MOREHEAD, Ky. — Morehead State senior catcher Chris Robinson has been named a Second-Team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings. It is the third All-America team Robinson has been named to this season.
The 2015 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year, Robinson is a Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball First-Team All-American and a Second-Team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writer’s Association.
Robinson helped guide the Eagles to the OVC Tournament Championship, the program’s first since 1993, and MSU’s first NCAA Regional appearance since 1983. He ranks second nationally in hits (99) and runs (78), third in total bases (161), sixth in RBI (69) and doubles (25) and eighth in batting average (.402). Robinson paced the OVC in batting average, hits, runs and total bases, while ranking third in doubles and RBI.
Robinson established the school single-season record for hits and also owned a .654 slugging percentage and a .472 on-base mark. Robinson drove in five runs in a game twice this season and was 5-for-5 with four runs and four RBI in a victory over SIUE. He also hit for the “cycle” against Murray State. He led the OVC with 20 multi-RBI games this season and was second in the league with 28 multi-hit contests.
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