SEC Baseball announces first, second, freshman and defensive All-SEC squads

The SEC Baseball Tournament begins on Tuesday in Hoover, and 12 of the 14 squads will be competing for the tournament title.

However, on Monday, the SEC took some time out to honor players for their impressive regular-season performances.

As you can see below, the first, second, freshman and defensive All-SEC squads were announced on Monday, per a release from the conference:

First-Team All-SEC

• C: Philip Clarke, Vanderbilt
• 1B: Tanner Allen, Mississippi State
• 2B: Justin Foscue, Mississippi State
• 3B: Austin Martin, Vanderbilt
• SS: Grae Kessinger, Ole Miss
• OF: JJ Bleday, Vanderbilt
• OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
• OF: Alerick Soularie, Tennessee
• DH/UT: Nelson Maldonado, Florida
• SP: Ethan Small, Mississippi State
• SP: Emerson Hancock, Georgia
• RP: Tyler Brown, Vanderbilt

Second-Team All-SEC Team

• C: Cooper Johnson, Ole Miss
• 1B: Trevor Ezell, Arkansas
• 2B: LJ Talley, Georgia
• 3B: Aaron Schunk, Georgia
• SS: Casey Martin, Arkansas
• OF: Dominic Fletcher, Arkansas
• OF: Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas
• OF: Antoine Duplantis, LSU
• DH/UT: Matt Goodheart, Arkansas
• SP: TJ Sikkema, Missouri
• SP: Zack Thompson, Kentucky
• RP: Matt Cronin, Arkansas

Freshman All-SEC Team

• JT Ginn, SP, Mississippi State
• Kumar Rocker, SP, Vanderbilt
• Doug Nikhazy, SP, Ole Miss
• Cole Henry, SP, LSU
• Cole Wilcox, SP, Georgia
• Patrick Wicklander, SP, Arkansas
• Connor Noland, SP, Arkansas
• Ryan Bliss, 2B, Auburn
• Christian Franklin, OF, Arkansas
• Joseph Menefee, RP, Texas A&M
• Kendrick Calilao, 1B, Florida
• Brett Kerry, RP, South Carolina

SEC All-Defensive Team

• C: Cooper Johnson, Ole Miss
• 1B: Trevor Ezell, Arkansas*
• 1B: Julian Infante, Vanderbilt*
• 2B: LJ Talley, Georgia
• 3B: Austin Martin, Vanderbilt
• SS: Cam Shepherd, Georgia
• OF: Dominic Fletcher, Arkansas
• OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
• OF: Zach Watson, LSU
• P: Garrett Stallings, Tennessee

(* indicates a tie)

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