Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-Americans

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The 2021 Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American team, powered by Diamond Sports, features a wealth of baseball talent.

The squad is headed by Collegiate Baseball’s National Co-Freshmen Players of The Year in RHP Andrew Taylor (Central Michigan), C Daniel Susac (Arizona), SS Brooks Lee (Cal Poly), DH Jacob Berry (Arizona) and UT Paul Skenes (Air Force). 

Here is the 2021 Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American team with statistics up to the start of Regionals.

Starting Pitchers

RHP Andrew Taylor (Central Michigan): Taylor is one of Collegiate Baseball’s Freshmen Co-National Players of The Year. A first team Mid-American Conference pick and Freshman Pitcher of The Year in the league, Taylor posted a 10-3 record, 1.33 ERA with 4 complete games and struck out 110 batters with 22 walks over 81 1/3 innings. He also was named a second team selection to Collegiate Baseball’s regular All-American team.

RHP Cam Schlittler (Northeastern): A first team Colonial Athletic Association pick and Rookie of The Year in the league, Schlittler was 8-0 with a 1.72 ERA and struck out 83 with 19 walks.

LHP Nick Pinto (U.C. Irvine): A second team Big West selection, Pinto was 7-3 with a 3.33 ERA and struck out 79 batters with 24 walks over 85.6 innings.

RHP Thomas Harrington (Campbell): Harrington was a second team Big South Conference pick and Freshman of The Year in the league. He posted a 6-2 record, 2.71 ERA and struck out 71 batters with 26 walks.

RHP Jace Kaminska (Wichita St.): A first team American Athletic pick and Pitching Newcomer of The Year in the league, Kaminska was 8-1 with a 2.32 ERA and struck out 51 with 19 walks.

RHP Carter Young (Grand Canyon): A second team Western Athletic Conference pick, Young was 7-1 with a 2.69 ERA and struck out 56 with 26 walks.

RHP Trey Gibson (Liberty): A second team Atlantic Sun pick and Freshman of The Year in the league, Gibson was 7-4 with a 3.32 ERA and struck out 70 with 21 walks.

Bryce Hubbart (Florida St.): A third team Atlantic Coast Conference pick and a member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Hubbart was 6-5 with a 3.97 ERA and struck out 92 batters with 27 walks.

RHP Will Hellmers (Louisiana St.): Hellmers was 6-2 with a 3.41 ERA and struck out 33 with 15 walks.

RHP Frank Elissalt (La Salle): Elissalt was a second team Atlantic-10 Conference pick and member of the All-Rookie Team in the league. He posted a 6-4 record, 3.42 ERA and struck out 95 with 39 walks.

RHP Cade Feeney (North Dakota St.): A first team Summit League pick, Feeney was 7-1 with a 3.39 ERA and struck out 53 with 16 walks.

RHP Cam Walty (Nevada): A first team Mountain West Conference pick, Walty was 5-3 with a 4.02 ERA and struck out 48 over 56 innings.

RHP Will Frisch (Oregon St.): Frisch was a first team Pac-12 selection and posted a 3-0 record, 2.17 ERA and struck out 51 with 22 walks.

RHP Brennan Stuprich (Southeastern Louisiana): A first team Southland pick and Freshman of The Year in the league, Stuprich was 6-3 with a 2.31 ERA and struck out 67 batters with 22 walks.

RHP Will Sanders (South Carolina): A member of the All-Freshmen team in the Southeastern Conference, Sanders was 6-3 with a 3.63 ERA and struck out 51 batters with 11 walks.

RHP Garrett Gainous (Troy): Named Freshman of The Year in the Sun Belt, Gainous was 9-5 with a 4.66 ERA and fanned 83 batters with 36 walks.

LHP Andy Bean (Belmont): Bean was a second team Ohio Valley Conference pick and member of the All-Freshmen team. He was 5-2 with a 4.10 ERA and struck out 62 with 24 walks.

RHP Jeremy Lee (South Alabama): A second team Sun Belt selection, Lee was 3-2 with a 3.46 ERA in 9 starts and fanned 68 batters with 9 walks.

Relief Pitchers/Closers

Carson Palmquist (Miami, Fla.): A second team Collegiate Baseball All-American and first team Atlantic Coast Conference pick, Palmquist posted 13 saves with a 1.74 ERA. He struck out 72 with only 6 walks in 23 appearances.

Tyler Cleveland (Central Arkansas): A third team Collegiate Baseball All-American, he was a first team pick in the Southland Conference and Relief Pitcher of The Year in the league. He posted a 6-3 record with 9 saves, 2.43 ERA and struck out 84 with 15 walks in 21 appearances over 66 2/3 innings.

