honorees for UCF since the 2001 season when Jason Arnold and Justin Pope garnered All-America honors.
It marks just the seventh time in school history that UCF had a player garner All-America status. Fox and Bono join an elite list of players who have garnered All-America honors including Tim Barker (1985), Chad Mottola (1992), Justin Pope (2001), Jason Arnold (2001) and Jeremy Kurella (2001).
The latest honor for Fox adds to a long list the junior right-hander has received in 2004. The Atlantic Sun Pitcher-of-the-Year, Fox was also named a Midseason All-American by Baseball America. Also named the 51st rated prospect for the 2004 MLB Draft by Baseball America, Fox leads UCF with a 13-2 record. The Coral Springs native is third in school history with 13 wins and ranks fifth in single-season history with 119 strikeouts. In 104.0 innings, Fox has a 1.99 ERA.
Bono formed with Fox to form one of the nation’s top two pitching tandems in 2004. The sophomore from Lake Mary is 8-1 with a 1.79 ERA in 17 appearances including 14 starts. Bono also has two saves to go along with 101 strikeouts in 90.1 innings of work. A three-time A-Sun Pitcher-of-the-Week honoree, Bono was also named to the A-Sun All-Conference First Team earlier in the week.
