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Wilson gets 1st All-America nod
6/3/2023 11:48:00 AM | Baseball
After 5 major preseason All-America honors, GCU shortstop nets 1st postseason award of season
Grand Canyon junior shortstop Jacob Wilson was honored as an All-American by Collegiate Baseball, the first major publication to unveil its 2023 selections.
Wilson was named a preseason All-American by five publications prior to the 2023 season and reels in his first career postseason All-American recognition by landing on Collegiate Baseball's second team.
GCU's star shortstop was recently named as one of 25 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award, which goes to the nation's top player. He earned All-WAC first-team honors and was named WAC Defensive Player of the Year.
Wilson becomes just the second All-American in the program's Division I history. Lopes pitcher Pierson Ohl was also named a second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball in 2019. Wilson's and Ohl's All-America selections are in a separate category from GCU's eight Division IÂ Freshman All-America honorees.
Wilson led the 37-21 Lopes with a .411 batting average. He also paced GCU in triples (four), RBIs (tied at 61) and slugging percentage (.635).
For the second consecutive season, Wilson was the nation's toughest batter to strike out. He did so just five times in 192 at bats (once per 38.4 at bats). His fifth and final strikeout of the season came on March 31, meaning the Thousand Oaks, California, native did not strike out in his final 97 at bats of the season.
Wilson also ranked in the nation's top 25 in batting average (11th, .411) and hits per game (24th, 1.61).
Wilson was the only selection from the WAC to land on the publication's first or second teams. WAC Player of the Year Grayson Tatrow from Abilene Christian was a third-team selection.
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Wilson was named a preseason All-American by five publications prior to the 2023 season and reels in his first career postseason All-American recognition by landing on Collegiate Baseball's second team.GCU's star shortstop was recently named as one of 25 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award, which goes to the nation's top player. He earned All-WAC first-team honors and was named WAC Defensive Player of the Year.
Wilson becomes just the second All-American in the program's Division I history. Lopes pitcher Pierson Ohl was also named a second-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball in 2019. Wilson's and Ohl's All-America selections are in a separate category from GCU's eight Division IÂ Freshman All-America honorees.
Wilson led the 37-21 Lopes with a .411 batting average. He also paced GCU in triples (four), RBIs (tied at 61) and slugging percentage (.635).
For the second consecutive season, Wilson was the nation's toughest batter to strike out. He did so just five times in 192 at bats (once per 38.4 at bats). His fifth and final strikeout of the season came on March 31, meaning the Thousand Oaks, California, native did not strike out in his final 97 at bats of the season.
Wilson also ranked in the nation's top 25 in batting average (11th, .411) and hits per game (24th, 1.61).
Wilson was the only selection from the WAC to land on the publication's first or second teams. WAC Player of the Year Grayson Tatrow from Abilene Christian was a third-team selection.
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