MONTGOMERY, Ala. | Below is a rewind of Alabama State Univeristy baseball's historic 2023 season. 

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2023 ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY HORNETS BASEBALL

• 41 Wins School Record
• 41-18 overall | 26-4 SWAC
• 1^st SWAC School to Win 40 games since 2002-03
• 5^th SWAC School Ever to win 40-plus games
• Ranked 1^st or 2^nd in 18 SWAC Categories
• 22^nd In NCAA in Winning Percentage .695
• Back-to-Back SWAC East Division Champions
• 6 SWAC East Division Titles in the last 8 Seasons
• 8 Hornets played in HBCU All-Star Game
  • Omar Melendez, Jamal George, Randy Flores, Ian Matos, Jayden Sloan, Luis Rodriguez, Ali Lapread and Corey King.
• 7 Players Invited to the HBCU Swingman Classic
  • Omar Melendez, Jamal George, Randy Flores, Ian Matos, Luis Rodriguez, Ali Lapread, and Corey King

 
JOSE VAZQUEZ – HEAD COACH
SWAC Coach of the Year
USA Collegiate National Team Coaching Staff
200^th Career win vs. Prairie View in SWAC Tournament
201 Career Wins
 
OFFENSIVE RANKINGS (SWAC/NCAA)

• Batting Average .332 (1^ST/2^ND)
• Scoring 8.5 (1^st/16^th)
• Doubles 137 (1^st/12^TH)
• Doubles/Game 2.32 (1^st/17^th)
• Hits 699 (1^st/2^nd)
• Home Runs 81 (1^st/62^nd)
• Home Runs/Game (1^st/72^nd) 1.37
• Sac-Flies 36 (1^st/12^th)
• Slugging Percentage .523 (1^st/20^th)

 
PITCHING RANKINGS (SWAC/NCAA)

• ERA 4.58 (1^ST/41^ST)
• Shutouts 4 (1^st/31^st)
• WHIP 1.48 (1^st/70^th)
• SO/Walk Ratio (2^nd/49^th)
• SO/9 inn. 9.1 (3^rd/68^th)

 
SWAC HONORS
 
OMAR MELENDEZ – LHP

• First Alabama State Player to be invited to play for the USA Collegiate Baseball Tea
• CBN Second-Team All-American
• ABCA First-Team All-Southeast Region
• SWAC Pitcher of the Year
• 4 time SWAC pitcher of the Week
• First-Team All-SWAC
• 12-0 record 1st SWAC/2^nd NCAA
• 2.52 ERA - 1^st SWAC/17^th NCAA
• 4 Complete Games -(1^st SWAC/3^rd NCAA)

 
JAMAL GEORGE - C

• CBN Freshman All-American
• SWAC Freshman of the Year
• Second-Team All-SWAC

 
RANDY FLORES – 2B

• First-Team All-SWAC
• 38 Stolen Bases (1^st SWAC/4^th NCAA)
• 15.2 Toughest to Strikeout (2^nd SWAC/10^th NCAA)

 
KYLER MCINTOSH - SS

• Second-Team All-SWAC 

 
IAN MATOS – CF

• Second-Team All-SWAC
• .355 Batting Average - 10^th SWAC)
• 20 Doubles - 1^st SWAC
• .34 Doubles/Game – 3^rd SWAC
• 78 Hits – 3^rd SWAC
• 66 Runs – 2^nd SWAC

The Best is Yet to Come! See You in 2024!