Mississippi State Baseball Racks up All-SEC Honors

The Mississippi State baseball team collected quite a few honors on the All-SEC team announced earlier today.

It’s been a big day for the Mississippi State Baseball team. The All-SEC teams were announced by the league office today.

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Most notably for the Bulldogs were the two awards won by Jake Mangum and John Cohen. Mangum, who had just been named the winner of the Ferriss Trophy, was named the Freshman of the Year. John Cohen was named Coach of the Year after leading the Bulldogs from a worst to first finish.

Jake Mangum was one of four Mississippi State baseball players to be named 1st Team All-SEC. Joining him were First Baseman Nathaniel Lowe, Designated Hitter/ Utility Player Jack Kruger, and Starting pitcher Dakota Hudson.

There was only one Mississippi State baseball player to make it to the second team. That was Designated Hitter/ Utility Player Brent Rooker.

Here is the complete list of players on the First and Second Team All-SEC, All-Freshman Team, and All-Defensive Team.

2016 SEC Baseball Awards

Player of the Year: Boomer White, Texas A&M

Pitcher of the Year: Logan Shore, Florida

Freshman of the Year: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State

Coach of the Year: John Cohen, Mississippi State

Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Derek Lance, Tennessee

First Team All-SEC

C: Henri Lartigue, Ole Miss

1B: Nathaniel Lowe, Mississippi State

2B: Ryne Birk, Texas A&M

3B: Boomer White, Texas A&M

SS: Kramer Robertson, LSU

OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State

OF: J.B. Woodman, Ole Miss

OF: Gene Cone, South Carolina

*DH/UT: Jack Kruger, Mississippi State

*DH/UT: Bryce Jordan, LSU

SP: Logan Shore, Florida

SP: Dakota Hudson, Mississippi State

RP: Shaun Anderson, Florida

Second Team All-SEC Team

C: Mike Rivera, Florida

*1B: Peter Alonso, Florida

*1B: Evan White, Kentucky

2B: Tate Blackman, Ole Miss

3B: Nick Senzel, Tennessee

SS: Dalton Guthrie, Florida

OF: Anfernee Grier, Auburn

OF: Bryan Reynolds, Vanderbilt

OF: Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt

DH/UT: Brent Rooker, Mississippi State

SP: Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt

SP: Clarke Schmidt, South Carolina

RP: Mark Ecker, Texas A&M

Freshman All-SEC Team

*C: Chris Cullen, South Carolina

*C: Michael Curry, Georgia

1B: LT Tolbert, South Carolina

2B: Deacon Liput, Florida

3B: Jonathan India, Florida

SS: Connor Kaiser, Vanderbilt

OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State

OF: Antoine Duplantis, LSU

OF: Chandler Taylor, Alabama

DH/UT: Ethan Paul, Vanderbilt

SP: Braden Webb, South Carolina

SP: Adam Hill, South Carolina

RP: Sean Hjelle, Kentucky

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SEC All-Defensive Team

C: Mike Rivera, Florida

1B: Evan White, Kentucky

*2B: Cole Freeman, LSU

*2B: Ryne Birk, Texas A&M

3B: Nick Senzel, Tennessee

SS: Dalton Guthrie, Florida

OF: Buddy Reed, Florida

OF: Anfernee Grier, Auburn

OF: J.B. Woodman, Ole Miss

*P: Jordan Sheffield, Vanderbilt

*P: Kyle Simonds, Texas A&M

*P: Dustin Beggs, Kentucky

* – Denotes a tie in voting. Ties are not broken.

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Congratulations to these Mississippi State Baseball Players on being named to the All-SEC Team! An amazing season would not have been possible without the incredible contributions from some talented players.