Evan White Tabbed Preseason All-America

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky junior first baseman Evan White has been named Second Team Preseason All-America by Collegiate Baseball, it was announced Monday.

White, from Gahanna, Ohio, is coming off a stellar 2016 season where he earned Second Team All-Southeastern Conference honors. The 6-foot-3, 195-pounder’s defensive prowess earned him a Rawlings Gold Glove in 2016 and All-SEC Defensive Team honors for the second consecutive season. As a freshman in 2015, White earned Freshman All-SEC honors.

In 2016, he led the team in average (.376), at bats (226), hits (85), runs (44), doubles (15), triples (3), runs batted in (40), total bases (121) and stolen bases (10). White’s career .348 batting average ranks No. 7 on UK’s all-time list (min. 300 at bats). White’s .376 batting average in 2016 ranks him tied with Terry Shumpert (1987) for the 11th highest single-season mark in school history and his 85 hits rank him 11th on the single-season hits list.

White spent the summer playing for the United States Collegiate National Team, which traveled to Cuba, Japan and Taiwan. White was the team’s primary first baseman, starting 15 of 19 games and hitting .250 with eight runs scored. 

The Wildcats open the 2017 season on Feb. 17 at North Carolina. 

Kentucky Preseason All-America Selections (since 1999):

1999 – John Wilson, C (Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball)

2007 – Collin Cowgill, OF (Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA)

2007 – Sean Coughlin, C (Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA)

2007 – Greg Dombrowski, RHP (NCBWA)

2010 – Chris Bisson, 2B (Baseball America)

2013 – Austin Cousino, OF (Baseball America, Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA)

2013 – Corey Littrell, LHP (Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA)

2013 – AJ Reed, UT/LHP (NCBWA)

2014 – AJ Reed, UT/LHP (Baseball America, Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball, Perfect Game)

2014 – Austin Cousino, OF (Baseball America)

2015 – Kyle Cody, RHP (Baseball America, Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball)

2016 – JaVon Shelby, 3B (Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball)

2017 – Evan White, 1B (Collegiate Baseball)