Mangum Named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American
June 08, 2016 | Baseball
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Freshman Jake Mangum, who has taken the collegiate baseball scene by storm in his first season with the Maroon and White, reeled in another All-America honor on Wednesday, being named to the 2016 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American team by Collegiate Baseball.
This the second All-American honor for the SEC Freshman of the Year. The Pearl, Miss., native, along with junior RHP Dakota Hudson, was given All-American status on Tuesday by Baseball America.
For Mangum, his second All-American honor adds to an already stellar freshman season for the Pearl, Miss., native. In addition to being MSU's first SEC Freshman of the Year, Mangum also became the first Bulldog rookie since Rafael Palmeiro in 1983 to be named to the All-SEC First Team.
Mangum is the first Bulldog freshman since Jonathan Holder in 2012 to receive All-American status. That season the Bulldog closer became the first MSU freshman in program history to be named a consensus All-American.
With a .418 clip, Mangum leads the SEC, stands fourth nationally and leads all freshmen in the nation in batting average. Mangum also stands top 10 in the SEC in on-base percentage (.470, 3rd) and hits (82, 8th).
Mangum also holds the title of best collegiate baseball player in the state of Mississippi, as he brought home the 2016 C Spire Ferriss Trophy last month.
Mangum and the No. 6 national seed Bulldogs finished off a sweep of the 2016 NCAA Starkville Regional with a 4-0 victory against LA Tech Sunday night at Dudy Noble to advance to the Super Regionals for the sixth time in program history. MSU will host Arizona this weekend after the Wildcats captured the Lafayette Regional Championship.
The weekend is set for a Friday-Saturday-Sunday showdown, with all three contests set for 5 p.m. CT first pitches. Friday's contest is set for an ESPN2 broadcast, with Saturday's on ESPNU. Sunday will be broadcasted on either ESPN2 or ESPNU.
