Mississippi State’s Noah Sullivan was selected as the Division I Baseball Academic All-American of the Year by College Sports Communicators on Tuesday.
Sullivan is the first player in program history to be named an Academic All-American of the Year and the 20th Diamond Dawg to be named to the CSC Academic All-All America Team. MSU players have been tabbed Academic All-America 25 times total with first teamer R.J. Yeager being the last in 2022.
Sullivan posted a perfect 4.0 grade point average as a graduate student majoring in workforce education leadership. He is one of only three players from the Southeastern Conference selected to the CSC Academic All-America first team.
On the field, the junior from Orlando, Florida was the only Bulldog to start in all 59 games as a designated hitter and pitcher. Sullivan was second on the team hitting .345 with 70 hits, 16 doubles, 15 home runs and 46 RBIs. He also ranked third in the SEC with a .475 on-base percentage and reached base in 33 consecutive games during one stretch of the season.
The 6-foot-1, 225-pound right-hander also drew seven midweek starts on the mound where he posted a 1.96 earned run average with 15 strikeouts in 18 1/3 innings of work but did not factor into a decision.
In addition to his academic accolades, Sullivan also garnered first team All-America honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and a third team All-American by Baseball America. He also earned second team All-Region honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association.
