BATON ROUGE, La. – LSU rightfielder Antoine Duplantis has received Freshman All-America recognition from Collegiate Baseball newspaper and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA).
Duplantis, a native of Lafayette, La., was one of the outfielders on the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America team, and he received second-team Freshman All-America honors from the NCBWA.
Duplantis, also a 2016 Freshman All-SEC selection, was the Tigers’ second-leading hitter in 2016, starting all 66 of LSU’s games and batting .327 (89-for-272) with nine doubles, five triples, two homers, 39 RBI, 45 runs and 13 stolen bases.
He completed the season No. 2 in the SEC in base hits with 89 and No. 5 in the league in triples with five.
Duplantis was named SEC Freshman of the Week on May 23 after batting .455 (5-for-11) in the Tigers’ series victory over top-ranked Florida with one RBI, one run, three walks and a .571 on-base percentage.
He posted a 19-game hitting streak to start the season, marking the third-longest streak by an LSU freshman over the past 20 seasons. Duplantis hit .397 during the 19-game streak with six doubles, two triples, 10 RBI, 14 runs and seven steals in seven attempts.