OMAHA, Neb. -- Redshirt freshman infielder
Clayton Taylor was named to the 2013 Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American Team selected by
Collegiate Baseball newspaper, it was announced Wednesday.
Taylor was a second-team all-conference selection in his inaugural season as a Maverick, ranking third in the Summit League with a .352 batting average. He added 20 runs scored, eight doubles, 18 RBI and eight stolen bases, and his 23 walks drawn were fifth among conference players.
Omaha capped the 2013 season with an overall record of 27-22 and a league mark of 20-6 en route to the regular-season conference championship.
2013 LOUISVILLE SLUGGER FRESHMEN ALL-AMERICAN TEAM
Starting Pitchers RHP Thomas Eshelman, Cal State Fullerton
RHP Andrew Moore, Oregon State
RHP Justin Garza, Cal State Fullerton
LHP Ryan Kellogg, Arizona State
LHP P.J. Conlon, San Diego
LHP Cole Irvin, Oregon
LHP Alex Godzak, Canisius
LHP Evan Hill, Michigan
LHP Jack Wynkoop, South Carolina
LHP Jacob Evans, Oklahoma
LHP Kevin Duchene, Illinois
LHP Matthew Crownover, Clemson
LHP Aaron Michel, Western Illinois
RHP Bryce Kingsley, McNeese State
RHP Lucas Hampal, Texas State
LHP Ryan Horstman, St. John's
RHP Blake Quinn, Fresno State
RHP Brock Hartson, UTSA
RHP David Lucroy, East Carolina
RHP Garrett Brummett, Wichita State
RHP Jimmy Herget, South Florida
RHP Jon Harris, Missouri State
RHP Michael Murray, Florida Gulf Coast
RHP Paul Mammino, Wagner
RHP Ryan Burr, Arizona State
RHP Seth Lamando, Coastal Carolina
RHP Tommy Strunc, Creighton
Relief Pitchers Alex Young, TCU
Dylan Hecht, UC Santa Barbara
Garrett Cleavinger, Oregon
Ian Gibaut, Tulane
Jake Matthys, Kansas State
Ray Castillo, Alabama
Sutter McLoughlin, Sacramento State
Ben Hartz, Buffalo
Blake Fox, Rice
Bubba Derby, San Diego State
Carson Fulmer, Vanderbilt
James Kaprielian, UCLA
Mason Klotz, Southeastern Louisiana
Scott Effross, Indiana
Skylar Hunter, The Citadel
Tim Knesnik, Stony Brook
Trent Thornton, North Carolina
Zac Favre, Central Florida
Catchers Anthony Hermelyn, Oklahoma
Mitch Ghelfi, Milwaukee
C/1B Josh Estill, Purdue
First Basemen Patrick Mazeika, Stetson
Justin Montemayor, Houston
Eric Gutierrez, Texas Tech
Second Basemen Clayton Taylor, Omaha Kenny Hostrander, Eastern Kentucky
Matt Gonzalez, Georgia Tech
Sam Haggerty, New Mexico
Third Basemen Nick Rivera, Florida Gulf Coast
Tyler Mautner, Buffalo
Alan Mocahbee, Morehead State
Doug Teegarden, Eastern Kentucky
Johnny Caputo, Stony Brook
Mitchell Tolman, Oregon
Mylz Jones, CSU Bakersfield
Xavier Turner, Vanderbilt
Shortstops Alex Bregman, LSU
Kevin Newman, Arizona
Blake Trahan, Louisiana-Lafayette
Kal Simmons, Kennesaw State
Kevin Lachance, Maryland-Baltimore County
Kyle Brooks, North Florida
Travis Maezes, Michigan
Tyler Leffler, Bradley
Outfielders D.J. Stewart, Florida State
Jacob Hannemann, Brigham Young
Skye Bolt, North Carolina
Austin Listi, Dallas Baptist
Joe McCarthy, Virginia
A.J. Zarozny, Bryant
Donnie Dewees, North Florida
Josh Merrigan, Georgia State
Mendez Elder, Savannah State
Boomer White, TCU
Clayton Evans, SEMO
Craig Aiken, Oklahoma
Dillon Cooper, Alabama State
Jack Parenty, Stony Brook
Jacob Page, Army
Jake Romano, Miami (Ohio)
Jaylin Davis, Appalachian State
Kyle Nowlin, Eastern Kentucky
Kyle Survance, Houston
Steven Duggar, Clemson
Tanner Stanley, Richmond
Tate Matheny, Missouri St.
Tyler Spoon, Arkansas
Multiple Position Athletes Corbin Olmstead, North Florida
Jacob Cronenworth, Michigan
Kevin Fagan, Stetson
Matt Rose, Georgia State
Designated Hitters Brian Mundell, Cal Poly
Chris Lewis, Sacramento State
Jarrard Poteete, Texas Tech
Joe Purritano, Dartmouth
Landon Lassiter, North Carolina
Paschal Petrongolo, Jacksonville State
R.J. Ybarra, Arizona State
Robby Nesovic, UC Santa Barbara
