Jackson Wells Receives All-Region Honors

GREENSBORO, N.C. – Little Rock sophomore Jackson Wells added to his growing list of honors for the 2023 season as the right-handed hurler was named to the 2023 ABCA/Rawlings All-South Region Second Team.
 
Wells, whose earned run average of 1.65 currently leads all of Division I, now lists Second Team All-Region next to Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year, First Team All-OVC and a two-time OVC Pitcher of the Week honoree. He also has received Second Team All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball.
 
A Rogers, Arkansas native, the 2023 campaign was the first in the Maroon and Silver for Wells. He led the OVC in ERA for almost the entirety of the season. He finished the year as the league leader in ERA (1.65), complete games (2), hits allowed per nine innings (7.06) and walks/hits per innings pitched [WHIP] (1.13). He also finished second in the OVC in games started (15) and wins (7).
 
Overall on the season, Wells finished with a 7-4 record while starting in all 15 games he appeared in. Over 93.0 innings pitched, the sophomore allowed only 27 runs (17 earned) on 73 hits with 32 walks while fanning 80 batters. He tallied two complete games and combined for three shutouts while tossing one on his own.
 
He is one of only four players from the Natural State to receive All-Region honors this year and one of five players from the Ohio Valley Conference to be recognized.
 
Wells becomes the first member of the Trojan Nine to receive All-Region honors since Riley Pittman was awarded first team honors in 2019. It marks the 12^th All-Region honor for a Little Rock ballplayer since 1999.
 
Entering the College World Series, Wells remains the nation's leader in ERA but LSU's Paul Skenes (1.77) ranks second in the nation while Wake Forest has Rhett Lowder (1.92) ranking fourth and Seth Keener (2.23) ranking 10^th as the Tigers and Deamon Deacons head to Omaha. Little Rock has had three players previously be named an NCAA statistical champion – Greg Taylor in 1996 (0.61 doubles per game), Casey Crume in 1999 (0.55 doubles per game) and Ryan Scott (.435 batting average) – but Wells has a chance to become the first to do so from the Capital City in a pitching category.

The 2023 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-Region Teams were announced in all eight regions Tuesday. The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America Committee.
 
The Chair of the ABCA NCAA Div. I All-America & Coach of the Year Committee is Tommy Raffo of Arkansas State. The committee also includes Dean Ehehalt (Monmouth), Brian Green (formerly at Washington State), Dan Heefner (Dallas Baptist), Jeff Mercer (Indiana), Brian O'Connor (Virginia), Jim Penders (UConn), and Butch Thompson (Auburn).
 
First Team All-Region selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America teams will be announced the morning of Friday, June 16 prior to the start of the 2023 NCAA Div. I College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska.
 
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NCAA Div. I South All-Region First Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Julian Brock	Jr.	Louisiana	LA
1B	Keylon Mack	Sr.	Grambling State	LA
2B	Gavin Dugas	Gr.	LSU	LA
3B	Tommy White	So.	LSU	LA
SS	Jacob Gonzalez	Jr.	Ole Miss	MS
OF	Dylan Crews	Jr.	LSU	LA
OF	Xane Washington	Sr.	Nicholls State	LA
OF	Kemp Alderman	Jr.	Ole Miss	MS
DH	Hunter Hines	So.	Mississippi State	MS
P	Hagen Smith	So.	Arkansas	AR
P	Paul Skenes	Jr.	LSU	LA
P	Grant Rogers	Jr.	McNeese State	LA
P	Tanner Hall	Jr.	Southern Miss	MS
RP	Ethan Bates	Jr.	Louisiana Tech	LA
RP	Justin Storm	Jr.	Southern Miss	MS
NCAA Div. I South All-Region Second Team
Pos.	Player	Cl.	School	State
C	Calvin Harris	Jr.	Ole Miss	MS
1B	Brandon Hager	Jr.	Arkansas State	AR
2B	Tyler Bischke	Jr.	New Orleans	LA
3B	Luke Mann	Sr.	Missouri	MO
SS	Dustin Dickerson	Jr.	Southern Miss	MS
OF	Jace Bohrofen	Jr.	Arkansas	AR
OF	Colton Ledbetter	Jr.	Mississippi State	MS
OF	Spencer Nivens	So.	Missouri State	MO
OF	Tristan Moore	Jr.	New Orleans	LA
DH	Slade Wilks	Jr.	Southern Miss	MS
P	Jackson Wells	So.	Little Rock	AR
P	Ty Floyd	Jr.	LSU	LA
P	Jacob Mayers	Fr.	Nicholls State	LA
RP	Cooper Rawls	Sr.	Louisiana	LA

 
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