Program-Record Three Hoosiers Earn Freshman All-America Honors

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – A program-record three student-athletes earned Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. The trio of outfielder Carter Mathison, third baseman Josh Pyne and first baseman Brock Tibbitts each earned the honor the publication.

Indiana was one of four programs with three-or-more student-athletes on Collegiate Baseball's Freshman All-America team, joining Oregon State, Tennessee and UCLA. The Hoosiers were the only program in the nation with three position players named to the list by the publication.

Previously, Indiana had two Freshman All-America selections in back-to-back seasons during the 2011 and 2012 campaigns. Dustin DeMuth and Joey DeNato earned the recognition in 2011, while Kyle Schwarber and Sam Travis garnered honors in 2012.

This trio became the first freshman trio in the history of Indiana baseball to each drive in 40 RBIs in the same season, while Mathison set or tied two IU freshman records and Pyne joined an exclusive freshman group. The trio each earned All-Big Ten Freshman Team honors from the conference coaches.

The freshman single-season home runs leader at Indiana, Mathison became the first freshman since Travis in 2012 to lead the team in home runs. His 19 long balls rank No. 2 all-time in Big Ten history among freshmen (21 - Brad Carlson, Iowa; 1999), passed Alex Dickerson's freshman mark of 14 (2009) at Indiana and finished tied for No. 5 on Indiana's single-season charts.

The 19 home runs helped the left-handed hitter produce 58 RBIs on the season, which tied the freshman record set by Phil Dauphin in 1988. The 58 RBIs ranked No. 2 among Power 5 freshmen nationally and led all Big Ten rookies. Along with his team-leading 19 home runs, he also paced the team with 55 runs scored and was second on the team in RBIs.

Pyne was among the top hitters in the Big Ten with a .327 batting average, which was second among B1G rookies, while his 57 RBIs ranked No. 2 in the Big Ten and No. 7 nationally among rookies – No. 3 among Power 5 freshmen. That RBI total is also tied for No. 3 on Indiana freshman-only charts with Dickerson (2009) and Mike Sabo (1985)

On the year, the right-handed hitter piled up 74 hits to become the sixth Hoosier freshman to reach the 70-hit mark and the first freshman to lead the team in hits since 2012 (Travis). That total led all Big Ten freshmen. The hit total included 20 doubles, which rank tied for No. 8 on the single season charts, one triple and six home runs.

Moving from catcher to first base in his first collegiate season, Tibbitts finished his freshman season ranked No. 5 on IU's freshman-only home runs charts with nine and No. 12 on the freshman-only RBI list with 43. He was third on the team with 38 walks and his .382 on-base percentage was sixth on the squad.

2022 Collegiate Baseball Magazine Freshman All-America Team
Catcher
Canyon Brown                                                            North Carolina A&T
Owen Carapellotti                                                     Georgetown
Ryan Stafford                                                               Cal Poly
Andrew Sundean                                                       UCF
Hudson White                                                             Texas Tech

First Base
Blake Burke                                                                  Tennessee
Donovan Cash                                                             Kennesaw State
Nick Kurtz                                                                      Wake Forest
Breck Nowik                                                                 UIC
Brock Tibbitts                                                             Indiana
Jacob Walsh                                                                 Oregon

Second Base
Travis Bazzana                                                             Oregon State
Logan Beard                                                                 Louisville
Ethan Gourson                                                            UCLA
Nolan Tucker                                                               Valparaiso

Third Base
Carson DeMartini                                                      Virginia Tech
Anthony DePino                                                         Rhode Island
Randall Diaz                                                                 Indiana State
Payton Green                                                              NC State
Luke Heefner                                                               Dallas Baptist
Cade McGee                                                                Gonzaga
Josh Pyne                                                                      Indiana
Nick Wang                                                                    Holy Cross

Shortstop
Caleb Ketchup                                                             Lipscomb
Nick Rodriguez                                                            Charleston Southern
Cody Schrier                                                                 UCLA
Austin St. Laurent                                                      Appalachian State

Outfield
Keaton Anthony                                                         Iowa
Enzo Apodaca                                                              Gonzaga
Tommy Barth                                                              East Tennessee State
Jaime Ferrer                                                                 Florida State
Cam Fisher                                                                    Charlotte
Hunter Hines                                                               Mississippi State
Vance Honeycutt                                                       North Carolina
Kennedy Jones                                                            UNC Greensboro
Carter Mathison                                                        Indiana
Dylan Nevar                                                                 Western Michigan
Spencer Nivens                                                           Missouri State
Carson Paetow                                                            Southern Miss
Casey Saucke                                                               Virginia
Tyler Sorrentino                                                         College of Charleston
Mark Wolbert                                                             UC Davis

Designated Hitter
Jeremiah Jenkins                                                        Maine
Caleb Lomavita                                                           California
Evin Sullivan                                                                 Binghamton
Jacob Tobias                                                                Arizona State
Tommy White                                                             NC State

Utility
Braden Montgomery                                                Stanford
Noah Sullivan                                                              USC Upstate

Starting Pitchers
Daniel Avita                                                                  Grand Canyon
Drew Beam                                                                  Tennessee
Chase Burns                                                                 Tennessee
Ian Cooke                                                                      UConn
Ryan Feczko                                                                 Davidson
Jack Findlay                                                                  Notre Dame
Devin Futrell                                                                Vanderbilt
Ryan Gallagher                                                           UC Santa Barbara
Zach Garcia                                                                   Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Landon Gartman                                                        Memphis
Drue Hackenberg                                                       Virginia Tech
Carter Holton                                                              Vanderbilt
Garrett Horn                                                                Liberty
Jacob Kmatz                                                                 Oregon State
Blake Morgan                                                              Old Dominion
RJ Sales                                                                          UNC Wilmington
Hagen Smith                                                                Arkansas
Vincent Spizzoucco                                                   Central Connecticut State
Shea Sprague                                                               Elon

Relief Pitchers/Closers
Matt Ager                                                                     UC Santa Barbara
Cade Austin                                                                  South Carolina
Brody Brecht                                                                Iowa
Ryan Brown                                                                  Ball State
Ryan Brown                                                                  Oregon State
Peyton Consigli                                                           Canisius
Ethan Flanagan                                                           UCLA
Ryan Harland                                                               Louisiana Tech
Landon Kruer                                                               Navy
Carter Lovasz                                                               William & Mary
Matt McShane                                                            Saint Joseph's
Blake Purnell                                                                Florida
Dylan Ray                                                                      Alabama
Andrew Ronne                                                            East Tennessee State
Dominic Stagliano                                                      Stetson
Alonzo Tredwell                                                         UCLA
Brady Tygart                                                                Arkansas
Jay Wollfolk                                                                  Virginia

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