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TUCSON, Ariz. – Collegiate Baseball announced its Freshmen All-American team, powered by Diamond Sports, on Wednesday and Navy’s Landon Kruer (Sellersburg, Ind.) was selected to the list. With his selection, Kruer is the fourth Midshipmen in the last five years to be named Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American, joining Jared Leins (2018), Zach Stevens (2019), and Alex Smith (2020).
In his rookie campaign, Kruer appeared in 16 games out of the bullpen as Navy’s closer. He posted a 2-1 record with a 1.89 ERA and a Patriot League best seven saves. The rookie tallied 17 strikeouts and yielded just a .182 batting average against over 19 innings pitched. Kruer did not allow a hit in eight of his 16 appearances. He earned a two-inning save against Bucknell (3/20), during which he held the Bison hitless and struck out a season-high three batters.
His seven saves tied for the fifth most for a single season in team history, while ending 2022 tied for eighth on the Mids’ career saves list.
The 2022 Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American team, powered by Diamond Sports, featured a wealth of baseball talent, headed by National Co-Freshmen Players of the Year in Tommy White (NC State) and Chase Burns (Tennessee).
2022 Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American Team
Starting Pitchers
Chase Burns (Tennessee)
Ryan Feczko (Davidson)
Drue Hackenberg (Virginia Tech.)
Ryan Gallagher (UC Santa Barbara)
Jacob Kmatz (Oregon State)
Blake Morgan (Old Dominion)
Devin Futrell (Vanderbilt)
Carter Holton (Vanderbilt)
Daniel Avita (Grand Canyon)
Drew Beam (Tennessee)
Ian Cooke (UConn)
Landon Gartman (Memphis)
Shea Sprague (Elon)
Garrett Horn (Liberty)
RJ Sales (UNC Wilmington)
Vincent Spizzoucco (Central Connecticut State)
Zach Garcia (Texas A&M-Corpus Christi)
Hagen Smith (Arkansas)
Jack Findlay (Notre Dame)
Relief Pitchers/Closers
Alonzo Tredwell (UCLA)
Ethan Flanagan (UCLA)
Ryan Brown (Oregon State)
Dylan Ray (Alabama)
Landon Kruer (Navy)
Peyton Consigli (Canisius)
Carter Lovasz (William & Mary)
Brady Tygart (Arkansas)
Matt Ager (UC Santa Barbara)
Andrew Ronne (East Tennessee State)
Blake Purnell (Florida)
Brody Brecht (Iowa)
Ryan Harland (Louisiana Tech)
Cade Austin (South Carolina)
Matt McShane (Saint Joseph’s)
Dominic Stagliano (Stetson)
Jay Wollfolk (Virginia)
Ryan Brown (Ball State)
Catchers
Owen Carapellotti (Georgetown)
Ryan Stafford (Cal Poly)
Hudson White (Texas Tech)
Canyon Brown (North Carolina A&T)
Andrew Sundean (UCF)
First Basemen
Donovan Cash (Kennesaw State)
Jacob Walsh (Oregon)
Nick Kurtz (Wake Forest)
Brock Tibbitts (Indiana)
Breck Nowik (Illinois-Chicago)
Blake Burke (Tennessee)
Second Basemen
Ethan Gourson (UCLA)
Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)
Nolan Tucker (Valparaiso)
Logan Beard (Louisville)
Third Basemen
Josh Pyne (Indiana)
Nick Wang (Holy Cross)
Anthony DePino (Rhode Island)
Randall Diaz (Indiana State)
Cade McGee (Gonzaga)
Payton Green (NC State)
Luke Heefner (Dallas Baptist)
Carson DeMartini (Virginia Tech)
Shortstops
Cody Schrier (UCLA)
Caleb Ketchup (Lipscomb)
Austin St. Laurent (Appalachian State)
Nick Rodriguez (Charleston Southern)
Outfielders
Keaton Anthony (Iowa)
Dylan Nevar (Western Michigan)
Vance Honeycutt (North Carolina)
Cam Fisher (Charlotte)
Tommy Barth (East Tennessee State)
Hunter Hines (Mississippi State)
Kennedy Jones (UNC Greensboro)
Carson Paetow (Southern Miss)
Carter Mathison (Indiana)
Enzo Apodaca (Gonzaga)
Jaime Ferrer (Florida State)
Casey Saucke (Virginia)
Spencer Nivens (Missouri State)
Mark Wolbert (UC Davis)
Tyler Sorrentino (College of Charleston)
Designated Hitters
Tommy White (NC State)
Evin Sullivan (Binghamton)
Caleb Lomavita (Cal)
Jeremiah Jenkins (Maine)
Jacob Tobias (Arizona State)
Multiple Positions
Braden Montgomery (Stanford)
Noah Sullivan (USC Upstate)
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