Already named to three different All-Region Teams, Missouri Southern baseball players Freddie Landers and Zach Parish have both been named All-Americans today as the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its list.
Both Landers and Parish were honorable mention picks as the pair was named to All-Region teams by the NCBWA, the D2 Conference Commisioners Association and the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Parish was the MIAA Pitcher of the Year and led the MIAA in strikeouts with 136, games started with 16 and wins with nine. He ranked second in strikeouts per nine innings, third in hits allowed, fourth in WHIP, and fifth in ERA. This year Parish finished 9-2 with a 2.85 ERA and his 136 strikeouts are a school record. He threw 101.0 innings in 16 starts with one complete game and two shutouts, while holding batters to a .199 average. He ranks fourth nationally in strikeouts and third in games started, while helping the Lions set the school record for season strikeouts by the pitching staff with 558 k's of opposing hitters this season, finishing just five away from tying the MIAA single-season record.
Landers led the Lions with a .349 batting average and finished second on the team with 11 home runs and fourth with 36 RBIs. He slugged a team-high .602, while also leading the team with a .494 on-base percentage. He led the MIAA in hit by pitch with a MSSU record 22 times taking one for the team. Landers ranked sixth nationally in hit by pitch, while ranking second in the MIAA in slugging, fourth in total bases, sixth in walks and runs scored, seventh in hits and eighth in average.
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