Four Tigers Receive Baseball All-SEC RecognitionFour Tigers Receive Baseball All-SEC Recognition

Four Tigers Receive Baseball All-SEC Recognition

Centerfielder Derek Curiel and shortstop Steven Milam were each named Second-Team All-SEC, and they were voted to the SEC All-Defensive Team. Catcher Omar Serna Jr. and first baseman/outfielder Mason Braun received Freshman All-SEC honors.

  • BATON ROUGE, La. – Four LSU players have received All-SEC baseball recognition in a vote of the league’s 16 head coaches, the conference office announced on Monday.

    LSU centerfielder Derek Curiel and shortstop Steven Milam were each named Second-Team All-SEC, and they were voted to the SEC All-Defensive Team.

    Catcher Omar Serna Jr. and first baseman/outfielder Mason Braun received Freshman All-SEC honors.

    Curiel, a sophomore from West Covina, Calif., is batting a team-high .345 this season with 15 doubles, two triples, six homers, 45 RBI, 62 runs and 13 stolen bases.

    He is No. 3 in the SEC this season in hits with 77, and he is No. 7 in the league in runs scored (62) and No. 9 in triples (2). Curiel leads LSU in multiple-hit games (22), and he is second on the club in multiple-RBI games (14).

    Milam, a junior from Las Cruces, N.M., is hitting .300 this season with 15 doubles, one triple, 10 homers, 47 RBI and 52 runs. He has a current reached-base safely streak that has stretched to 33 games, and he is batting .417 (10-for-24) in his last seven games with four doubles, three homers, 14 RBI, eight runs, seven walks and a .531 on-base percentage.

    Milam has committed just three errors all season in 207 chances, producing a .986 fielding percentage. He played the first 32 games of the season at shortstop without making an error, and his first error of the year came on April 5 at Tennessee.

    Serna Jr., a product of Houston, Texas, is batting .306 this season with 10 doubles, nine homers, 37 RBI and 35 runs. He is LSU’s third-leading hitter in SEC games, batting .320 (33-for-102) in league contests with eight doubles, seven homers, 21 RBI and 19 runs.

    Braun, a native of South Bend, Ind., is hitting .318 this season with five doubles, one triple, three homers, 21 RBI and 29 runs. He is the Tigers’ leading hitter in SEC games, batting .355 with three doubles, one triple, two homers, 11 RBI and 16 runs.

    2026 SEC Baseball Awards
    Player of the Year: Daniel Jackson, Georgia
    Pitcher of the Year: Aidan King, Florida
    Freshman of the Year: Anthony Pack Jr., Texas
    Newcomer of the Year: Aiden Robbins, Texas
    Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
    Coach of the Year: Wes Johnson, Georgia

    2026 All-SEC Baseball Team
    First Team
    C: Daniel Jackson, Georgia
    1B: Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
    2B: Chris Hacopian, Texas A&M
    2B: Chris Rembert, Auburn
    3B: Tre Phelps, Georgia
    3B: Ace Reese, Mississippi State
    SS: Tyler Bell, Kentucky
    OF: Caden Sorrell, Texas A&M
    OF: Aiden Robbins, Texas
    OF: Rylan Lujo, Georgia
    DH/Util: Noah Sullivan, Mississippi State
    SP: Dylan Volantis, Texas
    SP: Aidan King, Florida
    SP: Tomas Valincius, Mississippi State
    SP: Hunter Dietz, Arkansas
    RP: Sam Cozart, Texas
    RP: Walker Hooks, Ole Miss
    RP: Clayton Freshcorn, Texas A&M

    Second Team
    C: Carson Tinney, Texas
    1B: Will Furniss, Ole Miss
    1B: Ethin Bingaman, Auburn
    2B: Mike Mancini, Vanderbilt
    3B: Judd Utermark, Ole Miss
    SS: Kolby Branch, Georgia
    SS: Steven Milam, LSU
    OF: Anthony Pack Jr., Texas
    OF: Derek Curiel, LSU
    OF: Bryce Chance, Mississippi State
    DH/Util: Brady Neal, Alabama
    SP: Cade Townsend, Ole Miss
    SP: Tegan Kuhns, Tennessee
    SP: Jaxon Jelkin, Kentucky
    SP: Tyler Fay, Alabama
    RP: Jackson Sanders, Auburn
    RP: Ethan McElvain, Arkansas
    RP: Ben Davis, Mississippi State

    2026 Freshman All-SEC Baseball Team
    Anthony Pack Jr., Texas
    Sam Cozart, Texas
    Jorian Wilson, Texas A&M
    Ethin Bingaman, Auburn
    Cam Appenzeller, Tennessee
    Omar Serna Jr., LSU
    Jacob Parker, Mississippi State
    Trent Grindlinger, Tennessee
    Myles Upchurch, Alabama
    Nico Partida, Texas A&M
    Mason Braun, LSU
    Jack Bauer, Mississippi State

    2026 SEC Baseball All-Defensive Team
    C: Ryder Helfrick, Arkansas
    1B: Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
    2B: Mike Mancini, Vanderbilt
    3B: Eric Guevara, Auburn*
    3B: Tre Phelps, Georgia*
    SS: Steven Milam, LSU
    OF: Caden Sorrell, Texas A&M
    OF: Derek Curiel, LSU
    OF: Jason Walk, Oklahoma
    P: Hunter Elliott, Ole Miss

    *Tie