Allan Dykstra

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Allan Dykstra (born May 21, 1987 in San Diego, CA), was selected by the Boston Red Sox with the 1,038th pick in the 34th Round of the 2005 Amateur Draft out of Rancho Bernardo High School, in California. Dykstra decided not to sign with the Red Sox, and instead honor his commitment to Wake Forest University.

Contents 1 Scouting Report 2 Amateur Career 2.1 Amateur Awards 3 Trivia 4 External Links

Scouting Report

• Dykstra has big-time raw power which helped him dominate competition in the Atlantic Coast Conference during his freshman year at Wake Forest and again this summer. Though he hit .232, he had seven homers and a league-leading 29 RBIs. The big question with Dykstra is where to put him on the field. Most scouts don’t see him playing on the field on a regular basis, except for occasionally at first base.

Amateur Career

• Sophomore year Allan was named named second team All-ACC and to the All-ACC Academic Team. Dykstra was also selected as a Golden Spikes Award semifinalist, and included on the midseason watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award. Finished among the ACC leaders in home runs (18, t-1st), walks (57, 3rd), slugging percentage (.615, 5th), on-base percentage (.479, 5th), RBIs (60, 7th) and total bases (139, 8th). He started all 63 games for the Deacons, playing every out of the season at first base. Allan reached base safely in 60 of the 63 games and had a hit in all but 18 games last season.

• In his 2006 freshman season, Dykstra was named ACC Rookie of the Year, and tabbed a Freshman All-American by Rivals.com, Louisville Slugger and Baseball America. He was selected to the 2006 Dick Howser Trophy Watch List, awarded annually to the top player in collegiate baseball by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), and named National Player of the Week by Collegiate Baseball and Louisville Slugger for the week of April 3 after going 11-for-14 (.786) with five home runs and 11 RBIs in a seven-day span. Dykstra led the ACC in OPS, slugging percentage and was tied for the lead in sacrifice flies and ranked second in home runs, third in walks and tied for third in on-base percentage.

Amateur Awards

• 2008 Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball
• 2007 Cape Cod League All-Star
• 2007 Second Team All-ACC
• 2006 ACC Rookie of the Year
• 2006 Freshman All-American by Rivals.com
• 2006 Freshman All-American by Louisville Slugger
• 2006 Freshman All-American by Baseball America
• 2-time All-ACC Academic Team (2006 – 2007)

Trivia

• In 2007 Allan was named the 16th best prospect on the Cape by Baseball America. Allan spent that summer with the Chatham A's.
• One of only 30 players in the country selected to the 18-and-under Junior National Team in 2004.
• Attended the Perfect Game Western Underclass Showcase where he was named the No. 2 Top Prospect.
• Scored a 1330 on his SAT and ranked 27th in his class of 725 with a 4.1 grade point average.
• Allan is not the son of former Major League outfielder Lenny Dykstra. The two are not related in any way.

External Links

• Allan Dykstra - College Bio Courtesy of Wake Forest