July 11, 2006
SAN DIEGO - Former San Diego State Aztec standouts Royce Ring and Anthony Gwynn will be on opposite team benches when the International League and the Pacific Coast League meet up in the 2006 AAA All-Star Game on Wednesday, July 12, at Fifth Third Field in Toledo, Ohio. The contest will be televised live nationally on ESPN2 beginning at 4:00 p.m. Pacific time.
Ring is currently a member of the Norfolk Tides, the triple-A affiliate of the New York Mets. At the mid-point of the season he has a record of 2-0 with eight saves and a 1.53 earned run average. He has recorded 32 strikeouts in 29 innings and opponents are hitting just .175 against him.
Gwynn, meanwhile, is an outfielder for the Nashville Sounds (Milwaukee Brewers organization) where he is hitting .301 with 16 doubles and 31 runs batted in. He leads the club in hits (100), runs (55), triples (4) and stolen bases (23) through the first 84 games of the season. He was named the Brewers' minor league player of the month this past May.
Ring (2000-02) and Gwynn (2001-03) were teammates for two of their three seasons at SDSU with each departing after their junior year via the major league draft.
As a relief specialist, Ring was a two-time all-conference performer and earned All-American recognition as a junior in 2002. He finished second in the nation in saves that season and was a first-round draft pick of the Chicago White Sox.
Gwynn was a freshman All-American and an all-Mountain West Conference honoree as an Aztec and ranks among the all-time SDSU top 10 in seven offensive categories. He was selected in the third round by Milwaukee in 2003 and is in his first season at the AAA level.