AUBURN, Ala. – Ike Irish earned his fourth Freshman All-America distinction as he was tabbed a second teamer by D1 Baseball last week.
The Hudsonville, Michigan, native became the 20th Freshman All-American in program history when he earned the distinction from Collegiate Baseball at the beginning of June. He also earned first-team honors from Perfect Game/Rawlings and second-team honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association last month.
Irish, who was also named to the SEC All-Freshman Team and Auburn Regional All-Tournament Team, finished the season as the team leader in average (.361), hits (86) and doubles (24) while ranking second in RBI (50) and total bases (130) and third in runs (48).
Irish's 24 doubles set an Auburn freshman record, eclipsing assistant coach Gabe Gross' 23 doubles from 1999, and are tied for the sixth most in program history, including the most since 2005. He finished the season tied for second in the Southeastern Conference and tops among freshmen nationally in the category. Irish also finished the season seventh in the league and fourth among freshmen nationally in hits, while his batting average was also good for a top-10 mark in the SEC.
Irish started all 58 games in his first season on the Plains and led the team with 28 multi-hit games while tying for second with 14 multi-RBI efforts. He started his Auburn career with 13 multi-hit performances in his first 17 games, good for a .465 clip entering SEC play.
Irish earns fourth Freshman All-America honor
