Slade Wilks Named CSC First-Team Academic All-American

HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Earlier this summer, Slade Wilks picked up All-America honors for his play in the field. Those honors have now been extended to his accomplishments in the classroom as the Golden Eagle today also earned first-team 2024 Academic All-America® as selected by College Sports Communicators.

Wilks paced the Golden Eagles offense this past spring with a .336 average to go along with a team-high tying 20 doubles, a triple, as well as 14 home runs and 69 RBI, both team bests. He finished his career with a 36-game hitting streak, which ranks No. 2 in the school's history.

The Columbia, Miss., native also collected a 3.571 grade point average in business administration.

This is the second time Wilks has earned this Academic All-American honor, earning third team accolades a year ago. He is the first Southern Miss player to earn this award in back-to-back years since Nick Sandlin (2017-18) and the first Golden Eagle to earn first-team honors since Sandlin did it during his 2018 season.

He now becomes the eighth Golden Eagle to earn first team honors, with the others including Mark Carson (1991), Derek Reams (1994-95), Jeremy Schied (1998), Patrick Ezell (2007), Trey Sutton (2007), Marc Bourgeois (2011) and Sandlin (2018).

Wilks also earned third-team All-America for his play this spring by both the ABCA/Rawlings and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

Here is a look at the three Division I teams that were awarded by the CSC.

FIRST TEAM	Name	School	GPA	Yr.	Major
C	Ryan Campos (3)	Arizona State University	3.75	Jr.	Liberal Studies
DH	Slade Wilks (3)	University of Southern Mississippi	3.57	Sr.	Business Administration
IF	Travis Bazzana (3)	Oregon State University	3.58	Jr.	Psychology
IF	Jac Caglianone	University of Florida	3.64	Jr.	History
IF	Carter Cunningham	East Carolina University	3.87	Sr.	Business Administration
IF	Jon Jon Gazdar	Austin Peay State University	4.00	Jr.	General Studies
OF	James Tibbs	Florida State University	3.53	Jr.	Political Science
OF	Lyle Miller-Green	Austin Peay State University	3.61/4.00	Sr.	General Studies (U)/Leadership (G)
OF	Vance Honeycutt	University of North Carolina	3.54	Jr.	Communication
P	Trey Yesavage	East Carolina University	3.51	Jr.	Communication
P	Jesse Barker (1)	University of Central Arkansas	4.00	Gr.	General Science

SECOND TEAM	Name	School	GPA	Yr.	Major
C	Jake Holland	University of New Mexico	4.00	Sr.	Business Administration
DH	Burke Camper	Utah Valley University	3.97	Sr.	Exercise Science & Outdoor Recreation
IF	Owen Cobb (2)	Stanford University	3.87/3.66	Gr.	Management Science & Engineering
IF	Lucas Loos	Eastern Illinois University	4.00	Sr.	Exercise Science
IF	Wyatt Henseler	University of Pennsylvania	3.88	Sr.	Political Science
IF	Mitchell Daly	University of Kentucky	3.50/3.90	Gr.	Communication
OF	Tyler Fogarty	Saint Louis University	3.92	Gr.	Business Administration (G)
OF	Nolan Schubart	Oklahoma State University	3.9	So.	Marketing
OF	Dylan Nevar	Western Michigan University	3.91	Jr.	Electrical Engineering
P	Charlie Beilenson	Duke University	3.6/3.63	Gr.	MBA (G)
P	Brett Sears	University of Nebraska	3.65	Sr.	Child, Youth & Family Studies

THIRD TEAM	Name	School	GPA	Yr.	Major
C	Cole Messina	University of South Carolina	3.6	Jr.	Criminology and Criminal Justice
DH	Easton Carmichael	University of Oklahoma	3.57	So.	Sports Business
IF	Dillon Kark	Michigan State University	3.92	Sr.	Strategic Communication
IF	Trace Willhoite	Lipscomb University	4.00/4.00	Gr.	Business
IF	Sean Keys	Bucknell University	3.55	Jr.	Mechanical Engineering
IF	Emilien Pitre	University of Kentucky	3.56	Jr.	Management
OF	Joel Dragoo	Presbyterian College	3.68	Jr.	Business Management & Marketing
OF	Zack Kovalchik	Sacred Heart University	3.98	Jr.	Biology
OF	Gavin Turley	Oregon State University	3.56	So.	University Exploratory Studies
P	Nick Brink	University of Portland	3.95	Jr.	Computer Science
P	Bridger Holmes	Oregon State University	3.84	Jr.	History

College Sports Communicators Academic All-America® Team Member of the Year: Jac Caglianone, University of Florida

(1) - 1st team Academic All-America® in 2023
(2) - 2nd team Academic All-America® in 2023
(3) - 3rd team Academic All-America® in 2023

Slade Wilks Named CSC First-Team Academic All-American

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