For Katz, in his second season with the Hornets, it was the second consecutive season he was named to the Div. I All-Independent first team. Flowers and Strombach were named to the team for the first time in their careers, both receiving honorable mentions.

Katz, a senior out of Los Angeles, was Sacramento State’s No. 1 starter, leading the staff in innings pitched (95.2) and strikeouts (67). The right-hander made 16 starts in 2005 and finished the season with a 4.52 ERA and 6-9 record. A transfer out of East Los Angeles JC, Katz has been the Hornets’ ace against ranked opponents, picking up three wins in the last two seasons over top-10 teams.

This season, in Sacramento State''s 4-3 upset over then 10th-ranked Stanford on Mar. 25 , he pitched eight innings and faced two batters in the ninth, allowing just three hits and two runs. In his first eight innings on the mound, he did not allow a run and surrendered only two hits. Later in the year, Katz pitched seven innings allowing just four runs on nine hits in a 7-4 victory over then fifth-ranked Arizona on April 23. Katz ends his career at Sacramento State with 205.2 innings pitched, cracking the program’s top-10. He also sits eighth all-time with 157 career strikeouts.

Flowers, a senior out of Huntington Beach, Calif., played in 56 games with the majority coming as the team’s designated hitter. In his second season out of Santa Ana JC, Flowers led the team with 36 RBIs an hit a career-high six home runs, tying for the team lead. Flowers had the longest hitting streak of the season, spanning 10 games, and also led the Hornets with 11 multiple-RBI games. His 12 doubles on the season were the second most on the team, while finishing 2005 with a .285 batting average. In his two seasons at Sacramento State, Flowers proved to be a force at the plate and earlier in the season was named to the First Hawai''i Rainbow Baseball all-tournament team after batting .381 (8-for-21) with seven RBIs, three doubles and one run. He also recorded two RBIs and was responsible for the game-winning RBI in Sacramento State''s 4-3 upset of Stanford.

Voted by his teammates as the season’s MVP, Strombach led Sacramento State in several offensive categories in 2005. In his third-year out of Moanalua High School, Strombach was the only player to start all 57 games this season. The junior right fielder batted in the leadoff spot the majority of the season and led the team - while also posting career highs - with 68 hits, 33 runs, 15 stolen bases, 14 doubles and two triples. The Aiea, Hawaii, native finished second on the team with a .291 batting average and led the team with 20 multiple-hit games. He was a clutch performer at the plate, batting .326 (29-for-89) with runner on base and batting .360 (18-for-50) with runners in scoring position. Defensively, he committed only one error on the year, finishing the season with .992 fielding percentage. He was also named to the First Hawai''i Title Rainbow Baseball all-tournament team after leading the Hornets with a .480 batting average, going 12-for-25 from the plate with a .600 slugging percentage. In Sacramento State''s 7-4 upset of Arizona, Strombach went 2-for-3 from the plate with three RBIs, two doubles and one stolen base.