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Notable statistics and awards from first-year players over the last ten seasons.

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Texas A&M Baseball first-year player success over the last 10 seasons:

2020 (shortened season)

Mason Ornelas - Freshman All-America with a 1-0 record and 1.42 ERA 

Trevor Werner - Started in 13 games, batting .277 with 10 runs and 10 RBI

Austin Bost - Batted .308 with seven runs, three HR and 10 RBI 

Logan Sartori - Batted .353 with 12 runs, six doubles, two HR and 10 RBI in 15 games

Ray Alejo - Batted .298 with 16 runs and six stolen bases in the 16 games

2019

Chris Weber - Pitched in 23 games, including eight starts, logging a 4-1 record with a 3.18 ERA and 78 strikeouts in 65.0 innings to earn Freshman All-America honors

Joseph Menefee - Appeared in 26 games on the mound, posting a 3-2 record with a 3.75 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 36.0 innings

Ty Coleman - Played in 56 games, including 51 starts, logging 28 runs with 5 HR and 33 RBI

Mikey Hoehner - Appeared in 62 games, including 59 starts, batting .292 with 35 runs, 10 doubles, 3 dingers and 30 RBI

Bryce Miller - Pitched in 33 games, logging a 4-2 record with one save, a 3.77 ERA and 57 strikeouts in 43.0 innings

Kasey Kalich - Logged a 3-1 record with 12 saves, a 3.18 ERA and 51 strikeouts in 34.0 innings

Jonathan Ducoff - Played in 39games with the Aggies, notching 20 runs, 3 dingers and 27 RBI and earned the Marion Pugh Award

Bryce Blaum - Appeared in all 63 games in his first season in Aggieland, batting .293 with 53 runs, nine doubles, nine HR, 32 RBI and 17 stolen bases

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2018

Chandler Jozwiak - Pitched in 19 games, including nine starts in his first season in Aggieland, notching 43 strikeouts in 42.0 innings

Asa Lacy - Pitched in 23 games, including two starts, posting a 3-1 record with one save, a 2.75 ERA and 48 strikeouts in 39.1 innings

Will Frizzell - Played in 55 games, hitting .295 with 28 doubles, six HR and 35 RBI

Zach DeLoach - Appeared in 62 games, including 61 starts as he became the fifth three-time Freshman of the Week in SEC history and the first player to start a career with back-to-back SEC Freshman of the Week honors

Allonte Wingate - Played in 58 games, batting .304, in his first season after coming to Aggieland from Houston via Cisco College

Nolan Hoffman - Set A&M record with 14 saves and posted a 1.15 ERA with 53 strikeouts in 55.0 innings

Michael Helman - Earned All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Tournament team recognition. The only Aggie to start every game, he hit .369 with 61 runs, 17 doubles, 36 RBI and 12 stolen bases

Chris Andritsos - Earned All-Tournament honors at both the SEC Tournament and NCAA Austin Regional - slugged seven home runs and 33 RBI in 42 games

2017

John Doxakis - Pitched in 25 games, including seven starts, posting 4 wins ans 51 strikeouts in 49.2 innings

Braden Shewmake - National Freshman of the Year and All-America First Team

Hunter Coleman - Freshman All-SEC, playing in 48 games, batting .283 with 29 runs, seven doubles, five HR and 22 RBI

Logan Foster - Appeared in 52 games as a freshman, batting .280 with 33 runs, 13 doubles, six HR and 24 RBI

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2016

Mitchell Kilkenny - Pitched in 15 games as a rookie, including six SEC games, posting a 2-0 record with a 1.67 ERA

Stephen Kolek - Logged a 3-0 record with a 3.30 ERA as a key part of the Aggie bullpen.

Jace Vines - Logged a 6-1 record with one save and 60 strikeouts in 62.1 innings

Austin Homan - Earned spots on the SEC Tournament and NCAA College Station Regional All-Tournament Teams and ranked second on the squad in batting with a .356 average in 54 games.

Joel Davis - Played in 48 games in his first year at A&M, batting .293 with 18 runs, 3 HR and 22 RBI

Boomer White - SEC Player of the Year, Batted .386 with 49 runs, 19 doubles, 5 HR, 46 RBI and 10 stolen bases

2015

Turner Larkins - Pitched in 15 games, including 12 starts, logging a 5-1 record in 50.0 innings

Corbin Martin - Pitched in 14 games out of the bullpen, logging a 2-0 record and 2.95 ERA

Michael Barash - Played in 60 games, including 50 starts as starting catcher after coming to Aggieland from LSU via Palm Beach State College

Kyle Simonds - Made 22 starts, including 5 starts, registering a 3-2 record with two saves and a 2.39 ERA in 52.2 innings

Blake Kopetsky - Two-way player who played in 23 games in the field and also pitched in 14 games

2014

Nick Banks - Freshman All-America and All-SEC Second Team... played in 57 games, batting .327 with 10 doubles, two HR and 26 RBI

Ryne Birk - Hit .306 as a freshman, including .304 in 19 SEC games... added 21 runs and 18 RBI.

Logan Nottebrok - Led Aggies in home runs and slugging percentage in first season after coming to Aggieland from Texas A&M-Corpus Christi via Temple College

Patrick McLendon - Played in 47 games, including 42 starts, logging 24 runs and 21 runs after coming to Aggieland from Winthrop University via Cisco College

2013

Hunter Melton - Earned NCAA Corvallis Region All-Tournament honors and belted two home runs at SEC Tournament

Jonathan Moroney - Played in 43 games, including 22 SEC games, logged 20 RBI and All-Tournament honors at Minute Maid Classic

Grayson Long - 12 appearances, including 10 starts, going 4-2 with a 3.52 ERA

A.J. Minter - 26 appearances out of the bullpen and didn't allow a run in his first 13

2012

Blake Allemand - Played in 50 games, including 47 starts at three different positions. Batted .289 and earned All-Big 12 Honorable Mention

Daniel Mengden - Pitched in 22 games, including four starts... 47.0 innings, 3 wins, 3 saves, 3.83 ERA2011

Mikey Reynolds - All-Big 12 Second Team, 55 starts at shortstop, .306 batting average, 23 RBI, 21 stolen bases from St. Mary's College via Paradise Valley CC

2011

Krey Bratsen - 2011... Started 68 of 69 games as a freshman... Freshman All-America, Big 12 All-Freshman

 

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