HATTIESBURG – Southern Miss right-handed starting pitcher Ben Ethridge received Freshman All-America honors Tuesday by Collegiate Baseball in an announcement by the publication.
Ethridge, from Collinsville, and West Lauderdale High School, posted a 3-0 record with a 2.29 earned run average to go along with a team-high 26 strikeouts and just five walks in 19 2/3 innings during the abbreviated season.
He made four appearances on the year, including two starts, as he won his final three outings of the year.
Ethridge collected a win in his first start against Valparaiso, limiting the Crusaders to two runs on seven hits with a walk and a team-high tying nine strikeouts over six innings. He followed that with a seven-inning stint, limiting Little Rock (3/7) to a run on seven hits with three walks and five strikeouts.
