2026 Baseball Roster
Roster
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
2025 SEC Newcomer of the Year
2025 All-SEC First Team
2025 Boo Ferriss Trophy Finalist
2025 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
2025 D1 Baseball All-America Second Team
2025 Baseball America All-America Second Team
2025 ABCA/Rawlings All-America Second Team
2025 NCBWA All-America First 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
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.
