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Player Of The Year Rutschman Leads 2019 D1Baseball All-Americans

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Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman is the 2019 D1Baseball Player of the Year, and he headlines our All-America squads by landing on the first team as the catcher for the second straight year.

One of the most decorated college players of his era, Rutschman was an All-American and the College World Series Most Outstanding Player as a sophomore in 2018, when he led the Beavers to their third national title. For an encore this spring, he led college baseball with a 1.326 OPS, batting .411/.575/.751 with 17 home runs, 58 RBIs and a 76-38 strikeout-walk mark.

Rutschman did all that while providing premium defense at the most demanding position on the diamond, and he did it despite the departure of much of his supporting cast from 2018, making him the focal point of the Oregon State offense. The Beavers fell in regional play, but right after that weekend the Orioles made Rutschman the No. 1 overall pick in the draft.

D1Baseball POY: Previous Winners

Year Player, School 2018 Brady Singer, Florida 2017 Brendan McKay, Louisville 2016 Will Craig, Wake Forest 2015 Dansby Swanson, Vanderbilt 2014 A.J. Reed, Kentucky

Rutschman and California first baseman Andrew Vaughn — the 2018 Golden Spikes Award winner — are the only repeat first-team All-Americans. Texas Tech’s Josh Jung was a second-teamer last year and moves up to the first team this season, and Arizona State’s Spencer Torkelson repeated as a second-teamer.

Southern Miss slugger Matt Wallner moves from last year’s third team to this year’s second team. Rutschman, Vaughn and Jung are also the only first-team Preseason All-Americans to earn first-team postseason honors. Torkelson and Wallner were both preseason first-teamers who landed on the second team at season’s end.

College World Series participants Mississippi State and Arkansas lead all teams with three All-Americans, though MSU’s Ethan Small is the only first-teamer among the group. Another CWS team, Vanderbilt, is the only team to land two players on the first team: J.J. Bleday and Austin Martin. Other programs with two All-Americans include Arizona State, Baylor, Cal, Georgia, Georgia Tech, East Carolina, Michigan, Texas A&M, Texas Tech and UCLA.

The SEC leads all conferences with 15 All-Americans overall, followed by the Pac-12 (eight), ACC (seven), Big 12 (six) and American (four). The Pac has the most first-teamers (four).

First Team

Oregon State’s Adley Rutschman (Shotgun Spratling)

Pos. Name, School Year AVG/.OBP/SLG OPS AB HR RBI BB SO SB C Adley Rutschman, Oregon State Jr. .411/.575/.751 1.326 185 17 58 76 38 0 1B Andrew Vaughn, California Jr. .381/.544/.716 1.260 176 15 50 59 33 2 2B Nick Gonzales, New Mexico State So. .432/.532/.773 1.305 220 16 80 45 30 7 3B Kody Hoese, Tulane Jr. .391/.486/.779 1.265 235 23 61 39 34 4 SS Josh Jung, Texas Tech Jr. .342/.476/.636 1.112 225 14 56 52 39 1 OF Hunter Bishop, Arizona State Jr. .344/.482/.757 1.239 218 22 63 50 59 12 OF JJ Bleday, Vanderbilt Jr. .350/.464/.717 1.181 254 26 69 54 53 1 OF Jake Sanford, Western Kentucky Jr. .398/.483/.805 1.288 221 22 66 33 50 6 DH Austin Martin, Vanderbilt So. .410/.503/.619 1.122 244 8 42 38 31 18 UT Alec Burleson, East Carolina So. .370/.399/.573 .972 246 9 61 14 24 3

