FAYETTEVILLE University of Arkansas freshmen Hagen Smith and Brady Tygart have been invited to the training camp for the USA Baseball Collegiate National team, which will get underway in Cary, N.C. this week.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Third-year sophomore pitchers Parker Messick and Bryce Hubbart earned a pair of preseason All-America honors Monday. Messick, from Plant City, Florida, earned first-team recognition from D1Baseball and second-team from Baseball America, while Hubbart, from Windermere, Florida, joined Messick on the second team from Baseball America and third team from D1Baseball.
Messick led FSU with 126 strikeouts over 90.0 innings in 2021, compiling an 8-2 record and earning Atlantic Coast Conference Pitcher and Freshman of the Year honors. He won his final eight decisions of the year and had 13 outings, including 11 straight, with at least 5.0 innings pitched and two or fewer earned runs allowed.
Hubbart finished 6-5 with a 3.80 earned run average in 2021, striking out 94 batters in 71.1 innings. Over the summer, Hubbart was named an all-star in the Cape Cod Baseball League while competing against the top collegiate talent in the country.
Messick spent his summer pitc