Mississippi State’s RJ Yeager Receives Academic All-America Honors

Mississippi State infielder RJ Yeager has made a reputation for himself on the baseball subject and within the classroom.

Yeager was considered one of 33 student-athletes named to the First Crew of the CoSIDA Tutorial All-America Division I baseball crew on Wednesday morning. The graduate switch stored a 4.0 GPA whereas pursuing his grasp’s diploma in Workforce Training Management and devoting numerous hours to the college’s baseball program. He’s additionally one of many six gamers named to the crew that has been chosen greater than as soon as. 

Not solely did Yeager put up stellar numbers in his research, however he additionally excelled on the sphere. The 6-foot-3, 200-pound second baseman led the Diamond Dawgs with a .317 batting common and 18 house runs. His complete variety of homers on the season landed him in sixth place within the SEC. Yeager additionally led the crew with a .668 slugging proportion, 56 RBI, 64 hits and 15 doubles. Defensively, he had a near-perfect fielding proportion of .994 and dedicated only one error on the season. 

Regardless of spending only one season with MSU, Yeager has picked up loads of honors to rival numerous athletes who as soon as wore the maroon and white. He was a finalist for the Ferriss Trophy — offered to one of the best baseball participant within the state of Mississippi — and was chosen to the All-SEC First Crew final month. Yeager additionally acquired third-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball. 

After 4 years at Mercer and one 12 months at Mississippi State, Yeager can be turning his consideration to the long run. His contributions to MSU athletically and academically can be a mannequin for upcoming student-athletes to observe within the coming years.