Courtesy of Kansas State Athletics
GREENSBORO, N.C. – After leading the Big 12 in saves during the regular season, K-State relief pitcher Tyson Neighbors was voted to the 2023 American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-America Second Team, the organization announced Friday.
Neighbors earned his third All-America honor following his standout sophomore campaign where he struck out 86 batters in his 48 2/3 innings in relief.
First recognized in 1949, the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA DI All-America teams are selected by the ABCA All-America & Coach of the Year committee, which is chaired by Tommy Raffo of Arkansas State.
The right-hander from Royse City, Texas is the eighth Wildcat in school history to earn ABCA All-America accolades and first since Ross Kivett in 2013.
He was named a Big 12 Pitcher of the Week in addition to his All-Big 12 First Team selection. Neighbors broke the program's TrackMan-era pitch velocity record at 99-mph in the series opening win against Texas Tech.
To view the ABCA/Rawlings All-America teams and for more information on the ABCA, visit ABCA.org.
Neighbors and teammate Kaelen Culpepper will attend the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team Training Camp in Cary, N.C., June 25-29. The duo will compete for a chance to represent the United States in a friendship series against Chinese Taipei and Japan starting June 30.
K-State finished the 2023 season 35-24, its highest win total since 45 in 2013. The Wildcats advanced to the semifinal round of the 2023 Phillips 66 Big 12 Championship for the third consecutive season, knocking out Texas and Kansas.