Iowa
Keaton Anthony, Brody Brecht Freshman All-Americans
IOWA CITY, Iowa – College of Iowa’s Keaton Anthony and Brody Brecht have been named Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-Individuals, it was introduced Wednesday by the collegiate baseball newspaper.
The duo are the tenth and eleventh Hawkeyes to earn freshman All-America honors and the primary since Peyton Williams in 2020. It’s the third time in program historical past Iowa has had a number of gamers earn freshman All-America honors in the identical season (1999, 2017).
Anthony earned the excellence after placing collectively a formidable redshirt freshman season, hitting .361 (73-of-202) with 22 doubles, 14 dwelling runs, 55 RBIs and 46 runs scored. The Hoschton, Georgia, native hit safely in 44 video games, reached safely in 50 contests and had a team-best 22 multi-hit video games.
The outfielder was named Massive Ten Freshman of the 12 months — the second Hawkeye all-time to earn the excellence — second-team All-Massive Ten and Massive Ten All-Freshman staff honors. In the course of the common season, Anthony was named Massive Ten Freshman of the Week a program and league-record six instances.
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Anthony ranked fourth within the Massive Ten with 22 doubles – the second-most in a single season in program historical past – and was third in slugging (.678) and OPS (1.133) and sixth in batting common (.361). His 14 dwelling runs have been essentially the most by a Hawkeye freshman since 1999.
Brecht earned the accolade after posting a 3.18 ERA in 17 appearances on the mound. The Ankeny, Iowa, native allowed simply 13 hits and 16 runs (eight earned) over 22 2/3 innings the place he had 44 strikeouts. Brecht surrendered only one additional base hit in his 17 appearances and restricted hitters to a .155 common.
The precise-handed pitcher was stout on the mound through the last two months, permitting one earned run over 10 aid appearances. He allowed simply 4 hits and struck out 28 over 13 1/3 innings from April 6-Might 15.
The Hawkeyes completed the 2022 season with a 36-19 total file with the 36 wins rating eighth in program historical past. Iowa completed in a tie for second within the Massive Ten common season standings, superior to the Massive Ten Match semifinals and the staff turned the primary staff to win two video games on the identical day on the Massive Ten Match.