Carter Benbrook (U.C. Santa Barbara):  A first team Big West selection, Benbrook was 7-1 with 5 saves and a 2.82 ERA with 61 strikeouts and 19 walks in 23 appearances.

Jacob King (U.C. Irvine): A first team Big West pick, King posted 8 saves with a 2-1 record, 1.96 ERA and struck out 41 with 9 walks in 27 appearances.

Christian Lothes (Charlotte): Lothes was a first team Conference USA selection and member of the All-Freshmen team in the league. He posted 8 saves, 4-0 record, 2.72 ERA and struck out 54 with 20 walks in 20 appearances.

Jake Neuman (Central Connecticut St.): A second team Northeast Conference pick and Rookie of The Year in the league, Neuman was 5-0 with 8 saves, 1.50 ERA and 20 strikeouts over 16 appearances.

C.J. Culpepper (California Baptist): Named Freshman of The Year in the Western Athletic Conference, Culpepper posted 13 saves, 2-2 record, 3.30 ERA and fanned 38 batters with 15 walks over 22 outings.

Max Rajcic (UCLA): A first team Pac-12 selection, Rajcic posted 7 saves with a 2-1 record, 1.55 ERA and struck out 33 with 7 walks over 22 appearances.

Devereaux Harrison (Long Beach St.): A first team Big West pick and Pitcher of The Year in the league, Harrison posted 10 saves with a 3-1 record, 1.57 ERA and fanned 42 batters with 12 walks over 18 outings.

Eric Adler (Wake Forest): Adler had 6 saves with a 2.00 ERA and struck out 24 batters over 17 appearances.

Catchers

Daniel Susac (Arizona): Susac is one of Collegiate Baseball’s Freshmen Co-National Players of The Year. A first team Pac-12 pick, Susac is an exceptional defensive catcher. He hit .344 with 20 doubles, 12 homers and 59 RBI. He also was named a second team selection to Collegiate Baseball’s regular All-American team.

Kevin Parada (Georgia Tech.): A third team Atlantic Coast Conference pick and a member of the All-Freshmen ACC team, he hit .328 with 20 doubles, 7 homers and 37 RBI.

Bennett Lee (Tulane): A first team American Athletic pick as well as Position Player of The Year and Newcomer of The Year in the league, Lee hit .440 with 6 doubles, 4 homers and 28 RBI.

Kaden Hollow (Dixie St.): A first team Western Athletic selection, he hit .322 with 15 doubles, 9 homers and 41 RBI.

Kyle Gurney (Bowling Green): Named Freshman of The Year in the Mid-American Conference, Gurney hit .333 with 13 doubles, 6 homers and 40 RBI.

Cole Conn (Illinois-Chicago): A second team Horizon League pick and Freshman of The Year in the league, Conn hit .302 with 9 homers, 9 doubles and 34 RBI.

First Basemen

Jackson Feltner (Morehead St.): A first team Ohio Valley pick and Freshman of The Year in the league, Feltner hit .390 with 11 homers, 10 doubles and 43 RBI.

Tre’ Morgan (Louisiana St.): A second team SEC pick and member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Morgan hit .370 with 15 doubles, 5 doubles, 4 triples, 37 RBI and 14 stolen bases.

Caden Grice (Clemson): A second team ACC pick and a member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Grice hit .317 with 15 homers, 9 doubles and 53 RBI.

Sam Brown (Portland): A second team West Coast Conference selection, Brown hit .315 with 16 doubles, 5 homers and 21 RBI.

Nolan Schanuel (Florida Atlantic): A second team Conference USA pick and a member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Schanuel hit .343 with 11 homers, 11 doubles and 56 RBI.

Adrian Figueroa (Florida International): Named to the All-Freshmen team in Conference USA, Figueroa hit .324 with 12 doubles, 2 homers and 32 RBI.

Elijah Buries (Grand Canyon): A first team Western Athletic Conference pick, Buries hit .365 with 10 doubles, 6 homers, 38 RBI and swiped 13 bases.

Chenar Brown (Jackson St.): A first team Southwestern Athletic Conference pick and Freshman of The Year in the league, Brown hit .366 with 10 doubles, 8 homers and 49 RBI.

Second Basemen

Carter Trice (Old Dominion): A second team Collegiate Baseball All-American, Trice hit .359 with 15 doubles, 13 homers, 53 RBI and swiped 7 of 9 bases.

Chase Engelhard (Tulane): Engelhard hit .299 with 10 doubles, 9 homers and collected 52 RBI. He also stole 11 bases.

Mitchell Daly (Texas): A first team Big 12 pick and a member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Daly hit .331 with 13 doubles, 2 homers and 28 RBI.

Sean McLain (Arizona St.): An Honorable Mention pick in the Pac-12, McLain hit .333 with 17 doubles, 7 homers and 35 RBI.

