D2CCA Complete All-American Team
CLEVELAND, Miss. -- Delta State University second baseman
Jake Barlow was named to the 2021 D2CCA All-America First-Team on Friday, June 4, 2021.
Barlow adds the honor to his 2021 list of accolades that includes National Collegiate Baseball Writers Second-Team All-American, D2CAA and NCBWA All-South Region First-Team and All-GSC First-Team. 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 led the Statesmen with 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 Statesmen concluded the season with 28-20 overall and 21-14 in the Gulf South Conference that included a GSC Tournament runner-up and a berth in the NCAA Division II South Region in Pensacola, Fla.
