Groff Named to the ABCA South All-Region First Team

NEW ORLEANS – Tulane University right fielder Ethan Groff was named to the American Baseball Coaches Association South All-Region First Team on Wednesday after posting a breakout 2022 campaign for the Green Wave.

ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-America Teams will be announced Friday morning, prior to the start of the 2022 NCAA Division I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

Listed below is a complete listing of both the first and second ABCA South All-Region Team.

2022 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I South All-Region Teams
NCAA Div. I South All-Region First Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Andrew Keck	Jr.	Southeast Missouri State	MO
C	Drake Baldwin	Jr.	Missouri State	MO
1B	Carson Roccaforte	So.	Louisiana	LA
1B	Tim Elko	Sr.	Ole Miss	MS
2B	RJ Yeager	Gr.	Mississippi State	MS
3B	Jacob Berry	So.	LSU	LA
SS	Taylor Young	Sr.	Louisiana Tech	LA
OF	Dylan Crews	So.	LSU	LA
OF	Ethan Groff	So.	Tulane	LA
OF	Steele Netterville	Sr.	Louisiana Tech	LA
DH	Hunter Hines	Fr.	Mississippi State	MS
P	Tanner Hall	So.	Southern Miss	MS
P	Shemar Page	Gr.	Grambling State	LA
P	Hurston Waldrep	So.	Southern Miss	LA
P	Tyler Cleveland	So.	Central Arkansas	AR
RP	Cameron Foster	Sr.	McNeese State	LA

NCAA Div. I South All-Region Second Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	John Garcia	So.	Grambling State	LA
1B	Preston Faulkner	Sr.	Southeastern Louisiana	LA
2B	Brad Burckel	Jr.	McNeese State	LA
2B	Amani Larry	So.	New Orleans	LA
3B	Cayden Wallace	So.	Arkansas	AR
SS	Tyler Wilber	Sr.	Southeast Missouri State	MO
OF	Mason Holt	Sr.	Louisiana Monroe	LA
OF	Cole McConnell	So.	Louisiana Tech	LA
OF	Payton Harden	Jr.	McNeese State	LA
DH	Brayden Jobert	So.	LSU	LA
P	Hunter Riggins	Gr.	Southern Miss	MS
P	Ma'Khail Hilliard	Sr.	LSU	LA
P	Jonathan Fincher	Jr.	Louisiana Tech	LA
RP	Kyle Crigger	Sr.	Louisiana Tech	LA

Tulane's 2022 offensive leader made 39 starts in his 41 appearances. He finished the year with a .404 batting average, marking a .212 improvement from the 2021 season. The sophomore tabbed a .709 slugging percentage, collecting 35 RBI with nine home runs and a league-leading 15 doubles. In the field, he collected 72 putouts with only a single error on the season. He had a team-leading 17 multi-hit games, including five hits in Tulane's 23-1 victory at Southeastern on March 1. Groff reached base in 38 games in 2022 before being sidelined for the rest of the season after an injury in late April.

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