Matt Shaw (Maryland): A member of the Big Ten All-Freshmen team, Shaw hit .332 with 16 doubles, 7 homers and 30 RBI. He also swiped 7 bases.

Luke Keaschall (San Francisco): A first team West Coast Conference selection and Freshman of The Year, Keaschall hit .320 with 11 doubles, 4 homers, 4 triples, 30 RBI and swiped 11 bases.

Daunte Stuart (Northwestern St.): A second team Southland pick, Stuart hit .270 with 13 doubles, 7 homers and 30 RBI.

Paul Toetz (Indiana): A member of the All-Freshmen team in the Big Ten, Toetz hit .281 with 18 doubles, 1 homer and 24 RBI.

Andrew Pintar (Brigham Young): A first team West Coast Conference pick and Freshman of The Year in the league, Pintar hit .333 with 9 doubles, 9 homers and 32 RBI.

Dixon Black (Monmouth): A first team Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference selection and Rookie of The Year in the league, Black hit .350 with 9 doubles, 4 homers and 21 RBI.

Third Basemen

Tyler Locklear (Virginia Commonwealth): A third team Collegiate Baseball All-American and Player of The Year in the Atlantic 10, Locklear hit .344 with 16 homers, 12 doubles and 64 RBI.

Hunter Haas (Arizona St.): Haas hit .307 with 15 doubles, 2 homers, 29 RBI and swiped 12 of 13 bases.

Brayden Taylor (Texas Christian): A second team Big 12 selection and Freshman of The Year in the league, Taylor hit .316 with 11 doubles, 10 homers, 4 triples, 50 RBI and swiped 14 of 15 bases.

Max Anderson (Nebraska): A second team Big Ten pick and Freshman of The Year in the league, Anderson hit .337 with 8 doubles, 7 homers and 32 RBI.

Brock Wilken (Wake Forest): A third team ACC pick and member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Wilken hit .279 with 17 homers, 11 doubles and 44 RBI.

Jacob Burke (Southeastern Louisiana): A second team Southland pick, Burke hit .254 with 11 doubles, 9 homers, 43 RBI and stole 23 of 28 bases.

Yohandy Morales (Miami, Fla.): A member of the ACC All-Freshmen team, Morales hit .277 with 13 doubles, 10 homers and 43 RBI.

Jacob Wilson (Grand Canyon): A first team Western Athletic Conference pick, Wilson hit .301 with 10 doubles, 3 homers and 27 RBI.

Zach Agnos (East Carolina): A first team American Athletic selection, Agnos hit .268 with 13 doubles, 6 homers and 38 RBI.

Kaleb Hannahs (Valparaiso): A second team Missouri Valley pick and Freshman of The Year in the league, Hannahs hit .296 with 6 doubles, 3 homers and 22 RBI.

Shortstops

Brooks Lee (Cal Poly): Lee is one of Collegiate Baseball’s Freshmen Co-National Players of The Year. A Co-Player of The Year in the Big West and a first team Big West selection, Lee hit .342 with 27 doubles, 10 homers, 3 triples and 57 RBI. He also was named a first team selection to Collegiate Baseball’s regular All-American team.

Jordan Sprinkle (U.C. Santa Barbara): A third team Collegiate Baseball All-American, first team Big West pick and Co-Freshmen of The Year in the league, Sprinkle hit .358 with 18 doubles, 7 homers, 30 RBI and swiped 25 bases.

Zach Neto (Campbell): A third team Collegiate Baseball All-American and Player of The Year in the Big South, Neto hit .414 with 17 doubles, 10 homers, 55 RBI and swiped 12 of 16 bases.

Pascanel Ferreras (Western Carolina): A second team Southern Conference selection and member of the All-Freshman team in the league, Ferreras hit .329 with 16 homers, 11 doubles and 56 RBI. He also was involved in a Southern Conference best 38 double plays turned at shortstop.

Nick Goodwin (Kansas St.): Named to the All-Freshmen team in the Big 12, Goodwin hit .277 with 13 doubles, 10 homers, 33 RBI and swiped 14 bases.

Jacob Gonzalez (Mississippi): A member of the SEC All-Freshmen team, Gonzalez hit .354 with 12 doubles, 10 homers and 51 RBI.

Outfielders

Enrique Bradfield, Jr. (Vanderbilt): A second team Collegiate Baseball All-American and first team SEC pick as well as Freshman of The Year in the league, Bradfield hit .365 with 6 doubles, 3 triples, 1 homer, 33 RBI and swiped 42 of 48 bases.

Dylan Crews (Louisiana St.): A second team SEC pick and a member of the All-Freshmen SEC team, Crews hit .350 with 13 homers, 14 doubles, 36 RBI and swiped 11 of 13 bases.

