Tide Trio Garners Honors

Slugger Colby Shelton was named Freshman All-American on WednesdayAlabama third baseman Colby Shelton was named a Freshman All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on Wednesday. Shelton is the 24th freshman in Alabama baseball history to receive the honor. Previous awardees for the Tide include long time major leaguer players Lance Cormier (1999), Wade LeBlanc (2004), David Robertson (2005), Tommy Hunter (2006), Josh Rutledge (2008), as well as Jeremy Brown, Taylor Dugas, and Taylor Tankerlsey among others. In 2020, Connor Prielipp, Anotine Jean, and Owen Diodati were all honored in the season that was cut short by Covid.

Shelton, a native of Lithia, Florida, is hitting .291 on the…