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FOY Kumar Rocker Leads 2019 Freshman All-Americans

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Vanderbilt righthander Kumar Rocker, the Most Outstanding Player of the 2019 College World Series, is the 2019 D1Baseball Freshman of the Year, headlining our Freshman All-America teams.

The highest-ranked freshman prospect to set foot on a college campus last fall (according to our partners at Prep Baseball Report), Rocker lived up to the hype by helping to lead Vanderbilt to its second national championship. He had some ups and downs in the first half of the season, but he really found his stride down the stretch, and he became a national sensation in the postseason. First he threw a 19-strikeout no-hitter in an elimination game against Duke in super regionals. Then he went 2-0, 1.46 with 17 strikeouts and three walks in 12.1 innings in Omaha, keeping Vandy’s season alive by earning the win in Game Two of the CWS Finals. Overall, Rocker finished the season 12-5, 3.25 with 114 strikeouts and 21 walks in 99.2 innings.

The ACC led all conferences with five first-team Freshman All-Americans and nine selections on the two teams. Rocker was one of four SEC pitchers to earn a spot on the first team, and the SEC landed five players overall on the two teams.

North Carolina led all programs with three freshman All-Americans: first-teamer Aaron Sabato and second-teamers Danny Serretti and Austin Love. UC Santa Barbara and Arizona produced two freshman All-Americans apiece.

First Team

Pos. Name, School AVG/.OBP/SLG OPS AB HR RBI BB SO SB C Austin Wells, Arizona .353/.462/.552 1.014 221 5 60 46 43 6 1B Aaron Sabato, North Carolina .343/.453/.696 1.149 230 18 63 39 56 0 2B Tyler Black, Wright State .353/.469/.600 1.069 170 7 41 38 18 8 3B Alex Binelas, Louisville .291/.383/.612 .995 206 14 59 27 48 3 SS Ethan Murray, Duke .305/.391/.445 .836 200 5 40 28 49 6 OF Colton Cowser, Sam Houston State .361/.450/.602 1.052 216 7 54 26 29 9 OF Hudson Haskin, Tulane .372/.459/.647 1.106 207 10 52 26 29 4 OF Ethan Wilson, South Alabama .345/.453/.686 1.139 220 17 51 36 45 6 DH Adrian Del Castillo, Miami .331/.418/.576 .994 236 12 72 32 24 3 UT Davis Sharpe, Clemson .264/.377/.364 .741 129 3 18 19 35 3

Pos. Name W-L ERA G SV IP BB SO OBA SP JT Ginn, Mississippi State 8-4 3.13 17 0 86.1 19 105 .220 SP Seth Lonsway, Ohio State 8-4 3.70 17 0 92.1 59 126 .214 SP Doug Nikhazy, Ole Miss 9-3 3.31 20 1 89.2 33 86 .237 SP Kumar Rocker, Vanderbilt 12-5 3.25 19 0 99.2 21 114 .233 SP Tyler Thorton, Saint Mary's 10-2 2.71 15 0 76.1 27 94 .175 RP Brett Kerry, South Carolina 4-1 2.62 22 7 58.1 13 65 .200 RP Michael McGreevy, UC Santa Barbara 5-1 1.94 29 6 60.1 13 53 .243 UT Davis Sharpe, Clemson 7-4 3.20 15 0 84.1 33 84 .205

Second Team

Pos. Name, School AVG/.OBP/SLG OPS AB HR RBI BB SO SB C Taylor Smith, Incarnate Word .322/.447/.615 1.062 208 16 57 39 67 2 1B Sonny DiChiara, Samford .293/.407/.646 1.053 198 21 55 35 57 0 2B Nic Kent, Virginia .337/.417/.455 .872 202 3 42 25 37 17 3B John Dempsey, Wofford .324/.387/.536 .923 222 7 41 22 40 3 SS Danny Serretti, North Carolina .299/.373/.424 .797 231 3 45 27 42 4 OF Sal Frelick, Boston College .367/.447/.513 .960 150 4 32 22 16 18 OF Andy Garriola, Old Dominion .328/.378/.559 .937 229 10 62 17 54 6 OF Hunter Goodman, Memphis .326/.367/.573 .940 239 13 67 9 55 11 DH Dayton Dooney, Arizona .323/.417/.596 1.013 161 10 53 28 39 2 UT Isaac Coffey, Oral Roberts .292/.372/.472 .844 161 6 32 16 33 0