Alex Iadisernia (Elon): A first team Colonial Athletic Association pick and a member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Iadisernia hit .368 with 13 doubles, 10 homers and 30 RBI.

Reed Trimble (Southern Mississippi): A first team Conference USA pick, Trimble hit .319 with 14 homers, 12 doubles, 58 RBI and stole 11 of 13 bases.

Alan Roden (Creighton): Named Freshman of The Yar in the Big East, Roden hit .378 with 17 doubles, 9 homers and 47 RBI.

Nathan Church (U.C. Irvine): A first team Big West selection, Church hit .355 with 19 doubles, 8 triples, 3 homers, 47 RBI and 7 stolen bases.

Zach Rodriguez (U.C. Santa Barbara): A first team Big West pick, Rodriguez hit .363 with 10 doubles, 7 homers, 51 RBI and swiped 8 bases.

Jace Grady (Dallas Baptist): A second team Missouri Valley Conference selection, Grady hit .362 with 17 doubles, 4 homers, 3 triples, 39 RBI and stole 15 of 18 bases.

Ryan Cermak (Illinois St.): A first team Missouri Valley Conference pick and Defensive Player of The Year in the league, Cermak hit .284 with 11 homers, 10 doubles, 4 triples and 40 RBI.

Connor Kokx (Long Beach St.): A first team Big West selection, Kokx hit .366 with 10 doubles, 7 homers, 29 RBI and stole 14 of 17 bases.

Ryan Lasko (Rutgers): A member of the All-Freshmen team in the Big Ten, Lasko hit .231 with 11 homers, 5 doubles and 30 RBI.

Kade Kern (Ohio St.): A second team Big Ten pick and member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Kern hit .325 with 10 doubles, 2 homers, 30 RBI and stole 9 of 11 bases.

Carmine Lane (South Florida): A first team American Athletic selection, Lane hit .326 with 14 doubles, 10 homers and 41 RBI.

Jack Costello (San Diego): Costello hit .338 with 14 doubles, 2 homers, 2 triples and 23 RBI.

Austin Kryszczuk (UNLV): Kryszczuk hit .361 with 9 doubles, 4 homers and 23 RBI.

Sam Ruta (Army): A first team Patriot League pick and Rookie of The Year in the league, Ruta hit .290 with 6 doubles, 4 homers, 3 triples and 31 RBI.

Designated Hitters

Jacob Berry (Arizona): Berry is one of Collegiate Baseball’s Freshmen Co-National Players of The Year. A first team Pac-12 selection, Berry hit .371 with 16 doubles, 15 homers, 5 triples and 64 RBI. He also was named a first team selection to Collegiate Baseball’s regular All-American team.

Ethan Long (Arizona St.): A second team Collegiate Baseball All-American and first team Pac-12 pick, Long hit .340 with 16 homers, 11 doubles and 53 RBI.

Kyle Teel (Virginia): A third team ACC selection and member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Teel hit .311 with 8 homers, 8 doubles and 33 RBI.

Max Viera (Northeastern): A first team Colonial Athletic Association pick and member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Viera hit .341 with 11 doubles, 5 homers and 25 RBI.

Brady Bunten (SIU-Edwardsville): A second team Ohio Valley selection, Bunten hit .280 with 13 homers, 12 doubles and 42 RBI.

Josh Moylan (East Carolina): A first team American Athletic pick, Moylan hit .329 with 6 doubles, 5 homers and 32 RBI.

Will Butcher (Charlotte): A second team Conference USA selection, Butcher hit .315 with 7 homers, 7 doubles and 37 RBI.

Jimmy Sullivan (UMass Lowell): A first team America East pick, Sullivan hit .341 with 8 doubles, 1 homer, 1 triple and 18 RBI.

Multiple Position Athletes

Paul Skenes (Air Force): Skenes is one of Collegiate Baseball’s Freshmen Co-National Players of The Year. A first team Mountain West pick and Freshman of The Year in the league, Skenes hit .410 with 21 doubles, 11 homers and 43 RBI on offense. As a pitcher, he posted 11 saves, 2.70 ERA and struck out 30 batters with 9 walks over 18 appearances. He also was named a first team selection to Collegiate Baseball’s regular All-American team.

Chris Veach (Presbyterian): Veach hit .344 with 6 doubles, 1 homer and 7 RBI. As a pitcher, he posted 4 saves, 2-0 record, 2.65 ERA and struck out 16 batters in 10 appearances.

Gabriel Hughes (Gonzaga): A second team West Coast Conference pick and member of the All-Freshmen team in the league, Hughes hit .247 with 4 doubles, 3 homers and 12 RBI. As a pitcher, he was 4-3 with a 3.23 ERA and fanned 67 batters with 30 walks.

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