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Contact: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Office: (520) 623-4530 Tucson, AZ 85745 For Immediate Release: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I All-Americans Powered By www.diamond-sports.com 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 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. (MORE) Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I All-Americans Powered By www.diamond-sports.com FIRST TEAM As chosen by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO LHP Reid Detmers Louisville 3 0 1.23 4 4 0 0 22.0 16 6 48 RHP Landon Knack East Tennessee St. 4 0 1.08 4 4 0 0 25.0 12 1 51 LHP Asa Lacy Texas A&M 3 0 0.75 4 4 0 0 24.0 9 8 46 RHP Zach Pettway UCLA 3 0 1.05 4 4 0 0 25.6 13 1 29 RHP Bryce Jarvis Duke 3 1 0.67 4 4 1 0 27.0 11 2 40 LHP Connor Prielipp Alabama 3 0 0.00 4 4 0 0 21.0 5 6 35 Relief Jeff Hakanson Central Florida 0 0 0.00 7 0 0 6 8.3 1 1 20 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C A.J. Lewis Eastern Kentucky .451 51 15 23 7 2 3 21 9 6 3 1B Spencer Torkelson Arizona St. .340 50 24 17 4 0 6 11 31 15 2 2B Brooks Carlson Samford .500 50 18 25 4 0 3 19 20 4 0 3B Tyler Keenan Mississippi .403 67 18 27 5 0 7 33 9 14 1 SS •• Nick Gonzales New Mexico St. .448 58 28 26 3 1 12 36 21 10 4 OF Heston Kjerstad Arkansas .448 67 19 30 5 0 6 20 7 9 1 OF Austin Martin Vanderbilt .377 53 15 20 6 0 3 11 10 2 3 OF Zach DeLoach Texas A&M .421 57 25 24 3 0 6 17 14 3 6 DH Kenyon Yovan Oregon .429 56 22 24 2 1 4 9 15 9 0 UT Alec Burleson East Carolina Hitting: (.375, 3 HR, 2 2B, 12 RBI) Pitching: (2-1, 4.24 ERA, 22 K, 4 BB) •• National Player Of The Year (Final Statistics For 2020 Season) Collegiate Baseball’s National Player Of Year SS Nick Gonzales New Mexico State • .448 batting average • 12 home runs • 36 RBI • 21 walks (10 intentional) • On-base streak of 82 games • Hit 5 home runs in single day • Belted 12 home runs in only 48 at-bats over 13 games. (MORE) SECOND TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO RHP Max Meyer Minnesota 3 1 1.95 4 4 1 0 27.6 15 8 46 LHP Nick Swiney N.C. State 4 0 1.29 4 4 0 0 28.0 13 6 42 RHP Mason Hickman Vanderbilt 2 0 0.48 3 3 0 0 18.6 8 3 26 RHP Cole Wilcox Georgia 3 0 1.57 4 4 0 0 23.0 18 2 32 RHP Braden Olthoff Tulane 4 0 0.32 4 4 1 0 28.0 12 3 47 RHP Brian Van Velle Miami (Fla.) 2 0 0.68 4 4 0 0 26.3 16 4 38 RHP Bryce Elder Texas 3 1 2.08 4 4 0 0 26.0 18 7 32 RHP Chris McMahon Miami (Fla.) 3 0 1.05 4 4 0 0 25.6 19 5 38 RHP Logan Hofmann Northwestern St. 4 0 0.00 4 4 0 0 28.0 14 5 38 RHP Kenny Serwa Southern Ill.-Edwardsville 4 0 1.33 4 4 0 0 27.0 20 4 42 RHP Levi Thomas Troy 2 1 0.39 4 4 0 0 23.0 9 6 42 R HP Mason Erla Michigan St. 2 0 1.04 4 4 0 0 26.0 20 6 42 RHP Parker Brahms Sacramento St. 2 1 1.14 4 4 0 0 23.6 18 0 32 LHP Adam Seminaris Long Beach St. 1 0 1.23 4 3 0 0 22.0 9 3 36 Relief Holden Powell UCLA 0 0 0.00 8 0 0 3 9.3 3 2 20 Relief Micah Dallas Texas Tech. 1 0 0.57 5 0 0 3 15.6 7 1 23 Relief Haylen Green Texas Christian 1 0 0.00 8 0 0 1 17.6 7 5 19 Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Hunter Goodman Memphis .357 70 14 25 3 0 8 31 5 16 2 C Austin Wells Arizona .375 56 12 21 6 0 2 14 17 14 1 C Brett Auerbach Alabama .388 67 22 26 8 0 3 14 17 8 12 1B Aaron Sabato North Carolina .292 65 20 19 6 0 7 18 22 16 0 1B Brandt Belk Missouri .457 46 7 21 3 0 2 9 9 13 4 2B Austin Shultz Kentucky .393 61 20 24 5 1 5 20 8 12 5 2B Brian Klein Texas Tech. .391 69 20 27 10 0 1 13 15 9 0 2B Zack Raabe Minnesota .463 67 16 31 7 0 1 10 7 7 0 3B Cody Morissette Boston College .448 58 14 26 6 0 2 11 9 6 3 3B Zack Gelof Virginia .349 63 24 22 6 2 5 18 13 18 4 SS Anthony Servideo Mississippi .390 59 24 23 3 0 5 17 24 16 9 SS Matt McLain UCLA .397 58 15 23 4 0 3 19 4 13 1 OF Brendyn Stillman St. Bonaventure .519 27 11 14 2 0 6 13 5 4 0 OF Chris Newell Virginia .407 59 21 24 5 1 4 20 13 21 8 OF Jacob Young Florida .450 60 12 27 4 0 0 9 7 9 6 UT Ben Wanger Southern California Hitting: (.410, 4 2B, 1 3B, 8 RBI) Pitching: (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 SV, 8 K, 1 BB) THIRD TEAM Pitchers Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO LHP Ian Seymour Virginia Tech. 3 0 2.21 4 4 0 0 20.3 13 5 40 LHP Sam Weatherly Clemson 2 0 0.79 4 4 0 0 22.6 7 14 43 RHP Stevie Emanuels Washington 3 1 0.79 4 4 0 0 22.6 17 9 38 LHP Christian Chamberlain Oregon St. 2 1 0.82 4 4 0 0 22.0 6 11 34 RHP Christian MacLeod Mississippi St. 4 0 0.86 4 4 0 0 21.0 9 6 35 LHP Zachary Torra U.C. Santa Barbara 3 0 0.36 4 4 0 0 25.3 11 9 39 RHP Tanner Burns Auburn 3 1 2.42 4 4 0 0 22.3 15 7 32 LHP Doug Nikhazy Mississippi 3 1 2.35 4 4 0 0 23.0 9 9 31 Relief Jaden Hill Louisiana St. 0 0 0.00 4 0 0 2 11.6 1 5 17 Relief Ben Specht Florida 2 0 0.75 9 0 0 3 12.0 6 4 16 Relief Hunter Stanley Southern Mississippi 2 0 1.42 8 0 0 3 12.6 8 1 22 Relief Devin Fontenot Louisiana St. 1 0 0.90 7 0 0 4 10.0 5 4 17 (Final Statistics For 2020 Season) (MORE) THIRD TEAM Position Players Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB C Dillon Dingler Ohio St.