Omar Malendez earns Baseball All-American Honors

Staff Report
June 5, 2023

TUCSON, Ariz. | Alabama State University left-handed pitcher Omar Malendez was named to the Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I Second-Team All-American baseball teamand powered by Diamond.

“Omar has worked extremely hard and was really good for us this year,” Alabama State Head Baseball Coach Jose Vazquez said. “I am proud to see the hard work is paying off for him to receive this outstanding award.”

The Cayey, Puerto Rico native is the first player to earn All-American Honors since Cage Cox was named NCBWA, Perfect Game and Rawlings Second-Team All-American in 20017 .  Cox and Ricardo Rivera were selected Collegiate Baseball News Freshman All-American laurels in 2017 and 2019, respectively.

Melendez was named the SWAC Pitcher of the Year and First-Team All-SWAC, posting a perfect 12-0 record. He led the SWAC in wins (12), ERA (2.52) and complete games (4). Melendez ranked third in the SWAC in innings pitched (93.0), fourth in strikeouts (96) and fifth in opponent batting average (.253), and was recently named a Finalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and was selected the SWAC Pitcher of the Week four times.

The sophomore also received invitations to the HBCU All-Star Game presented by Dick’s Sporting Goods that will be held on Saturday at 7:15 p.m. in Gwinnett, Ga., and o the SWING Man Classic in Seattle,Washington.

BASEBALL AMERICA ALL-AMERICAN TEAMS
SECOND-TEAM

Pitchers
Pos Player School W L ERA G GS CG SV IP H BB SO
RHP Grant Rogers McNeese St. 12 1 1.82 15 15 4 0 103.6 79 18 88
LHP Omar Melendez Alabama St. 12 0 2.52 16 15 4 0 93.0 88 27 96
LHP Dominic Niman Cent. Connecticut St. 12 2 2.76 14 14 2 0 97.6 82 24 90
RHP Nico Zeglin Long Beach St. 8 4 2.00 15 15 1 0 94.6 67 27 117
LHP Quinn Mathews Stanford 7 4 3.87 15 15 1 0 100.0 88 35 124
RHP Jacob Cravey Samford 9 2 3.19 16 15 3 1 98.6 78 35 121
RHP Jake Bloss Georgetown 8 4 2.58 14 13 1 0 76.6 58 24 96
RHP Bobby Alcock Gardner-Webb 7 3 2.51 14 14 2 0 89.6 56 40 106
RHP Connor Fenlong Indiana St. 9 2 3.24 15 14 4 0 100.0 81 27 62
RHP Evan Chrest Jacksonville 8 2 2.68 15 15 0 0 90.6 83 36 98
RHP Jackson Wells Little Rock 7 4 1.65 15 15 2 0 93.0 73 32 80
LHP Diego Barrera Loyola Marymount 8 2 2.17 14 14 2 0 99.6 80 11 93
RHP Lebarron Johnson Texas 7 3 2.82 18 11 0 1 73.3 59 31 86
LHP Josh Hartle Wake Forest 9 2 2.63 15 14 0 0 85.6 77 16 111
Relief Cade Denton Oral Roberts 1 1 1.60 28 0 0 12 50.6 38 8 68
Relief Teddy Sharkey Coastal Carolina 7 1 2.68 25 0 0 10 47.0 34 17 69
Relief Mitchell Scott Kent St. 2 2 1.94 30 0 0 15 46.3 28 16 65
Position Players
Pos Player School AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB
C Luke Shliger Maryland .336 223 88 75 22 0 11 52 65 51 12
C Ben McCabe Central Florida .371 224 63 83 15 0 19 51 17 59 6
1B Jac Caglianone Florida .349 229 65 80 13 2 28 76 14 43 4
1B Sam Kulasingam Air Force .426 235 71 100 28 4 6 51 50 24 6
1B Kiko Romero Arizona .347 225 58 78 17 4 19 86 36 55 6
1B Charlie Condon Georgia .386 210 61 81 10 1 25 67 33 45 0
2B Max Anderson Nebraska .414 244 51 101 20 2 21 70 20 29 0
2B Edrick Felix Florida Gulf Coast .366 243 68 89 22 1 25 83 31 55 1
2B Travis Bazzana Oregon St. .379 219 75 83 20 3 10 53 59 41 36
3B Nick Lorruso Maryland .369 252 68 93 19 1 23 99 33 43 3
3B Jake Gelof Virginia .333 219 64 73 20 3 22 84 43 43 2
SS Jeron Williams Toledo .403 238 67 96 16 4 14 48 22 37 49
SS Sam Mongelli Sacred Heart .402 241 81 97 16 3 20 54 30 31 22
SS Jacob Wilson Grand Canyon .411 192 41 79 17 4 6 61 19 5 8
OF Lawson Harrill Campbell .374 198 59 74 16 0 22 68 31 58 5
OF Wyatt Langford Florida .398 186 69 74 22 3 17 43 45 36 6
OF Luke Keaschall Arizona St. .353 218 55 77 25 1 18 58 22 28 18
OF Cam Fisher Charlotte .352 213 70 75 12 0 30 64 61 56 8
DH Ethan Mann Dallas Baptist .332 193 58 64 14 2 20 78 40 41 9

UT     TJ Fondtain         San Diego St.              Hitting: (.272, 9 HR, 8 2B, 35 RBI)         Pitching: (7-3, 2.80 ERA, 93 K, 23 BB)