Ace Reese - 2026 Baseball Roster
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Ace Reese
- Position:
- INF
- Ht./Wt.:
- 6-4 / 220
- B/T:
- L/R
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Canton, Texas
- High School/Previous School:
- Canton HS / Houston
2026 Perfect Game All-America
2026 All-SEC First Team
2026 NCBWA All-America First Team
2026 ACBA All-Region First Team
2026 College Baseball Foundation All-America
2026 D1 Baseball All-America Second Team
2026 ACBA All-America Second Team
2026 Baseball America National Team of the Week (Week 13)
2026 Ferriss Trophy Finalist
2026 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
2026 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
2026 Starkville All-Region Team
2026 Preseason All-American First Team (Perfect Game & Baseball America)
2026 Preseason All-American Second Team (D1Baseball & NCBWA)
2026 Baseball America Preseason Player of the Year Watch List
2026 Preseason All-SEC First Team
2026 Perfect Game Top 100 Juniors (No. 10)
2026 Golden Spikes Preseason Watch List
2026 D1Baseball Top 50 Third Basemen (No. 2)
2026 MLB Pipeline Draft Prospect (No. 18)
D1Baseball Top 150 MLB Draft College Prospect (No. 12)
2025 USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
2025 SEC Newcomer of the Year
2025 All-SEC First Team
2025 Boo Ferriss Trophy Finalist
2025 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
2025 NCBWA All-America First Team
2025 D1 Baseball All-America Second Team
2025 Baseball America All-America Second Team
2025 ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team
2025 Perfect Game All-America Third Team
2025 ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region First Team
2025 SEC Player of the Week (May 19)
2025 First Year Academic Honor Roll
2024 All-Big 12 Freshman Team
2026 (Junior) - Mississippi State
Named first team All-America by Baseball America, Perfect Game, College Baseball Foundation and NCBWA and second team All-America by ACBA... Earned All-SEC first team honors... Finalist for the Ferriss Trophy and Semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy... Merited ACBA All-Region First Team honors... Golden Spikes Award preseason and midseason watch list... Started at third base in all 62 games played by the Bulldogs... Led MSU in runs batted in (74), doubles (23), home runs (24), total bases (178), walks (41), hits (83), at bats (247), and games started (62)... Ranked first in the SEC in doubles (23)... Collected a career-high five hits with five at bats vs. Troy (2/17)... Tallied six runs batted in vs. Nicholls (5/5)... Had 20 multi-hit games, including three 4+ hit games... Achieved a four-game home run streak in the last four games of the season... Walked in 10 consecutive games... Recorded 28 two-out runs batted in... Hit a game-tying RBI vs. LSU (4/26)... Launched a grand slam vs. Tulane (3/10)... Ranked 10 in the nation in both homeruns (10) and total bases (178)... Hit a two-run homerun in the first inning vs. Georgia (4/4)... Tallied a homerun and a double at Arkansas (3/14, G1), totaling five runs batted in... Ranked fourth in the SEC in at bats (247), runs (73), and hits (83)... Hit the first Bulldog homerun of the season vs. Hofstra (2/14, G1).
Career Notes & Records
Hit 21 home runs in 2025, which is the eighth-most in a single season in school history.
2025 (Sophomore) - Mississippi State
Named the 2025 SEC Newcomer of the Year and first team All-SEC… Earned first team All-America from the NCBWA, second team All-America honors from D1Baseball, Baseball America and ABCA/Rawlings and third team All-America honors from Perfect Game … Was a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and a finalist for the Boo Ferris Trophy … Named ABCA/Rawlings South All-Region First Team … Spent the summer playing for USA Baseball Collegiate National Team … Started 57 games at third base in his first season at MSU … Led the team in batting average (.352), hits (80), multi-hit games (25), and multi-RBI games (20) … Had a 22-game hit streak … Ranked eighth in the SEC in batting average (.352) … Ranked third in the SEC in slugging percentage (.718) and fifth in the SEC in OPS (1.140) … Hit a triple and earned three RBIs vs. Missouri State (2/22) … Went 3-for-4 with two home runs vs. Arizona (3/1) … Hit two home runs and walked earning a season-high five RBIs at Oklahoma (3/22) … Had a four-hit game with a home run against Florida (4/20) … Recorded a season-high two putouts at the Governor’s Cup against Ole Miss (4/22) … Earned his fifth two-home run game of the season and also scored a season-high four runs at Missouri (5/15) … Scored a season-high tying four runs after going 3-for-3 … Also recorded a season-high two doubles at Missouri (5/16) … Was named SEC Player of the Week on May 19 ... Hit a home run in the Tallahassee Regional against Northeastern (5/30).
All-Big 12 Freshman Team ... Led the team with four triples … Tied the freshman school record with four triples in a season … Fourth on the team in home runs (7) while finishing fifth among Big 12 freshmen … Hit a walk-off two-run double in the ninth inning to lift Houston past Sam Houston 2-1 on March 5 … One of three Cougars with an 11-game hitting streak, starting his streak in his third collegiate game … Recorded hits in 12 of his first 13 games as a collegian … One of three Houston freshman to play in 2024 and hit at least one home run.
High School
Three-time All-State First Team selection … Batted .490 with nine home runs and 63 extra-base hits in his career … Ranked the 19th shortstop in Texas by Perfect Game … Ranked the 95th player in Texas by Perfect Game.
Personal
Parents are Aaron and Christina Reese … Has two sisters, Lily and Kennedy and one brother, AJ … Hidden talent is juggling… Most memorable athletic feat is being named North Texas Offensive Player of the Year ... Hobby is fishing ... Majoring in business.
