NORFOLK, Va. – Old Dominion University baseball second baseman Carter Trice was named a first-team Freshman All-America by Perfect Game/Rawlings. The honor is one of many that have come in for Trice this postseason. Trice was named a Freshman All-American by the NCBWA and Collegiate Baseball and earned second-team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball.
Trice led the Monarchs this season in batting average at a .355 clip, and he also led the club in hits with 83, doubles with 17, and in total bases with 148.
A native of Mechanicsville, Virginia, Trice was among the top freshman in the nation in multiple offensive categories. Trice is currently fifth among the nation's freshman in total bases (148), tied for sixth in hits (83), tied for seventh in runs (57) tied for 10th in homers (14), tied for 11th in doubles (17) and is tied for 13th in RBIs (57).
Trice, the C-USA Freshman of the Year, started and played in 58 games this season. The freshman second baseman notched a hit in his first eight games as a Monarch and put together a pair of double-digit hitting streaks during the year. The first was a season-high 14-game hitting streak, followed by a 11-game hitting streak a month later. He had 24 multi-hit games on the year, including six three-hit games, and a career-best five hits, two homers and seven RBIs in a win at Marshall.
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Carter Trice Named First-Team Freshman All-American by Perfect Game
