BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—Samford freshman Austin Edens was named first team Freshman All-American by Baseball America, when the publication released its postseason teams Monday afternoon.
 
This marks the third Freshman All-America team Edens has been named to since the conclusion of the 2015 season. He was also named Freshman All-American by both Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
 
In addition to the Freshman All-America honors, Edens was named the Southern Conference's Freshman of the Year, and he was named to the league's All-SoCon team. Additionally, Edens was named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region team earlier this month.
 
Edens led Samford and ranked third in the Southern Conference with a .357 batting average, and he led the squad and ranked second in the league in slugging percentage at .662. He was also the team leader and ranked fourth in the league in on-base percentage at .442.
 
Edens also ranked in the top 10 in the SoCon in home runs (T-2^nd, 16), total bases (3^rd, 141), doubles (T-6^th, 17), walks (T-7^th, 30) and runs batted in (9^th, 54). Throughout the season, Edens produced 22 multi-hit games and 15 multi-RBI games.
 
During his freshman season, Edens helped lead Samford to a second-place finish in the SoCon standings with a 14-10 league mark. The team posted an overall record of 32-26 and reached the finals of the SoCon Tournament for the fourth time in the last five years.
 
Edens was the only Southern Conference player named to the team. He was also the only player from a team in the state of Alabama to receive the honor.
 
FIRST TEAM
C: J.J. Schwarz, Florida
1B: Austin Edens, Samford
2B: Kyle Davis, West Virginia
3B: Jake Burger, Missouri State
SS: Jacob Bivens, Michigan
OF: Keston Hiura, UC Irvine
OF: Jeren Kendall, Vanderbilt
OF: Reed Rohlman, Clemson
DH: K.J. Harrison, Oregon State
UT: Brendan McKay, Louisville
SP: Brian Brown, North Carolina State
SP: Alex Lange, Louisiana State
SP: Chris Mathewson, Long Beach State
SP: Seth Romero, Houston
RP: Kyle Wright, Vanderbilt
 
SECOND TEAM
C: Matt Whatley, Oral Roberts
1B: Kel Johnson, Georgia Tech
2B: Dalton Guthrie, Florida
3B: Will Toffey, Vanderbilt
SS: Zach Rutherford, Old Dominion
OF: Stuart Fairchild, Wake Forest
OF: Pavin Smith, Virginia
OF: Cal Stevenson, Nevada
DH: Connor Wanhanen, Texas Christian
UT: Sean Watkins, Loyola Marymount
SP: Michael Baumann, Jacksonville
SP: Griffin Canning, UCLA
SP: Tanner Houck, Missouri
SP: Drew Rasmussen, Oregon State
RP: Lincoln Henzman, Louisville