Brady Tygart and Hagen Smith performed extremely well as freshmen pitchers this season. Their first season on the Hill together gave Arkansas their 25th and 26th freshmen all-American’s this season with the honors coming from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper.
Smith and Tygart are the first freshmen to be named All-American’s since Connor Noland after the 2019 season.
Smith has made 17 appearances so far this season with 14 starts on the mound. He pitched his way to a 6-2 record with a 4.89 ERA in 70 innings. The lefty has struck out 79 while limiting opposing hitters to a .