GREENSBORO, N.C. – A program-record six Auburn Tigers earned First or Second Team All-Southeast Region honors announced by the American Baseball Coaches Association Tuesday.
Jake Marciano was the Tigers’ lone first-team representative, while Chase Fralick, Chris Rembert, Alex Petrovic, LJ Cormier and Jackson Sanders earned second-team honors.
As a first-team honoree, Marciano will be considered during the committee’s All-America discussions. In his first season on the Plains, Marciano logged five wins with a 3.32 ERA in 17 starts. He ranked second on the team and eighth in the SEC with 108 strikeouts to go along with just 17 walks in 86.2 innings pitched. Eight of Marciano’s starts were quality outings of 6.0 or more innings and three or fewer earned runs allowed, good for the most quality starts since 2018.
Fralick earned second team all-region honors for the second straight season after becoming the first catcher in program history to hit 20 home runs. He finished the year with a .314 average and led the way in doubles (18), RBI (61), total bases (155) and slugging (.649) while also starting 52 games behind the plate. The sophomore backstop was recently named the first Buster Posey Award finalist in program history and set the program record with six home runs and 15 RBI in the Auburn Regional.
Rembert, who was named First Team All-SEC at the end of the regular season, marking his second straight year of All-SEC honors, led the team with a .343 average and 80 hits. He scored 37 runs and added 13 doubles, one triple, four homers, 46 RBI and 12 stolen bases. The Pensacola, Florida, native saved his best for last as he ended the year on a 19-game hitting streak, the longest by an Auburn player since Anfernee Greier’s 22-game streak in 2016. Rembert tied for the team lead with 24 multi-hit games.
Petrovic served as Auburn’s game three starter for the entirety of the season and tied for the team lead with 10 wins, the most by an Auburn pitcher in a season since 2018 and tied for the third most in the SEC. After two injury-riddled seasons, he led the team with 92.2 innings pitched and turned in a 3.21 ERA to go along with 92 strikeouts and 24 walks while holding opponents to a .207 average against. With the exception of a lengthy rain delay that shorted his start vs. Arkansas in the SEC Tournament, each of his last 10 starts of the season were 5.0 or more innings.
Cormier becomes Auburn’s first freshman pitcher to earn all-region honors since Finley Woodward in 1995. The right-hander led the team with a 2.50 ERA in a team-high 21 appearances and led Auburn relievers in strikeouts (63) and innings pitched (50.1). He posted a 2-0 record, logged a pair of saves and held opponents to a .194 average against, the lowest among Auburn’s qualified pitchers. Of his 36 hits allowed, only nine were for extra bases.
Sanders, who earned Second Team All-SEC honors at the end of the regular season, served as both a starter and reliever for the Tigers and went 5-2 with a 2.94 ERA and earned four saves in 17 appearances, 10 of which came in relief. After beginning the year as the game two starter in the weekend rotation, Sanders excelled in his extended relief role as he allowed just nine runs in 33.1 innings pitched, good for a 2.43 ERA, and earned three wins and four saves.