Pos. Name Year W-L ERA G SV IP BB SO OBA SP Reid Detmers, Louisville So. 12-4 2.85 17 0 107.1 27 162 .178 SP Ryan Garcia, UCLA Jr. 10-1 1.44 16 0 94 26 117 .160 SP Alek Manoah, West Virginia Jr. 9-4 2.08 16 0 108.1 27 144 .186 SP Ethan Small, Mississippi State Jr. 10-2 1.77 17 0 102 29 168 .164 SP Noah Song, Navy Sr. 11-1 1.44 14 0 94 31 161 .171 RP Kyle Hill, Baylor Sr. 6-0 0.00 23 7 29.1 10 35 .109 RP Jacob Wallace, UConn Jr. 3-1 0.64 30 16 42 10 68 .140 UT Alec Burleson, East Carolina So. 6-2 3.28 24 5 60.1 26 68 .246

Second Team

East Carolina’s Jake Agnos (Aaron Fitt)

Pos. Name, School Year AVG/.OBP/SLG OPS AB HR RBI BB SO SB C Korey Lee, California Jr. .338/.419/.626 1.045 198 15 57 26 42 1 1B Spencer Torkelson, Arizona State So. .353/.449/.702 1.151 238 22 65 41 43 1 2B Justin Foscue, Mississippi State So. .338/.402/.582 .984 263 14 59 29 31 2 3B Drew Mendoza, Florida State Jr. .319/.484/.620 1.104 213 16 56 69 69 2 SS Will Wilson, NC State Jr. .339/.429/.665 1.094 221 16 57 33 46 1 OF Peyton Burdick, Wright State Jr. .407/.538/.729 1.267 214 15 72 60 35 24 OF Jake Mangum, Mississippi State Sr. .355/.411/.462 .873 290 1 39 22 24 22 OF Matt Wallner, Southern Miss Jr. .323/.446/.681 1.127 226 23 60 48 50 2 DH Cameron Warren, Texas Tech Sr. .354/.448/.664 1.112 229 17 76 37 28 1 UT Tristin English, Georgia Tech Jr. .346/.427/.710 1.137 214 18 71 17 30 0

Pos. Name Year W-L ERA G SV IP BB SO OBA SP Jake Agnos, East Carolina Jr. 11-3 2.29 17 0 102 43 145 .198 SP Isaiah Campbell, Arkansas Jr. 12-1 2.26 17 0 111.1 20 115 .205 SP Emerson Hancock, Georgia So. 8-3 1.99 14 0 90.1 18 97 .185 SP Nick Lodolo, TCU Jr. 6-6 2.36 16 0 103 25 131 .203 SP TJ Sikkema, Missouri Jr. 7-4 1.32 17 2 88.2 31 101 .175 RP Aaron Ochsenbein, Eastern Kentucky Jr. 5-2 0.83 30 10 54.1 16 90 .133 RP Holden Powell, UCLA So. 4-3 1.84 40 17 49 27 65 .121 UT Tristin English, Georgia Tech Jr. 3-0 3.70 15 6 24.1 7 20 .221

Third Team

Baylor’s Davis Wendzel (Shotgun Spratling)

Pos. Name, School Year AVG/.OBP/SLG OPS AB HR RBI BB SO SB C Kyle McCann, Georgia Tech Jr. .299/.468/.674 1.142 221 23 70 62 77 0 1B Bobby Seymour, Wake Forest So. .377/.439/.576 1.015 236 9 92 26 44 3 2B Jack Kenley, Arkansas Jr. .319/.438/.568 1.006 229 13 53 42 52 8 3B Davis Wendzel, Baylor Jr. .367/.484/.610 1.094 177 8 42 31 37 11 SS Cameron Cannon, Arizona Jr. .397/.478/.651 1.129 232 8 56 35 29 0 OF Jordan Brewer, Michigan Jr. .338/.396/.586 .982 222 12 55 22 48 24 OF Alerick Soularie, Tennessee So. .357/.466/.602 1.068 196 11 46 37 39 8 OF Kevin Strohschein, Tennessee Tech Sr. .382/.447/.691 1.138 233 15 47 26 45 2 DH Aaron Sabato, North Carolina Fr. .343/.453/.696 1.149 230 18 63 39 56 0 UT Aaron Schunk, Georgia Jr. .336/.368/.580 .948 226 13 52 13 28 3