2022 College Baseball Freshman All-American Teams

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Tommy White is Baseball America’s 2022 Freshman of the Year. White hit .362/.425/.757 with 27 home runs in 55 games for North Carolina State. He led all freshmen in home runs and slugging percentage.

White highlights the Freshman All-America teams. He is joined by Mississippi lefthander Hunter Elliott, who helped the Rebels to the national championship, and North Carolina outfielder Vance Honeycutt, who stole 29 bases and hit 25 home runs.

Tennessee and UCLA both placed two players on the first team, leading all teams. Virginia’s three players on the two teams were the most of any program.

The staff of Baseball America selected the Freshman All-America teams.

First Team

C Ryan Stafford, Cal Poly: Batted .321/.384/.431 with 16 doubles and earned first-team all-Big West honors

1B Nick Kurtz, Wake Forest: Batted .338/.471/.637 with 15 home runs and earned third-team all-ACC honors

2B Travis Bazzana, Oregon State: After winning the West Coast League batting title prior to arriving on campus, Bazzana hit .306/.425/.478 with the Beavers on the way to earning Pac-12 all-conference honors

3B Carson DeMartini, Virginia Tech: Batted .341/.452/.659 with 15 home runs and helped Virginia Tech to super regionals for the first time ever.

SS Cody Schrier, UCLA: Batted .298/.383/.492 and started all but two games at shortstop.

OF Keaton Anthony, Iowa: The Big Ten freshman of the year, Anthony hit .361/.455/.678 and led the Hawkeyes in batting average, doubles (22), home runs (14) and RBIs (55). 

OF Vance Honeycutt, North Carolina: Honeycutt started strong and finished strong as he developed into one of the most dynamic players in the country. He hit .296/.409/.672, and with 25 home runs and 29 stolen bases, showcased a unique power-speed combination.

OF Casey Saucke, Virginia: Saucke hit .360/.438/.591 with 16 doubles, which led the Cavaliers, seven home runs and 46 RBIs. 

DH Tommy White, North Carolina State: White was an immediate sensation last season. He finished with a .362/.425/.757 slash line with 27 home runs, which set a record for a true freshman in Division I. 

UTL Cade Horton, Oklahoma: Horton was a .234/.323/.324 hitter and had a 4.86 ERA in 53.2 innings on the mound, but that doesn’t do justice to how good he was down the stretch. In 25.2 postseason innings, he gave up eight runs and struck out 36. 

SP Drew Beam, Tennessee: The SEC freshman of the year, Beam had a 2.72 ERA and a .186 opponent batting average in 76 innings. 

SP Chase Burns, Tennessee: A member of the Tennessee rotation from the start of the 2022 season, Burns had a 2.91 ERA and struck out 103 batters in 80.1 innings. 

SP Hunter Elliott, Mississippi: Elliott saved his best for last by throwing 6.2 strong innings against Oklahoma to help clinch Mississippi’s national title, but he had a strong year overall, putting up a 2.70 ERA and 102 strikeouts in 80 innings. 

SP Carter Holton, Vanderbilt: Holton was a workhorse in year one for the Commodores, going 8-4 with a 3.14 ERA, a .192 opponent batting average and 97 strikeouts in 80.1 innings. 

RP Jack Findlay, Notre Dame: The lefthander emerged as Notre Dame’s most effective reliever as the season wore on. He finished with a 2.17 ERA and a .194 opponent batting average in 49.2 innings. 

RP Alonzo Tredwell, UCLA: Tredwell dominated as the Bruins closer. He had a 2.11 ERA and a 62-to-6 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 47 innings. 

 

Second team

C Owen Carapoletti, Georgetown: For a resurgent Georgetown team, Carapoletti hit .282/.396/.552 with 18 doubles, eight home runs and 38 RBIs, winning Big East freshman of the year in the end.

1B Donovan Cash, Kennesaw State: Cash batted .357/.417/.560 with 21 doubles, 10 home runs and 60 RBIs and was named ASUN Conference freshman of the year. 

2B Roc Riggio, Oklahoma State: Of Riggio’s 62 hits, 22 came in the Big 12 Tournament or Stillwater Regional, which pushed his final line to .295/.413/.519 with 11 home runs, five of which came in that same span. 

3B Cade McGee, Gonzaga: McGee emerged as the best power bat on a Gonzaga team not known for power. He batted .298/.393/.514 with 15 doubles and 10 home runs. 

SS Griff O’Ferrall, Virginia: A dynamic freshman one-two punch alongside Saucke in the Virginia lineup, O’Ferrall batted .308/.406/.366 with a team-leading 17 stolen bases. 

OF Cam Fisher, Charlotte: Fisher earned second team all-conference honors after hitting .288/.412/.607 with 17 doubles, 18 home runs and 60 RBIs. 

OF Tommy Hawke, Wake Forest: Hawke batted .380/.502/.465 with more walks (43) than strikeouts (38), and his eight stolen bases were enough to lead the team. 

OF Kennedy Jones, UNC Greensboro: A second team all-conference selection, Jones batted .367/.420/.594 with 16 doubles, 11 home runs and 73 RBIs. 

DH Hunter Hines, Mississippi State: Hines was a very important power bat for the Bulldogs, as he hit .300/.393/.600 with 13 doubles, 16 home runs and 52 RBIs. 

UTL Braden Montgomery, Stanford: Montgomery earned Pac-12 freshman of the year honors mostly for what he did at the plate—.294/.361/.596 with 18 home runs—but he also struck out 28 batters in 18.2 innings as a reliever for the Cardinal. 

SP Ryan Feczko, Davidson: Feczko was named Atlantic 10 rookie of the year after going 10-0 with a 3.21 ERA and a .223 opponent batting average in 73 innings. 

SP Drue Hackenburg, Virginia Tech: Hackenberg’s emergence helped push Virginia Tech to its first-ever super regional. He put up a 10-2 record, a 3.30 ERA and an 87-to-19 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 92.2 innings. 

SP Blake Morgan, Old Dominion: Conference USA’s freshman of the year, Morgan went a perfect 8-0 with a 1.69 ERA and 66 strikeouts compared to just eight walks in 69.1 innings. 

SP Juaron Watts-Brown, Long Beach State: Watts-Brown put up a 3.68 ERA with a .194 opponent batting average and 111 strikeouts in 73.1 innings, and on May 8, he threw the second no-hitter in Long Beach State history. 

RP AJ Causey, Jacksonville State: No freshman had more saves than Causey, who went 4-4, 2.61 with nine saves and a 58-to-10 strikeout-to-walk ratio in 48.1 innings.

RP Jay Woolfolk, Virginia: Woolfolk, who also plays quarterback at Virginia, became one of the Cavaliers’ go-to relievers, going 3-0, 2.87 with 55 strikeouts in 37.2 innings.