Roccaforte Earns First-Team ABCA All-Region Honors

LAFAYETTE – Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns sophomore first baseman Carson Roccaforte was one of 16 players named as a first-team selection to the 2022 ABCA/Rawling NCAA Division I South All-Region Team, the organization announced on Wednesday.

The 2022 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I All-Region Teams are comprised of eight regions. The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Division I All-America Committee.

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 on Friday (June 17) prior to the start of the 2022 NCAA Division I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.

Roccaforte, as first-team All-Sun Belt Conference recipient, led Louisiana in 12 statistical categories on offense during the 2022 season including average (.374), home runs (16), RBI (68) and stolen bases (25). Roccaforte finished as the fourth-leading hitter in the Sun Belt Conference after averaging .392 during the regular season and .420 in Sun Belt Conference play.

The Port Neches, Texas native finished second in the SBC in hits (82), RBI (68) and stolen bases (25). He led Louisiana with 24 multiple-hit games during the regular season with eight games of three hits or greater.

Roccaforte had a season-high, 14-game hitting streak where he hit .433 at the plate with nine home runs and 23 RBI. He collected at least one hit in 26 of Louisiana's 30 SBC games and ended SBC play with a 15-game hitting streak.

He reached base safely in the final 32 games of the regular season and was perfect from the field in SBC play in 161 chances.

The finalists for the ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Gold Glove Team will be announced via the Rawlings Sporting Goods Twitter on Monday, June 20, and the Gold Glove winners in all divisions will be announced on Wednesday, June 22. In all divisions, ABCA/Rawlings National Pitchers and Position Players of the Year will be announced on Monday, June 27.

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NCAA Division 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 Division 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

Roccaforte Earns First-Team ABCA All-Region Honors

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