Jake Mangum Earns Freshman All-America Status by Perfect Game

STARKVILLE, Miss. – Already building a legacy at Mississippi State, freshman stud Jake Mangum continues to pile on the accolades after being named to Perfect Game's First Team Freshman All-America list.

The award is the second such honor in as many days after garnering the title from Baseball America Monday. In total, Mangum has been named to seven different All-America teams by five different publications. (First Team NCBWA Freshman, Second Team NCBWA, Third Team Baseball America, Louisville Slugger Freshman Team, Third Team ABCA/Rawlings, and First Team Baseball America Freshman)

The First Team All-SEC selection led the conference with a .408 batting average and became the Maroon and White's first SEC Freshman of the Year in May. Mangum was the only player in the SEC to finish the 2016 campaign with a batting average higher than .400, and finished 22 points higher than his closest competition (Boomer White, Texas A&M, .386).

Mangum's batting average is currently seventh in the NCAA and is the highest among the nation's freshmen. He also stands top-10 in the SEC in on-base percentage (.458, 5^th) and hits (84, 7^th).

Mangum is currently playing summer ball for the Bourne Braves of the prestigious Cape Cod League, where he is hitting .353 after just eight games.

First Team Perfect Game/Rawlings College Freshmen All-Americans

Pos.	Name	School	AVG	OBP	SLG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
C	Cal Raleigh	Florida State	.301	.412	.511	45	69	16	1	10	50	1
1B	Joe Davis	Houston	.331	.383	.577	33	79	17	0	14	58	0
2B	Nick Madrigal	Oregon State	.333	.380	.456	38	65	11	5	1	29	8
3B	Jonathan India	Florida	.303	.366	.443	43	69	16	2	4	40	13
SS	Ford Proctor	Rice	.336	.428	.471	34	75	15	3	3	41	6
OF	Seth Beer	Clemson	.369	.535	.700	57	75	13	0	18	70	1
OF	Jake Mangum	Mississippi State	.408	.458	.510	40	84	12	3	1	28	6
OF	Kevin Strohschein	Tennessee Tech	.393	.447	.707	57	90	21	3	15	73	2
DH	Alonzo Jones	Vanderbilt	.285	.371	.418	32	47	15	2	1	35	10
UT	Luken Baker	Texas Christian	.379	.488	.560	56	88	15	0	9	57	1

Pos.	Name	School	ERA	W-L	CG	SV	IP	H	SO	BB	BAA
SP	Colton Eastman	Cal State Fullerton	2.24	8-3	0	0	100.2	78	100	20	.218
SP	Tristan Beck	Stanford	2.48	6-5	0	0	83.1	60	76	26	.205
SP	Braden Webb	South Carolina	3.09	10-6	0	0	102	80	128	48	.216
SP	Davis Martin	Texas Tech	2.73	9-1	0	2	82.1	72	58	24	.239
SP	Dalton Horton	Texas Christian	2.58	8-0	0	0	59.1	47	27	17	.215
RP	Bryce Fehmel	Oregon State	2.31	10-1	1	2	70	58	51	23	.222
RP	Durbin Feltman	Texas Christian	1.76	3-0	0	8	30.2	14	42	10	.135
UT	Luken Baker	Texas Christian	1.70	3-1	0	0	47.2	37	41	16	.213

Second Team Perfect Game/Rawlings College Freshmen All-Americans

Pos.	Name	School	AVG	OBP	SLG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
C	Michael Curry	Georgia	.262	.313	.462	30	51	6	0	11	34	0
1B	Tristin English	Georgia Tech	.315	.351	.477	35	70	21	0	5	44	0
2B	Deacon Liput	Florida	.272	.368	.400	38	64	13	4	3	36	13
3B	Nic Ready	Air Force	.329	.349	.496	44	77	17	2	6	53	3
SS	David Chabut	Kennesaw State	.323	.397	.379	22	40	7	0	0	22	1
OF	Darius Hill	West Virginia	.342	.420	.511	49	75	20	4	3	40	6
OF	Antoine Duplantis	Louisiana State	.327	.404	.419	45	89	9	5	2	39	13
OF	D.J. Artis	Liberty	.369	.500	.464	54	82	9	3	2	41	23
DH	Josh Watson	Texas Christian	.281	.403	.518	50	64	11	5	11	44	12
UT	Matt Vierling	Notre Dame	.258	.322	.366	26	55	3	1	6	29	3

Pos.	Name	School	ERA	W-L	CG	SV	IP	H	SO	BB	BAA
SP	Patrick Raby	Vanderbilt	2.61	7-1	0	2	58.2	35	63	19	.174
SP	Nick Lee	UL Lafayette	3.31	7-1	0	0	87	69	75	27	.219
SP	Ross Massey	Tulane	2.29	10-3	2	0	90.1	87	51	18	.254
SP	Tim Cate	Connecticut	2.73	5-1	0	0	82.1	55	101	27	.186
SP	Adam Hill	South Carolina	3.53	7-0	0	0	66.1	49	72	28	.208
RP	Chad Luensmann	Nebraska	1.18	1-2	0	13	38	21	23	12	.171
RP	Nick Sandlin	Southern Miss	2.38	3-3	0	12	41.2	32	44	20	.212
UT	Matt Vierling	Notre Dame	3.60	2-1	0	0	10	11	12	4	.289

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