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