Culpepper named to D1Baseball All-American 2nd Team

K-State shortstop Kaelan Culpepper has been named to the D1Baseball All-American Second Team.

Culpepper becomes the first position player in school history to earn All-American status from the outlet, while he is the second Wildcat to be recognized in the Pete Hughes era.

Culpepper finished fifth in the Big 12 during the regular season in RBI, sixth in hits and led the conference in triples. With his 11 homers this year, he jumped to 10th all-time in school history, finishing with 26 during his career.

Culpepper also performed in the postseason, finishing with a .474 batting average, a .522 on-base percentage and a 1.053 slugging percentage with three doubles, one triple and two homers with 10 RBIs during the Cats run to the Super Regional.

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