Garrett Langrell Earns NCBWA Second Team All-America Honors

Omaha, Neb. -- Bluejay closer Garrett Langrell earned another impressive honor on Wednesday, June 11 as the Florida native was named to the 2025 National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Assocation (NCBWA) All-America Second Team.

Langrell closed his season at the Arkansas Regional last weekend. His impressive 2025 campaign saw the Creighton stopper make 26 appearances with 13 saves and a 7-2 mark. He tossed 52.1 innings with 57 strikeouts and just 11 walks, closing the season with a 3.61 ERA.

The 2025 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's 25th Division I All-America first, second and third teams, announced Wednesday, sport multiple competitors in the '25 NCAA World Series June 13-22/23, as well as the four finalists for the 2025 Dick Howser Trophy presented by The Game Headwear.

Arkansas shortstop Wehiwa Aloy, UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky, Tennessee pitching ace Liam Doyle, and Florida State shortstop Alex Lodise are the Howser Trophy finalists - all made the first or second teams. They are joined by first team starting pitchers with a combined record of 73-12 and microscopic earned run averages and a sterling first unit outfield with a combined 109 home runs and a whopping 405 composite RBI.

There are 17 different conferences and 16 conference championship squads represented among the '25 standouts. The three All-America squads are also made up of 16 conference players or co-players of the year, 12 conference pitchers of the year, five conference relief pitchers of the year, and nine Division I loop defensive player of the year.

All 84 student-athletes on the teams took their teams to the pinnacle of NCAA Championship competition this spring or helped them qualify for the NCAA World Series. There are 14 All-America stalwarts competing in the 78^th NCAA Division I World Series, and dozens of others played in NCAA Regionals or Super Regionals.

Previous NCBWA All-America teams from 2000-2024 have featured the likes of C Buster Posey and OF J.D. Drew of Florida State, C Adley Rutschman of Oregon State, LHP David Price, 3B Alex Gordon of Nebraska, SS-2B Rickie Weeks of Southern U., RHP Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State, and catcher Mike Zunino and RHP Ryan Singer of Florida, among others.

2024 National League Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes of LSU and the MLB Pittsburgh Pirates is one of the key members of the A-A units from among the previous 24 Dick Howser Trophy presented by The Game Headwear recipients to make first team NCBWA All-America since 2000 (no teams selected in 2020 due to COVID-19 abbreviated seasons). The current and previous teams also have included virtually every national leader in home runs and RBI, pitching victories and earned run average as well as youngsters with solid achievements in the classrooms and community service areas.

Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. For more information about the NCBWA, visit the association's official Web site, www.ncbwa.com.

The Howser Trophy was created in 1987 shortly after Howser's death. Previous winners of the Howser Trophy are Mike Fiore, OF, Miami (Fla.), 1987; Robin Ventura, 3B, Oklahoma State, 1988; Scott Bryant, 1B-P, Texas, 1989; Alex Fernandez, P, Miami-Dade Community College South, 1990; Frank Rodriguez, P, Howard College (Texas), 1991; Brooks Kieschnick, UT-P, Texas, 1992 and 1993; Jason Varitek, C, Georgia Tech, 1994; Todd Helton, 1B, Tennessee, 1995; Kris Benson, P, Clemson, 1996; J. D. Drew, OF, Florida State, 1997; Eddy Furniss, 1B, LSU, 1998; Jason Jennings, UT-P, Baylor, 1999; Mark Teixeira, 1B, Georgia Tech, 2000; Mark Prior, P, USC, 2001, Khalil Greene, SS, Clemson, 2002; Rickie Weeks, 2B, Southern U., 2003; Jered Weaver, P, Long Beach State, 2004; Alex Gordon, 3B, Nebraska, 2005; Brad Lincoln, P/DH, Houston, 2006; David Price, P, Vanderbilt, 2007; Buster Posey, C, Florida State, 2008; Stephen Strasburg, P, San Diego State, 2009; Anthony Rendon, 3B, Rice, 2010; Taylor Jungmann, P, Texas, 2011; Mike Zunino, C, Florida, 2012; Kris Bryant, 3B, San Diego, 2013; A.J. Reed, DH-P, Kentucky, 2014; Andrew Benintendi, OF, Arkansas, 2015; Seth Beer, OF, Clemson, 2016; Brendan McKay, DH-P, Louisville, 2017; Brady Singer, P, Florida, 2018; Adley Rutschman, C, Oregon State, 2019; No Award, COVID-19, 2020; Kevin Kopps, P, Arkansas, 2021; Ivan Melendez, 1B, Texas, 2022; Paul Skenes, P, LSU, 2023; and Charlie Condon, 3B-1B, Georgia.

For more information on the NCAA Division I All-America team, contact NCBWA Executive Associate Director Mike Montoro of West Virginia University at 304-293-2821.

Garrett Langrell Earns NCBWA Second Team All-America Honors

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