RALEIGH – Tyler McDonough of the NC State baseball team collected freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball on Wednesday, becoming the third player this season to earn an award from the publication.
An All-ACC Second Team and ACC All-Freshman selection, he is the 16th player in program history to collect the honor.
A Liberty Township, Ohio, native, McDonough led the team and all freshmen in the Atlantic Coast Conference with 80 hits, including 25 multi-hit performances. He started 60 games in center field and compiled a perfect 1.000 fielding percentage.
McDonough turned in three four-hit outings in ACC play, highlighted by his 4-for-5 showing vs.