AUBURN, Ala. – Senior third baseman Bryson Ware was named First Team All-Southeast Region and junior shortstop Cole Foster earned Second Team All-Southeast Region honors announced by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings this week.
As a first-team honoree, Ware goes onto the ballot for All-American consideration. The ABCA/Rawlings All-America Teams will be announced Friday, June 16.
A native of Madison, Mississippi, Ware has already been named Second Team All-SEC and a member of the SEC All-Tournament Team. After recording just two hits in Southeastern Conference play a season ago, he set Auburn's single season home run record with 24 this year. Ware led the Tigers and ranked top 10 in the league in runs (66), home runs, RBI (63), slugging percentage (.731) and total bases (163) while hitting at a career-best .350 clip. His 66 runs scored were tied for the most in a season since 2000 and his 163 total bases were the most since 2010.
Ware, who was also named a semifinalist for the NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy and to the Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list, started the year on a career-best 34-game on base streak and went on an 18-game hit streak from Mar. 14-Apr. 14, the longest by an Auburn player since 2015-16. He reached safely in all but two games this season.
Foster, who joined Ware on the SEC All-Tournament Team, turned in a career-best season with a .336 average to go along with 57 runs, 75 hits, 13 doubles, 13 home runs and 49 RBI. His run total was good for second on the team while he ranked third in hits doubles and homers and tied for third in RBI. Eight of Foster's 13 home runs came in the last 17 games of the season, and he ended the year on an 11-game hitting streak.
Manning shortstop for 55 games this season, Foster turned in a .976 fielding percentage, committing just five errors in 212 chances. He was named a semifinalist for the Brooks Wallace Award and was twice named the Brooks Wallace Award Shortstop of the Week.
