NCBWA All-American Teams

CLEVELAND, Miss. -- Delta State University second baseman Jake Barlow was named to the 2021 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Second-Team All-American on Friday, May 28, 2021.
 
Barlow earned D2CAA and NCBWA All-South Region First-Team honors earlier this week in addition to All-GSC First-Team accolades. The Jonesville, La., product earned D2CCA Second-Team All-American and NCBWA Third-Team All-American in addition to ABCA, D2CCA, and NCBWA First-Team All-South Region in 2019. 
 
The junior leads the Statesmen 19 home runs, two triples, and 61 RBI while slugging a team-best .721 starting all 47 contests for the Statesmen. Barlow is third on the team with a. 328 batting average and is second with 46 runs scored and 12 doubles. He ranks second in the GSC and 11th in the nation in home runs, while his RBI mark ranks ninth nationally.  

Barlow's 19 home runs are tied for fifth on the Delta State single season home run list with Zack Shannon (2017) and his 32 career home runs stand seventh on the all-time home runs list.

The No. 24 ranked Statesmen play the University of West Florida in game two of the NCAA South Regional on Friday at 7 p.m. in Penscola, Fla.