Mangum Tabbed All-Decade by D1Baseball
December 27, 2019 | Baseball
The SEC’s all-time hits leader helped State to four Super Regionals and a pair of College World Series appearances
by: Greg Campbell, Assistant Director/Communications
STARKVILLE – The only Division I student-athlete to pile up multiple 100-hit seasons during the decade, former Mississippi State baseball outfielder Jake Mangum was named to the D1Baseball All-Decade Team, as announced by the publication on Friday (December 27).
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Mangum finished his four seasons in the maroon and white with an SEC-record 383 hits, three first-team All-SEC honors and his business administration degree, which he earned in fall 2019. He became the fourth SEC student-athlete in conference history to post multiple 100-hit seasons and was the only NCAA Division I baseball student-athlete to register 100 hits twice during the decade.
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With his back-to-back 100-hit seasons, Mangum joined Tennessee's Chris Burke (109, 2000; 118, 2001), LSU's Todd Walker (100, 1992; 109, 1993) and LSU's Wes Grisham (106, 1989; 100, 1990).
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Ending his career with 383 hits, Mangum finished No. 4 on the NCAA's career hits chart, trailing only Wichita State's Phil Stephenson (418; 1979-82), Clemson's Khalil Green (403; 1999-02) and Notre Dame's Steve Stanley (385; 1999-02). He supplanted LSU's Eddie Furniss (352; 1995-98) for the top spot in SEC history and jumped Jeffrey Rea (335; 2004-07) as MSU's all-time hits leader.
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The switch-hitting center fielder owned hits in 202 of 243 career games started (83.1 %), posting 112 multi-hit games. He also posted a .348 batting average against SEC opposition with 205 hits in 588 at-bats (regular season, SEC Tournament and NCAA postseason included).
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Over four seasons, Mangum won an SEC regular season championship, advanced to four NCAA Super Regionals, made two trips to the College World Series, won a Rawlings Gold Glove (2018), claimed a pair of All-America honors, including first-team distinction in 2019, and was the first MSU baseball student-athlete to win the SEC Freshman of the Year award. Along with his conference and national honors, Mangum was the first student-athlete to win the Ferriss Trophy, as Mississippi's top collegiate baseball player.
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Mangum was the first Mississippi State baseball student-athlete to earn three-or-more first-team All-SEC honors and just the 11th MSU student-athlete in the four major sports (baseball, basketball, football) to do so. He is the first three-time first-team All-SEC performer since women's basketball's Victoria Vivians (2016-18) and first male to do so since men's basketball's Cameron Burns (1989-91).
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Upon the close of his career, Mangum owned four career records, was the school's single-season hits leader. Mangum's top-10 finishes on the MSU career charts include: games played (1st; 262), at-bats (1st; 1,074), hits (1st; 383), doubles (1st; 73), hit-by-pitch (1st; 45), runs scored (2nd; 229), total bases (3rd; 491), stolen bases (4th; 56), triples (T-5th; 10).
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The switch hitter is also the single-season leader in hits (108; 2019) and sits among the top 10 on 11 total season lists following the 2019 campaign. Rafael Palmeiro currently sits No. 2 with 10 spots, while Will Clark is on the single-season charts on nine occasions for the No. 3 spot.
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STARKVILLE – The only Division I student-athlete to pile up multiple 100-hit seasons during the decade, former Mississippi State baseball outfielder Jake Mangum was named to the D1Baseball All-Decade Team, as announced by the publication on Friday (December 27).
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Mangum finished his four seasons in the maroon and white with an SEC-record 383 hits, three first-team All-SEC honors and his business administration degree, which he earned in fall 2019. He became the fourth SEC student-athlete in conference history to post multiple 100-hit seasons and was the only NCAA Division I baseball student-athlete to register 100 hits twice during the decade.
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With his back-to-back 100-hit seasons, Mangum joined Tennessee's Chris Burke (109, 2000; 118, 2001), LSU's Todd Walker (100, 1992; 109, 1993) and LSU's Wes Grisham (106, 1989; 100, 1990).
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Ending his career with 383 hits, Mangum finished No. 4 on the NCAA's career hits chart, trailing only Wichita State's Phil Stephenson (418; 1979-82), Clemson's Khalil Green (403; 1999-02) and Notre Dame's Steve Stanley (385; 1999-02). He supplanted LSU's Eddie Furniss (352; 1995-98) for the top spot in SEC history and jumped Jeffrey Rea (335; 2004-07) as MSU's all-time hits leader.
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The switch-hitting center fielder owned hits in 202 of 243 career games started (83.1 %), posting 112 multi-hit games. He also posted a .348 batting average against SEC opposition with 205 hits in 588 at-bats (regular season, SEC Tournament and NCAA postseason included).
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Over four seasons, Mangum won an SEC regular season championship, advanced to four NCAA Super Regionals, made two trips to the College World Series, won a Rawlings Gold Glove (2018), claimed a pair of All-America honors, including first-team distinction in 2019, and was the first MSU baseball student-athlete to win the SEC Freshman of the Year award. Along with his conference and national honors, Mangum was the first student-athlete to win the Ferriss Trophy, as Mississippi's top collegiate baseball player.
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Mangum was the first Mississippi State baseball student-athlete to earn three-or-more first-team All-SEC honors and just the 11th MSU student-athlete in the four major sports (baseball, basketball, football) to do so. He is the first three-time first-team All-SEC performer since women's basketball's Victoria Vivians (2016-18) and first male to do so since men's basketball's Cameron Burns (1989-91).
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Upon the close of his career, Mangum owned four career records, was the school's single-season hits leader. Mangum's top-10 finishes on the MSU career charts include: games played (1st; 262), at-bats (1st; 1,074), hits (1st; 383), doubles (1st; 73), hit-by-pitch (1st; 45), runs scored (2nd; 229), total bases (3rd; 491), stolen bases (4th; 56), triples (T-5th; 10).
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The switch hitter is also the single-season leader in hits (108; 2019) and sits among the top 10 on 11 total season lists following the 2019 campaign. Rafael Palmeiro currently sits No. 2 with 10 spots, while Will Clark is on the single-season charts on nine occasions for the No. 3 spot.
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