Jake Mangum took the Southeastern Conference by storm this past season and was justly honored as the Freshman of the Year after leading the league in hitting with a .427 batting average.
However, Mangum’s bat was not always so sizzling.
In fact, he was not even an every day player for Mississippi State in the beginning. Mangum was in the opening day lineup but struggled at the plate hitting only .111 through his first seven outings.
But things started to click by the end of March as he saw his average soar to .