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Bates, Wells Tabbed 2021 ABCA/Rawlings All-Americans

RUSTON, La. – In their final years as Louisiana Tech Bulldogs, longtime teammates Parker Bates and Hunter Wells earned 2021 ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors, as announced by the American Baseball Coaches Association on Saturday morning.
 
Bates, now an All-America honoree in back-to-back seasons, was named a Third Team All-American after leading Conference USA in on-base percentage (.471) while also leading the Bulldogs in RBI (62), triples (four) and HBPs (14). The Tyler, Texas native led the C-USA with a .406 batting average and a .523 on-base percentage in conference play.
 
Wells, who has now earned three All-America honors in as many days, nets his second First Team All-America nod after leading Conference USA in batting average (.385), hits (101) and total bases (169). Wells set four records in his final season with the Bulldogs, including the career hits record and career triples record at Louisiana Tech.
 
LA Tech's two- and three-hole batters from the 2021 season combined to tally 57 multi-hit games and 30 multi-RBI games.
 
Bates now joins Wells and teammates Taylor Young and Jonathan Fincher to form the quartet of Bulldogs to earn All-America honors in 2021. Young was named a Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American on June 3, while Fincher was tabbed an NCBWA Third Team All-American on Wednesday.
 
The teams are voted on by members of the American Baseball Coaches Association and the process is led by the ABCA NCAA Division I All-America Committee, which is chaired by Tommy Raffo of Arkansas State University.
 
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Players Mentioned

Parker Bates

#2 Parker Bates

OF
6' 1"
Senior
4L
Jonathan Fincher

#47 Jonathan Fincher

LHP
6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
2L
Hunter Wells

#9 Hunter Wells

INF
5' 10"
Redshirt Senior
3L
Taylor Young

#8 Taylor Young

INF
5' 9"
Senior
3L

Players Mentioned

Parker Bates

#2 Parker Bates

6' 1"
Senior
4L
OF
Jonathan Fincher

#47 Jonathan Fincher

6' 3"
Redshirt Junior
2L
LHP
Hunter Wells

#9 Hunter Wells

5' 10"
Redshirt Senior
3L
INF
Taylor Young

#8 Taylor Young

5' 9"
Senior
3L
INF