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College  | Story | 4/12/2022

Midseason Collegiate All-Americans

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The halfway point of the college baseball season has arrived and as such we have a ton of honors and awards to give out to the sport’s best and brightest. The storyline of the season so far has been the dominance of the No. 1 Tennessee Volunteers program, as the Vols are currently 31-1 and an even more absurd 12-0 in conference play. The team has been relentless in terms of both run production and prevention, and there’s no one playing with more energy right now than Tennessee, and those Volunteers are Perfect Game’s 2022 Midseason Team of the Year.

Midseason Player of the Year is none other than Virginia’s second-year third baseman Jake Gelof. The explosive corner outfielder has been the driving force between the Hoos’ dream season thus far and was slugging over 1.000 for the majority of the season. He’s got big power that’s played really well and hasn’t really struck out all too often for someone with those power numbers, and his tools along with the quality of the Cavalier’s resume thus far help push him ahead.



The Midseason Pitcher of the Year goes to Oregon State’s Cooper Hjerpe, as the numbers are pristine and he also has, perhaps, the best single game of any pitcher in the country. Hjerpe has developed nicely into a front-of-the-rotation ace with devastating stuff, a strong command track record, and a performance that saw him go eight innings with no runs, two hits, and 17 strikeouts against Stanford.

The best freshman in the country has been Tennessee’s Friday night starter Chase Burns, though he’s had some stiff competition from fellow rotation-mate Drew Beam. Burns has always had wildly electric stuff, but the fact that he’s doing what he’s doing in the biggest conference in baseball is still hard to process. The advancement of the arsenal and command has been a huge testament to the work he’s put in over the last ~12 months or so, and we’re looking forward to see what he can bring to the second half of the season.

From the last game of the 2021 season to the first of 2022, Tennessee had to replace five of the starters on the field that day and completely rebuild the pitching rotation from the ground up. Oh, and their projected first-rounder, along with another flamethrower who was expected to start, have both effectively missed the season up to this point. Tony Vitello’s confidence in his young guys on the mound, two true freshmen and a true sophomore transfer, has been rewarded as Tennessee has statistically been the best pitching staff in the country, while the offense leads the nation in home runs. Vitello has led a huge culture shift in Knoxville and with one loss in 32 games, he’s our Midseason Coach of the Year.

Midseason Perfect Game/Rawlings College Baseball Awards

Player of the Year: Jake Gelof, 3B, Virginia
Pitcher of the Year: Cooper Hjerpe, LHP, Oregon State
Freshman of the Year: Chase Burns, RHP, Tennessee*
Coach of the Year: Tony Vitello, Tennessee
Team of the Year: Tennessee

*Only true freshmen/first-year college players were eligible


Midseason Perfect Game/Rawlings College Baseball All-American Teams
Statistics for games played through Sunday, April 10, 2022

First-Team Hitters

Pos. Name School Class AVG OBP SLG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
C Kevin Parada Georgia Tech SO .390 .476 .773 44 55 7 1 15 50 5
1B Ivan Melendez Texas SR .378 .509 .811 38 48 9 2 14 45 1
2B Jace Jung Texas Tech JR .388 .521 .744 47 50 14 1 10 40 3
3B Jake Gelof* Virginia SO .398 .503 .894 41 45 10 2 14 54 1
SS Brooks Lee Cal Poly JR .413 .510 .730 27 52 17 1 7 36 2
OF Carlos Contreras Sam Houston SR .440 .490 .791 36 59 10 5 9 59 2
OF Chase DeLauter James Madison JR .437 .576 .828 31 38 8 1 8 35 10
OF Jack Hurley Virginia Tech SO .431 .500 .853 35 47 14 1 10 34 5
DH Sonny Dichiara Auburn SR .452 .595 .946 30 42 13 0 11 32 0
UT Devin Ortiz Virginia SR .322 .435 .470 34 37 8 0 3 29 0


First-Team Pitchers

Pos. Name School Class ERA W-L CG SV IP H SO BB OBA
SP Drew Beam Tennessee FR 1.14 7-0 1 0 47.1 19 36 6 .121
SP Chase Burns Tennessee FR 1.51 6-0 0 0 41.2 24 57 14 .163
SP Jonathan Cannon Georgia JR 1.71 6-1 0 0 47.1 29 46 3 .171
SP Thomas Harrington Campbell JR 1.36 7-1 0 0 53 32 75 10 .172
SP Cooper Hjerpe* Oregon State JR 1.7 7-0 0 0 47.2 31 77 10 .180
RP Noah Dean Old Dominion JR 1.65 2-1 0 5 16.1 5 30 5 .091
RP Andrew Walters Miami JR 0 0-0 0 10 18.2 5 34 2 .082
UT Devin Ortiz Virginia SR 2.03 5-1 0 0 26.2 15 37 3 .158


