COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M sophomore outfielder Nick Banks was named to the 2015 D1Baseball.com Preseason All-America Second Team announced on Tuesday.
As a freshman, Banks batted .327 with 29 runs, 10 doubles, two triples, two home runs, 26 RBI and seven stolen bases.
In 30 SEC contests, Banks ranked fourth in the league with a .360 batting average, going 41-for-114 with seven doubles, one triple, one home run, 15 runs and 16 RBI.
In January, Banks earned Preseason All-America Second Team status from Perfect Game USA.
Following his successful rookie campaign, Banks earned Freshman All-America recognition from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers’ Association and Collegiate Baseball. He was named All-SEC Second team as well as earning a place on the SEC All-Freshman squad. Banks and Florida’s Logan Shore were the only two freshmen to earn All-SEC status in 2014.
After his freshman campaign, Banks was invited to play with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team, helping lead the squad to a title at the 27th Haarlem-Honkbal Week in the Netherlands. He appeared in 26 games for Team USA, hitting .241 with two doubles, two home runs and 13 RBI.
The stated objective of the D1Baseball.com Preseason All-America teams was to “select the players who would provide the most value for a team that wanted to win the College World Series in 2015.’
It marks the inaugural Preseason All-America squad for D1Baseball.com which is emerging as a college baseball news and editorial content site in 2015 after being the go-to for up-to-the-minute scores for every Division I game in the country for nearly a decade.
The Aggies start the 2015 campaign on Feb. 13-15 as they host the Holy Cross Crusaders in a three-game series on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
Story courtesy of Texas A&M Athletics