GREENWOOD, IND. – Delta State University Baseball's Drake Fontenot has earned College Sports Communicators Academic All-American honors announced this morning.
 
Fontenot was named third team All-American as a Starting Pitcher for the Statesmen in the 2025 season where he was named the GSC Pitcher of the Year along with D2CCA, NCBWA, and ABCA First Team All-South Region honors with a 3.57 GPA as a Sport Management Major.
 
The Bossier City, La., native helped lead the Statesmen to their 37th NCAA Tournament berth, striking out 86 batters in 100.2 innings pitched for the Green and White in their 2025 GSC Regular Season Championship Season.
 
Drake made his Banana Ball Debut last Thursday in Louisville Slugger Field in Louisville, Ky., making his first career start for the Visitors.
 
Drake has earned GSC Pitcher of the Week Honors five times in the 2025 season and has broken the school record for consecutive shutout innings pitched with 39.1 from February 7th, to March 14th. Fontenot is the first Statesmen to win GSC Pitcher of the Year since Tre Hobbs won it in 2016.