Middleton, Monistere Earn Third-Team All-America Honors by Baseball America
6/23/2025 10:23:00 AM | Baseball
HATTIESBURG, Miss. – Southern Miss starting pitcher JB Middleton (Yazoo City, Miss.) and second baseman Nick Monistere (Brandon, Miss.) were each recently named third team All-American by Baseball America.
For Middleton, the 2025 Ferriss Trophy winner for top collegiate baseball player in the state of Mississippi, he earned his fourth All-America honor, garnering a first team spot by both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Perfect Game, while also being named second team by ABCA/Rawlings.
Middleton finished the spring campaign with a 10-1 record and a 2.31 ERA. He also fanned 122 and walked just 25 in 105 1/3 innings, while only allowing 65 hits. He ranked No. 2 in the final national rankings in WHIP (0.85), fifth in hits allowed per nine innings (5.55), seventh in strikeouts, ninth in ERA and No. 11 in wins.
Monistere, the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, got recognized with his second All-American acknowledgment after also earned first team honors earlier this month by the NCBWA.
The Golden Eagle second baseman finished with a .323 average with 21 home runs and 72 RBI, leading both his team and Sun Belt Conference in both homer and RBI categories. His season home run total tied him for ninth on the school chart and his RBI total is the most by a Golden Eagle in a season since Reed Trimble collected that many during the 2021 campaign. He also finished ranked No. 15 nationally in home runs.
The pair became the first choices by the publication since Tanner Hall collected first team honors in 2023. It also marked the first time since 2018 that a pair of Golden Eagle selections were made in the same year. In 2018, the picks included first-teamer Nick Sandlin and Luke Reynolds at third team.
For Middleton, the 2025 Ferriss Trophy winner for top collegiate baseball player in the state of Mississippi, he earned his fourth All-America honor, garnering a first team spot by both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and Perfect Game, while also being named second team by ABCA/Rawlings.
Middleton finished the spring campaign with a 10-1 record and a 2.31 ERA. He also fanned 122 and walked just 25 in 105 1/3 innings, while only allowing 65 hits. He ranked No. 2 in the final national rankings in WHIP (0.85), fifth in hits allowed per nine innings (5.55), seventh in strikeouts, ninth in ERA and No. 11 in wins.
Monistere, the 2025 Sun Belt Conference Player of the Year, got recognized with his second All-American acknowledgment after also earned first team honors earlier this month by the NCBWA.
The Golden Eagle second baseman finished with a .323 average with 21 home runs and 72 RBI, leading both his team and Sun Belt Conference in both homer and RBI categories. His season home run total tied him for ninth on the school chart and his RBI total is the most by a Golden Eagle in a season since Reed Trimble collected that many during the 2021 campaign. He also finished ranked No. 15 nationally in home runs.
The pair became the first choices by the publication since Tanner Hall collected first team honors in 2023. It also marked the first time since 2018 that a pair of Golden Eagle selections were made in the same year. In 2018, the picks included first-teamer Nick Sandlin and Luke Reynolds at third team.
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