STARKVILLE — The first preseason college baseball awards are out and Mississippi State center fielder Jake Mangum is in rarefied air.
Collegiate Baseball released its preseason All-American team and Mangum is the lone Southeastern Conference player on the first team.
Ole Miss pitcher Parker Caracci joined Vanderbilt pitcher Drake Fellows on the second team.
Mangum was one of MSU’s best offensive weapons on the way to the College World Series, hitting .351 with a career-high 22 doubles and nine home runs. His 83 RBI last year are the most of any player on Collegiate Baseball’s preseason All-American First Team.
Mangum’s senior year begins Feb. 15 with a three-game home series against Youngstown State.
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