ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
CoSIDA ACADEMIC ALL-AMERICANS
1990: Burke Masters
Year Pos.-Player (honor)
1971 1979 1984 1989 1989 1989 1990 1990 1991 1991 1992 1994 1997 1997 1997 1998 1998 1998 2000 2010 2010 2012
OF-Ted Milton (CoSIDA, 2nd team) OF-Bob Kocol (CoSIDA) OF-Dan Van Cleve (CoSIDA) OF-Jody Hurst (GTE-CoSIDA, 3rd team) 2B-Burke Masters (GTE-CoSIDA) 1B-Tommy Raffo (GTE-CoSIDA) 3B-Burke Masters (GTE-CoSIDA) 1B-Tommy Raffo (GTE-CoSIDA) 3B-Chuck Daniel (GTE-CoSIDA, 2nd team) OF-Joey Hamilton (GTE-CoSIDA, 2nd team) 3B/P-Chuck Daniel (GTE-CoSIDA, 3rd team) P-Gary Rath (GTE-CoSIDA, 2nd team) P-Jeremy Jackson (GTE-CoSIDA) 3B-Adam Piatt (GTE-CoSIDA, 3rd team) 1B-Richard Lee (GTE-CoSIDA, 3rd team) P-Jeremy Jackson (GTE-CoSIDA) P-Van Johnson (GTE-CoSIDA, 2nd team) 1B-Richard Lee (GTE-CoSIDA, 3rd team) DH-Ty Martin (GTE-CoSIDA, 3rd team) P-Greg Houston (ESPN, 3rd team) INF-Russ Sneed (ESPN, 3rd team) P-Chris Stratton (Capital One, 2nd team)
In 2012, junior pitcher Chris Stratton was named by the College Sports Information Directors of Anerica (CoSIDA) to the Capital One Academic All-America second team. He becomes the 17th different Mississippi State baseball player accorded academic all-America team honors. Since 1971, MSU has been represented 22 times on CoSIDA’s honor teams on a list that includes two-time honorees second baseman Burke Masters (198990), first baseman Tommy Raffo (198990), third baseman Chuck Daniel (199192), pitcher Jeremy Jackson (1997-98) and infielder Richard Lee (1997-98). Two of those two-time honorees were also named H. Boyd McWhorter SEC ScholarAthletes of the Year, Burke Masters in 1990 and Jeremy Jackson in 1998.
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SEC SCHOLAR-ATHLETE OF THE YEAR
1998: Jeremy Jackson The Newsom Award was begun in 1990 by retired MSU professor and State’s former NCAA Athletic Faculty Representative Walt Newsom. Named in memory of his parents, Carroll and Francis Newsom, the award annually honors the scholastic achievement of a Mississippi State athlete in each MSU sport as well as overall male and female winners. Chuck Daniel and Jeremy Jackson were selected as the overall Newsom Award recipients in 1992 and 1998.
1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001
Chuck Daniel Chuck Daniel (overall winner) Drew Williams Drew Williams Scott Tribolet Jeremy Jackson Adam Piatt Jeremy Jackson (overall winner) Brian Wiese Travis Chapman Joey Collums
2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Joey Collums Joey Collums Saunders Ramsey Michael Rutledge Brad Jones Justin Pigott Justin Pigott Grant Hogue Russ Sneed Ryan Collins Caleb Reed