A pair of Texas Tech Red Raiders – infielder Jace Jung and pitcher Brandon Birdsell – had been named second-team All-Americans on Thursday as introduced by Collegiate Baseball News.Â
The sophomore infielder and junior pitcher additionally represented the Red Raiders’ alternatives for the All-Big 12 first staff again on May 24. Â
Birdsell was additionally the Big 12 Pitcher of the Year.
It’s Birdsell’s first time to be named an All-American, whereas Jung was named to its first staff in 2021 and the freshman staff in 2020.
Tech has been represented now for seven straight years on CB Newspaper’s All-America groups. Cal Conley joined Jace Jung in 2021, whereas Conley and Micah Dallas appeared in 2020. Josh Jung earned honors in 2019, whereas Josh Jung and Grant little obtained honors in 2018. Steven Gingery noticed the listing in 2017 and Erich Gutierrez earned the nod in 2016.
Birdsell went 8-3 in 2022 whereas posting a 3.00 ERA over 78 innings pitched. He additionally struck out 11.77 batters per 9 innings. Opposing hitters noticed a .218 batting common, whereas Birdsell totaled 102 strikeouts and 27 walks.
Jung led the Red Raiders with a .340 batting common to go together with is .487 on-base proportion with 58 walks. He had 23 multi-base hits with 14 residence runs, tying the staff lead.
TEXAS TECH RED RAIDERSÂ COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWS ALL-AMERICANS SINCE 2016
Brandon Birdsell (2022) – Second Team
Jace Jung (2022) – Second Team
Jace Jung (2021) – First Team
Cal Conley (2021) – Second Team
Brian Klein (2020) – Second Team
Micah Dallas (2020) – Second Team
Cal Coney (2020) – Third Team
Josh Jung (2019) – Second Team
Josh Jung (2018) – Second Team
Grant Little (2018) – Third Team
Steven Gingery (2017) – First Team
Eric Gutierrez (2016) – Second Team