AUSTIN (KXAN) — Two Texas Longhorns baseball players can call themselves All-Americans this season.
Sophomore shortstop Jalin Flores and sophomore outfielder Max Belyeu were named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America team Wednesday. Flores was a second-team selection and Belyeu, the Big 12 Conference player of the year, was tabbed a third-team pick.
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The duo, along with sophomore utility player Jared Thomas, were named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Central Region first team Wednesday, making them eligible for that organization’s All-America team that will be announced Friday before the Men’s College World Series begins.
Flores started all 60 games at shortstop for the Longhorns and hit .340 with a team-leading 56 RBIs and 18 home runs, collecting 82 hits in 241 at-bats. Belyeu hit .329 for the year with 18 home runs, 15 doubles, 53 RBIs and a team-leading on-base plus slugging average of 1.090.
Texas lost to Louisiana in the College Station regional of the NCAA tournament to finish the season 36-24.