UF Baseball's Harrison Bader Named To SEC All-Freshman Team
Tuesday, May 28, 2013 | Baseball
Outfielder Harrison Bader (Bronxville, N.Y.) earned a berth on the SEC All-Freshman Team announced by the league office on Tuesday. A Gator freshman has now made the team in all six years of head coach Kevin O'Sullivan's tenure: Josh Adams (2008), Preston Tucker (2009), Nolan Fontana, Brian Johnson, Austin Maddox, Hudson Randall & Mike Zunino (2010), Zack Powers & Karsten Whitson (2011) and Josh Tobias (2012).
Starting all 30 of the Gators' league contests, Bader ranked second on the squad with a .307 batting average, tied for second on the club with 13 RBI, tied for fourth with 14 runs and led Florida with seven stolen bases in eight attempts. He has seen action in all 57 games this season for UF, with 55 starts, and is hitting .304 with 35 runs, 22 RBI, 18 walks, seven doubles and a pair of triples and is a team-best 14-for-19 on the basepaths. Third-seeded Florida (29-28) opens NCAA Bloomington Regional action on Friday when it faces second-seeded Austin Peay (45-13) at 1 p.m. on ESPN3.
Vanderbilt junior second baseman Tony Kemp was the SEC Player of the Year, LSU sophomore right-hander Aaron Nola was selected as the SEC Pitcher of the Year, LSU shortstop Alex Bregman was named the SEC Freshman of the Year, Sam Frost of Mississippi State was named the SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and Vanderbilt's Tim Corbin was the SEC Coach of the Year.
The complete 2013 All-SEC Team follows:
SEC Player of the Year: Tony Kemp, Vanderbilt
SEC Pitcher of the Year: Aaron Nola, LSU
SEC Freshman of the Year: Alex Bregman, LSU
SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Sam Frost, Mississippi State
SEC Coach of the Year: Tim Corbin, Vanderbilt
First Team
1B - Mason Katz, LSU
2B - Tony Kemp, Vanderbilt
3B - Christian Ibarra, LSU
SS - Alex Bregman, LSU
C - Stuart Turner, Ole Miss
OF - Hunter Renfroe, Mississippi State
OF - Mike Yastrzemski, Vanderbilt
OF - Raph Rhymes, LSU
DH/UTL - Keaton Steele, Missouri; A.J. Reed, Kentucky
P - Ryne Stanek, Arkansas
P - Aaron Nola, LSU
RP - Jonathan Holder, Mississippi State
Second Team
1B - Garrett Cooper, Auburn
2B - Brett Pirtle, Mississippi State; JaCoby Jones, LSU
3B - Curt Powell, Georgia; Andrew Mistone, Ole Miss
SS - Mikey Reynolds, Texas A&M; Mikey White, Alabama
C - Grayson Greiner, South Carolina
OF - Connor Harrell, Vanderbilt
OF - Brian Anderson, Arkansas
OF - Krey Bratsen, Texas A&M
DH/UTL - Daniel Mengden, Texas A&M
P - Tyler Beede, Vanderbilt
P - Bobby Wahl, Ole Miss
RP - Tyler Webb, South Carolina
All-Freshman Team
1B - Josh Lester, Missouri
2B - Kyle Overstreet, Alabama
3B - Xavier Turner, Vanderbilt
SS - Alex Bregman, LSU
C - Greg Fettes, Kentucky
OF -Kyle Barrett, Kentucky
OF - Vincent Jackson, Tennessee
OF - Harrison Bader, FLORIDA
DH/UTL - Zander Wiel, Vanderbilt
P - Jack Wynkoop, South Carolina
P - Sean McLaughlin, Georgia
RP - Carson Fulmer, Vanderbilt; Ray Castillo, Alabama
All-Defensive Team
P - Daniel Mengden, Texas A&M
1B - Mason Katz, LSU; Cole Lankford, Texas A&M
2B - Tony Kemp, Vanderbilt
SS - Adam Frazier, Mississippi State
3B - Christian Ibarra, LSU
C - Stuart Turner, Ole Miss
OF - Austin Cousino, Kentucky
OF - Mike Yastrzemski, Vanderbilt
OF - Hunter Renfroe, Mississippi State
