Texas A&M third baseman Boomer White was named SEC Player of the Year in baseball by league coaches on Monday.
White, a junior, is batting .411/.486/.547 with 17 doubles, four home runs and 41 RBIs for the Aggies this season. He set an SEC record with 57 hits in conference play, and led the SEC in on-base percentage and hits this season.
Florida’s Logan Shore was named SEC Pitcher of the Year. Shore, a junior right-hander, is 10-0 with a 2.33 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 85 innings this season.
Mississippi State’s John Cohen was named Coach of the Year. Cohen led the Bulldogs to a 21-9 conference record this season, clinching their first SEC title since 1989.
Mississippi State right fielder Jake Mangum was named Freshman of the Year after batting a league-best .427 with 73 hits and a .479 on-base percentage. The Bulldogs enter the SEC tournament on an 11-game winning streak.
Tennessee second baseman Derek Lance was named SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Lance sports a 3.90 GPA in kinesiology and has already been accepted to medical school at East TEnnessee State.
Mississippi State also led the way with four first-team All-SEC picks: Mangum, first baseman Nathaniel Lowe, designated hitter Jack Kruger and pitcher Dakota Hudson. The full All-SEC teams:
First-team All-SEC
C: Henri Lartigue, Ole Miss
1B: Nathaniel Lowe, Mississippi State
2B: Ryne Birk, Texas A&M
3B: Boomer White, Texas A&M
SS: Kramer Robertson, LSU
OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
OF: J.B. Woodman, Ole Miss
OF: Gene Cone, South Carolina
*DH/UT: Jack Kruger, Mississippi State
*DH/UT: Bryce Jordan, LSU
SP: Logan Shore, Florida
SP: Dakota Hudson, Mississippi State
RP: Shaun Anderson, Florida
Second-team All-SEC
C: Mike Rivera, Florida
*1B: Peter Alonso, Florida
*1B: Evan White, Kentucky
2B: Tate Blackman, Ole Miss
3B: Nick Senzel, Tennessee
SS: Dalton Guthrie, Florida
OF: Anfernee Grier, Auburn
OF: Bryan Reynolds, Vanderbilt
OF: Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt
DH/UT: Brent Rooker, Mississippi State
SP: Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt
SP: Clarke Schmidt, South Carolina
RP: Mark Ecker, Texas A&M
Freshman All-SEC
*C: Chris Cullen, South Carolina
*C: Michael Curry, Georgia
1B: LT Tolbert, South Carolina
2B: Deacon Liput, Florida
3B: Jonathan India, Florida
SS: Connor Kaiser, Vanderbilt
OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
OF: Antoine Duplantis, LSU
OF: Chandler Taylor, Alabama
DH/UT: Ethan Paul, Vanderbilt
SP: Braden Webb, South Carolina
SP: Adam Hill, South Carolina
RP: Sean Hjelle, Kentucky
All-defensive team
C: Mike Rivera, Florida
1B: Evan White, Kentucky
*2B: Cole Freeman, LSU
*2B: Ryne Birk, Texas A&M
3B: Nick Senzel, Tennessee
SS: Dalton Guthrie, Florida
OF: Buddy Reed, Florida
OF: Anfernee Grier, Auburn
OF: J.B. Woodman, Ole Miss
*P: Jordan Sheffield, Vanderbilt
*P: Kyle Simonds, Texas A&M
*P: Dustin Beggs, Kentucky
* — Denotes a tie in voting. Ties are not broken.
