The Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year, powered by Diamond Sports, were announced.
The 17-man first team was picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball.
It reflects all games played before the season was stopped in mid-March because of the coronavirus pandemic. The vast majority of teams in NCAA Division I played 15-19 games before the season was shut down.
The 6-man starting pitching staff posted a cumulative 0.80 ERA with a better than 10:1 strikeout to walk ratio (249 strikeouts and 24 walks).
RHP Landon Knack of East Tennessee St. posted 51 strikeouts with only one walk in 25 innings of work to lead the way as he posted a 4-0 record.
The first team relief pitcher was Jeff Hakanson of Central Florida. In 8 1/3 innings of work he put up incredible numbers. He posted 6 saves and had a 0.00 ERA. He only allowed one hit and struck out 20 with one walk.
Shortstop Nick Gonzales of New Mexico St. is Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of The Year (.448, 12 HR, 3 2B, 36 RBI, 21 walks – 10 intentional).
He finished the season ranked in the top five in the nation in 10 categories: home runs (1st), home runs per game (3rd), runs (1st), runs batted in (1st), runs batted in per game (1st), total bases (1st), slugging percentage (2nd), on-base percentage (3rd), walks (4th) and walks per game (5th).
Gonzales hit five home runs in a single day against Purdue Fort Wayne on Feb. 29 as he hit two in game one of a doubleheader before belting three more in the nightcap, including an inside-the-park grand slam.
At one point, he hit 12 home runs in only 48 at-bats over 13 games and was on pace to hit 50 homers.
When the season was suspended, he had a national best on-base streak of 82 consecutive games.
The following are the first, second and third team Collegiate Baseball All-Americans for 2020.
For stats of the 2020 Collegiate Baseball All-Americans, CLICK HERE.
The Collegiate Baseball All-Americans for 2020, powered by Diamond Sports, include:
FIRST TEAM
LHP Reid Detmers, Louisville
RHP Landon Knack, East Tennessee St.
LHP Asa Lacy, Texas A&M
RHP Zach Pettway, UCLA
RHP Bryce Jarvis, Duke
LHP Connor Prielipp, Alabama
Relief Jeff Hakanson, Central Florida
C A.J. Lewis, Eastern Kentucky
1B Spencer Torkelson, Arizona St.
2B Brooks Carlson, Samford
3B Tyler Keenan, Mississippi
SS Nick Gonzales, New Mexico St.
OF Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas
OF Austin Martin, Vanderbilt
OF Zach DeLoach, Texas A&M
DH Kenyon Yovan, Oregon
UT Alec Burleson, East Carolina
SECOND TEAM
RHP Max Meyer, Minnesota
LHP Nick Swiney, N.C. State
RHP Mason Hickman, Vanderbilt
RHP Cole Wilcox, Georgia
RHP Braden Olthoff, Tulane
RHP Brian Van Velle, Miami (Fla.)
RHP Bryce Elder, Texas
RHP Chris McMahon, Miami (Fla.)
RHP Logan Hofmann, Northwestern St.
RHP Kenny Serwa, Southern Ill.-Edwardsville
RHP Levi Thomas, Troy
RHP Mason Erla, Michigan St.
RHP Parker Brahms, Sacramento St.
LHP Adam Seminaris, Long Beach St.
Relief Holden Powell, UCLA
Relief Micah Dallas, Texas Tech.
Relief Haylen Green, Texas Christian
C Hunter Goodman, Memphis
C Austin Wells, Arizona
C Brett Auerbach, Alabama
1B Aaron Sabato, North Carolina
1B Brandt Belk, Missouri
2B Austin Shultz, Kentucky
2B Brian Klein, Texas Tech.
2B Zack Raabe, Minnesota
3B Cody Morissette, Boston College
3B Zack Gelof, Virginia
SS Anthony Servideo, Mississippi
SS Matt McLain, UCLA
OF Brendyn Stillman, St. Bonaventure
OF Chris Newell, Virginia
OF Jacob Young, Florida
UT Ben Wanger, Southern California
THIRD TEAM
LHP Ian Seymour, Virginia Tech.
LHP Sam Weatherly, Clemson
RHP Stevie Emanuels, Washington
LHP Christian Chamberlain, Oregon St.
RHP Christian MacLeod, Mississippi St.
LHP Zachary Torra, U.C. Santa Barbara
RHP Tanner Burns, Auburn
LHP Doug Nikhazy, Mississippi
Relief Jaden Hill, Louisiana St.
Relief Ben Specht, Florida
Relief Hunter Stanley, Southern Mississippi
Relief Devin Fontenot, Louisiana St.
C Dillon Dingler, Ohio St.
C Caleb Bartolero, Troy
C Carson Taylor, Virginia Tech.
1B Maxwell Costes, Maryland
1B Wes Clarke, South Carolina
1B Kyle Manzardo, Washington St.
2B Daniel Harris, Eastern Kentucky
2B Jordan Cozart, Murray St.
3B Rankin Wooley, Auburn
3B Kaden Polcovich, Oklahoma St.
3B Aaron Zavala, Oregon
SS Kole Kaler, Hawaii
SS Ryan Bliss, Auburn
SS Cal Conley, Texas Tech.
OF Parker Bates, Louisiana Tech.
OF Justin Dirden, S.E. Missouri St.
OF John Rhodes, Kentucky
OF Grant Richardson, Indiana
UT Casey Schmitt, San Diego St.
The June 12, 2020 All-American edition of Collegiate Baseball newspaper is now available which features all three Collegiate Baseball All-American teams along with a special feature on National Player of The Year Nick Gonzales. This issue also features the Collegiate Baseball All-Freshmen team and Freshmen National Players of The Year along with our National Coach of The Year and the annual All-Pavlovich team made up of unique people in baseball.
We also have a rundown on the top 50 moments in College World Series history, a look at the wildest players in CWS history and the toughest players in College World Series history, plus news about college baseball.
To purchase the June 12, 2020 edition of Collegiate Baseball or subscribe, CLICK HERE.
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