News digest, July 8

Honors

Baseball America freshman all-American
* First team: P - Aidan Knaak, Clemson.
BA frosh

D1Baseball SEC Extra all-SEC
* First team: C - Cole Messina, South Carolina.
* Second team: SS - David Mershon, Mississippi State (Eastside High); OF - Ryan Waldschmidt, Kentucky (Charleston Southern transfer).
* Biggest pest: David Mershon, Mississippi State.

* Unsung hero: Trey Pooser, Kentucky (College of Charleston transfer).
SEC Extra

Commitments

* Dale Francis Jr., 1B/OF, R-Jr., Erskine, to Gardner-Webb.

* Carter Harrington, RHP, Flora HS, to College of Charleston, 2025.
* J.T. Popick, IF, R-Fr., USC Sumter, to Tennessee Martin.

* Tait Reynolds, OF, Queen Creek HS, Ariz, to Clemson, 2025.