AUBURN, Ala. – Graduate third baseman Rankin Woley earned additional academic recognition as he was named 2021 CoSIDA Academic All-District Thursday.
The recognition comes after Woley was already named a 2021 Senior CLASS Award finalist and ultimately a Senior CLASS Award First Team All-American.
The Atlanta, Georgia native graduated summa cum laude with a 3.92 GPA last summer, earning his bachelor's degree in Business Administration, and took classes this year to prepare for medical school.
Woley was not only named the 2020 SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year and CoSIDA Academic All-America, but also earned Collegiate Baseball All-America honors after being the only player in Division I to rank in the top 20 in hits, doubles and RBI last season. He became the second player in program history to earn athletic and academic All-America honors in the same season, joining former catcher Casey Dunn.
Woley followed up his All-America campaign by ranking second on the team with a .320 average in 2021. He added 12 doubles and a career-high 10 homers. In three seasons and 132 games in an Auburn uniform, Woley turned in a .311 career average and collected 162 hits, 37 doubles, 15 homers and 98 RBI.
First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America Team ballot, where All-America honorees will be selected and announced later this month. Woley will look to become Auburn's third two-time Academic All-American, joining Robert Sorrell (1981-82) and Cole Lipscomb (2015, '17) on the short list.
