2019 Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America Team

TUCSON, Ariz. – University of South Alabama outfielder Ethan Wilson was named 2019 NCAA Division I National Co-Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-America by Collegiate Baseball, as announced by the organization on Wednesday. 

Wilson shared Collegiate Baseball's National Freshman of the Year accolades with Aaron Sabato of North Carolina. He became South Alabama's 12th Freshman All-American, and the first since Travis Swaggerty earned the honor from Collegiate Baseball in 2016. Wilson also earned Third-Team All-America from Collegiate Baseball on May 30.

The Andalusia, Ala., native was voted the 2019 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year and Freshman of the Year, and was also a First-Team All-Sun Belt selection in the outfield, after finishing the season ranked second in the league in slugging percentage (.686) and total bases (151), tied for second in home runs (17), tied for third in runs scored (59), sixth in batting average (.345) and on-base percentage (.453), tied for eighth in hits (76), ninth in RBIs (51) and tied for ninth in doubles (16). Wilson was the only NCAA Division I freshman in the nation to be named conference player of the year.

He broke the program's freshman home run record, and his 17 home runs in 2019 are the most by a Jaguar since Jeff Cunningham's single-season record of 22 in 2007. 

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