Second-Team Hitters

Pos. Name School Class AVG OBP SLG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
C Daniel Susac Arizona SO .392 .444 .657 29 56 13 2 7 32 0
1B Nolan Schanuel Florida Atlantic SO .419 .532 .774 34 52 11 0 11 37 7
2B Luke Gold Boston College JR .355 .450 .628 29 43 16 1 5 26 2
3B Trey Lipscomb Tennessee SR .373 .446 .831 36 44 9 3 13 51 2
SS Maui Ahuna Kansas SO .446 .541 .741 29 50 10 4 5 31 9
OF Jacob Melton Oregon State JR .369 .421 .715 41 48 12 3 9 44 11
OF Drew Gilbert Tennessee JR .403 .520 .727 26 31 12 2 3 33 3
OF Derek Orndorff Liberty SR .355 .528 .785 35 33 2 1 12 31 12
DH Nick Cimillo Rutgers SR .414 .517 .724 38 48 12 0 8 27 1
UT Paul Skenes Air Force SO .274 .343 .500 12 17 2 0 4 12 0


Second-Team Pitchers

Pos. Name School Class ERA W-L CG SV IP H SO BB OBA
SP Hunter Barco Florida JR 2.23 5-2 0 0 48.1 30 65 10 .174
SP Trey Dombroski Monmouth JR 2.34 4-0 0 0 50 37 62 5 .201
SP Parker Messick Florida State JR 3.33 4-2 0 0 48.2 36 80 12 .203
SP Connor Staine UCF JR 0 4-0 1 0 30.2 8 38 12 .082
SP Drew Thorpe Cal Poly JR 2.08 5-0 1 0 56.1 36 80 12 .180
RP Camden Minacci Wake Forest SO 1.05 1-0 0 4 25.2 12 38 9 .138
RP Tristan Stivors Texas State SR 1.82 4-1 0 7 29.2 22 38 4 .206
UT Paul Skenes Air Force SO 2.7 4-2 0 0 36.2 25 44 12 .197


Freshman All-American Hitters

Pos. Name School Class AVG OBP SLG R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB
C Caleb Lomavita California FR .267 .349 .450 28 35 6 0 6 26 10
1B Jacob Walsh Oregon FR .326 .380 .529 24 45 13 0 5 26 3
2B Travis Bazzana Oregon State FR .351 .424 .504 31 46 7 2 3 34 7
3B Carson Demartini Virginia Tech FR .350 .463 .730 31 35 6 1 10 26 1
SS Cody Schrier UCLA FR .294 .405 .500 21 37 5 0 7 22 8
OF Treyson Hughes Mercer FR .330 .426 .617 30 38 7 1 8 33 3
OF Michael Sirota Northeastern FR .325 .507 .504 21 38 12 0 3 18 10
OF Casey Saucke II Virginia FR .382 .461 .627 32 42 6 3 5 28 5
DH Tommy White North Carolina State FR .336 .396 .679 30 44 6 0 13 40 1
UT Griffin O'Ferrall Virginia FR .353 .480 .420 38 42 3 1 1 26 11


Freshman All-American Pitchers

Pos. Name School Class ERA W-L CG SV IP H SO BB OBA
SP Daniel Avitia Grand Canyon FR 2.03 4-3 0 0 44.1 35 54 8 .203
SP Drew Beam Tennessee FR 0.88 6-0 1 0 41 13 29 6 .098
SP Chase Burns* Tennessee FR 1.15 6-0 0 0 39 21 52 10 .154
SP Thatcher Hurd UCLA FR 1.06 2-0 0 0 34 16 48 10 .138
SP Karson Ligon Miami FR 2.16 4-1 0 0 41.2 31 43 16 .203
RP Ethan Flanagan UCLA FR 1.41 2-0 0 2 32 21 44 10 .181
RP Brady Tygart Arkansas FR 2.04 1.20 0 4 17.2 13 26 5 .217
UT Grant Siegel Tulane FR 1.29 6-0 0 0 42 34 46 6 .221


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