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Indiana’s Richardson Earns Third Preseason All-America Honor
1/25/2021 5:14:00 PM | Baseball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana OF Grant Richardson earned his third preseason All-America honor on Monday. Richardson was named Third-Team Preseason All-America by D1Baseball. Previously, he was named Preseason First-Team All-America by both Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball.
In a shortened 2020 season, Richardson earned Third-Team All-America accolades from Collegiate Baseball. Richardson started all 14 games he appeared in, leading the Hoosiers with a .424 batting average, five home runs, 17 RBI, 21 runs scored and a .797 slugging percentage. He also had had three doubles, two triples and an on-base percentage of .453 – second-best on the team.
The Fishers, Ind. native led the Big Ten in homers, runs, runs per game (1.5), slugging percentage and total bases (47) and ranked fifth in the nation in runs per game, ninth in hits per game (1.79), 11th in total bases, 12th in slugging percentage and 19th in RBI.
Along with the All-America honors in 2020, Richardson was also named to the 2020 Perfect Game Honor Roll and the Impact Sophomore by Perfect Game. He was also honored as the Most Impressive Hitter in the Big Ten and the No. 15 sophomore hitter in the nation by D1Baseball.
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In a shortened 2020 season, Richardson earned Third-Team All-America accolades from Collegiate Baseball. Richardson started all 14 games he appeared in, leading the Hoosiers with a .424 batting average, five home runs, 17 RBI, 21 runs scored and a .797 slugging percentage. He also had had three doubles, two triples and an on-base percentage of .453 – second-best on the team.
The Fishers, Ind. native led the Big Ten in homers, runs, runs per game (1.5), slugging percentage and total bases (47) and ranked fifth in the nation in runs per game, ninth in hits per game (1.79), 11th in total bases, 12th in slugging percentage and 19th in RBI.
Along with the All-America honors in 2020, Richardson was also named to the 2020 Perfect Game Honor Roll and the Impact Sophomore by Perfect Game. He was also honored as the Most Impressive Hitter in the Big Ten and the No. 15 sophomore hitter in the nation by D1Baseball.
For all the latest on Indiana University baseball, be sure to follow the team at @IndianaBase on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
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