TUCSON, Ariz. — The Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year, powered by Diamond, were announced today.
The 17-man first team, chosen by performances through the regular season and picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball, features 12 conference players or pitchers of the year, including:
- RHP Paul Skenes, Louisiana St. (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference).
- RHP Rhett Lowder, Wake Forest (Pitcher of Year Atlantic Coast Conference).
- RHP Tanner Hall, Southern Mississippi (Pitcher of Year Sun Belt Conference).
- LHP Joe Whitman, Kent St. (Pitcher of Year Mid-American Conference).
- LHP Lucas Gordon, Texas (Pitcher of Year Big 12 Conference).
- C Kyle Teel, Virginia (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference).
- 1B Nolan Schanuel, Florida Atlantic (Player of Year Conference USA).
- 2B JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia (Player of Year Big 12).
- SS Matt Shaw, Maryland (Player of Year Big Ten).
- OF Dylan Crews, Louisiana St. (Player of Year Southeastern Conference).
- OF Alberto Rios, Stanford (Player of Year Pac-12 Conference).
- OF Jonah Cox, Oral Roberts (Player of Year, Newcomer of Year Summit League).
Collegiate Baseball’s National Player of The Year is RHP Paul Skenes of LSU.
He put up astounding numbers as he led the nation with 16.64 strikeouts per nine innings over 90 1/3 innings which is the second highest total in NCAA Div. I baseball history.
Skenes struck out 167 batters with only 17 walks in 15 appearances as he registered a 1.89 ERA and 10-2 record.
He had 11 outings where he walked one or no batters.
As far as other noteworthy achievements by first team All-Americans, OF Jonah Cox of Oral Roberts currently has a 41-game hitting streak going into NCAA Regional competition as he has hit .422 on the season. The streak is tied for the seventh longest in NCAA Division I history.
To view the 2023 Collegiate Baseball All-American selections, CLICK HERE.
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