Jacob Gonzalez Earns Preseason All-America Honor from Baseball America
OXFORD, Miss. – Ole Miss shortstop Jacob Gonzalez was named Third Team All-America by Baseball America Monday morning. The Glendora, Calif. native has also been honored by both Perfect Game and Collegiate Baseball. In 2021 as a freshman, Gonzalez finished as the Rebels’ leader in batting average (.355), runs scored (73) and hits (93).
Jacob Gonzalez has played like a future first round pick this weekend… and this season.#OleMiss
— Trey Mongrue (@TreyMongrue) June 14, 2021
Gonzalez joined Stephen Head as just the second player in program history to be named an all-American as a freshman, as both the National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and D1Baseball tabbed him with the honors. Gonzalez started every game at shortstop for head coach Mike Bianco and the Rebels, and he set set single-season freshman school records in games played (67), runs scored, RBI (55), total bases (147), and walks (38).
FRESHMAN Jacob Gonzalez puts us on the board with a solo HR to start.
1-0 Ole Miss pic.twitter.com/XPQnctVcpb— T.J. (@TJOxley1) June 13, 2021
Ranking fifth and sixth in the nation, respectively, in runs scored and hits, Gonzalez was college baseball’s leader in both categories among true freshmen.
Evelyn Van Pelt
Evelyn has covered sports for over two decades, beginning her journalism career as a sports writer for a newspaper in Austin, Texas. She attended Texas A&M and majored in English. Evelyn’s love for Ole Miss began when her daughter Katie attended the university on a volleyball scholarship. Evelyn created the Rebel Walk in 2013 and has served as publisher and managing editor since its inception.
