Freshman All-American

By Zachary Mahoney
M&M TIPster
Each year a few outstanding freshman baseball players are selected at each position to be named Louisville Slugger Freshman All-Americans. This year, UGA shortstop Kyle Farmer became the twenty-second player in school history to achieve this status.

He was able to do this because though he was excellent at bat, he was even better in the field. When you look at the amazing numbers this young star put up in the field, you are shown exactly why he is worthy of the great title: Freshman All-American.

At the plate, he batted .340 which means that he was fairly consistent getting hits. He also hit three homeruns and had twenty-five RBI’s which means his was helping the team score points as well. On top of all that, when he stepped out into the field he was even better.

With a school shortstop record .967 fielding percentage and only six errors in 182 chances, he proved time and time again why he deserved this award. In SEC play Farmer’s stats looked even better, fielding .982 with two errors in 110 total oppurtunities. Unfortunately, we didn’t get to see as much of Farmer’s game as we would’ve liked due to a wrist injury that forced him to sit out for 15 games.

The Freshman All-American team features several players at each position. Farmer earned a spot among other shortstops across the nation from many different conferences. Some of the other shortstops that made the list were Devin Merrero,(Arizona State) Nolan Fontana, (Florida) Ryan Lashley, (Stetson) Justin Roland, (UNC-Charlotte) Will Muzika,(Furman) Erik Stamets (Evansville), and Austin Elkins(DallasBaptist).

Zack Mahoney is an M&M TIPster who is going into 9th grade at Chamblee High School, in Chamblee, Georgia