BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU right-hander Alex Lange has been named to the Baseball America magazine first-team Freshman All-America squad.
Lange earlier this month was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Freshman All-America squad, along with fellow LSU pitcher Jesse Stallings.
Lange posted a 12-0 record in 2015 with a 1.97 ERA in 114 innings for the Tigers. In 17 starts, he recorded 131 strikeouts and limited opponents to a .212 cumulative batting average.
Lange culminated the year with a complete-game victory over Cal State Fullerton in the College World Series. He limited the Titans to three runs on six hits in nine innings with two walks and 10 strikeouts.
In three NCAA Tournament appearances – including the regional, super regional and CWS – Lange was 2-0 with a 2.08 ERA in 26 innings, recording 33 strikeouts and limiting opponents to a .222 batting average.
The Lee’s Summit, Mo., native has also been voted 2015 National Freshman Pitcher of the Year and SEC Freshman of the Year, and he has received first-team All-America and first-team All-SEC recognition.
LSU has produced 11 Freshman All-Americans in coach Paul Mainieri‘s nine-season tenure, including Lange, Stallings, pitcher Jared Poche’ (2014), outfielder Jake Fraley (2014), shortstop Alex Bregman (2013), pitcher Aaron Nola (2012), second baseman JaCoby Jones (2011), pitcher Kurt McCune (2011), pitcher Matty Ott (2009), catcher Micah Gibbs (2008) and outfielder Blake Dean (2007).
2015 Baseball America Freshman All-America Teams
FIRST TEAM
Pos, Name, School
C J.J. Schwarz, Florida
1B Austin Edens, Samford
2B Kyle Davis, West Virginia
3B Jake Burger, Missouri State
SS Jacob Bivens, Michigan
OF Keston Hiura, UC Irvine
OF Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt
OF Reed Rohlman, Clemson
DH K.J. Harrison, Oregon State
UT Brendan McKay, Louisville
SP Brian Brown, NC State
SP Alex Lange, LSU
SP Chris Mathewson, Long Beach State
SP Seth Romero, Houston
RP Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt
UT Brendan McKay, Louisville
SECOND TEAM
Pos, Name, School
C Matt Whatley, Oral Roberts
1B Kel Johnson, Georgia Tech
2B Dalton Guthrie, Florida
3B Will Toffey, Vanderbilt
SS Zach Rutherford, Old Dominion
OF Stuart Fairchild, Wake Forest
OF Pavin Smith, Virginia
OF Cal Stevenson, Nevada
DH Connor Wanhanen, Texas Christian
UT Sean Watkins, Loyola Marymount
SP Michael Baumann, Jacksonville
SP Griffin Canning, UCLA
SP Tanner Houck, Missouri
SP Drew Rasmussen, Oregon State
RP Lincoln Henzman, Louisville
UT Sean Watkins, Loyola Marymount