Ole Miss' Jacob Gonzalez and Hunter Elliott earn second preseason All-American honor

The college baseball season is a little over a month away and defending national champion Ole Miss is continuing to get the preseason praise and accolades ahead of its 2023 campaign.

On Thursday Perfect Game announced its list of preseason All-Americans which included Ole Miss shortstop Jacob Gonzalez and pitcher Hunter Elliott. Gonzalez was named First Team shortstop and Elliott named a Second Team pitcher.

It is the second time in as many months the Rebel duo garnered All-American accolades.

Gonzalez started every game of the 2022 season at shortstop for the Rebels while leading Ole Miss in runs scored (73) and walks (50). He also finished second on the team in RBI (52), total bases (135), and home runs (18). The junior hit .273 with an OPS of .963 and a slugging percentage of .558 while leading the Rebels to their first National Championship in program history.

The junior shortstop put together a phenomenal postseason, scoring at least one run in every game of both the Coral Gables Regional and the Hattiesburg Super Regional. He also went 3-for-4 with a solo home run that sparked the scoring for the Rebels in the National Title clinching game against Oklahoma in the College World Series Final.

Gonzalez has also been named the No. 3 MLB prospect in all of college baseball by D1Baseball and the No. 5 2023 MLB Draft prospect by MLB Pipeline heading into the 2023 season.

Related: Ole Miss’ Jacob Gonzalez and Hunter Elliott named preseason All-Americans by Collegiate Baseball

Elliott was one of the best freshmen in the country in 2022, earning Freshman All-America honors from Collegiate Baseball News, Perfect Game, and D1Baseball. He was also named to the All-SEC Freshman Team and the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team at the end of the season. Elliott finished third in the SEC in ERA with a 2.70 and was sixth in the conference in total strikeouts with 102 in his first season.

On Wednesday Perfect Game released its Preseason Top 25 and Ole Miss found itself inside the Top 10.

The Rebels were slotted at No. 6 behind LSU, Tennessee, Stanford, Arkansas and Wake Forest. Ole Miss was one of eight Southeastern Conference teams named to Perfect Game’s Top 25.

Ole Miss begins its 2023 season on Feb. 17, hosting Delaware for an season-opening weekend series.

The full Perfect Game Preseason All-American list and Preseason Top 25 can be seen below:

FIRST TEAM

• C – Michael Carico (Davidson)
• 1B – Nolan Schanuel (Florida Atlantic)
• 2B – Tommy Troy (Stanford)
• 3B – Jake Gelof (Virginia)
• SS – Jacob Gonzalez (Ole Miss)
• IF – Jacob Wilson (Grand Canyon)
• OF – Dylan Crews (LSU)
• OF – Vance Honeycutt (North Carolina)
• OF – Wyatt Langford (Florida)
• DH – Tommy White (LSU)
• UT – Paul Skenes (LSU)
• SP – Chase Burns (Tennessee)
• SP – Chase Dollander (Tennessee)
• SP – Tanner Hall (Southern Mississippi)
• SP – Rhett Lowder (Wake Forest)
• SP – Jason Savacool (Maryland)
• RP – Quinn Matthews (Stanford)
• RP – Andrew Walters (Miami)

SECOND TEAM

• C – Luke Shliger (Maryland)
• 1B – Nick Kurtz (Wake Forest)
• 2B – Travis Bazzana (Oregon State)
• 3B – Brayden Taylor (TCU)
• SS – Matt Shaw (Maryland)
• IF – Carter Graham (Stanford)
• OF – Erique Bradfield, Jr. (Vanderbilt)
• OF – Chase Davis (Arizona)
• OF – Jack Hurley (Virginia Tech)
• DH – Brock Wilken (Wake Forest)
• UT – Braden Montgomery (Stanford)
• SP – Drew Beam (Tennessee)
• SP – Hunter Elliott (Ole Miss)
• SP – Cade Kuehler (Campbell)
• SP – Will Sanders (South Carolina)
• SP – Hurston Waldrep (Florida)
• RP – Wyatt Crowell (Florida State)
• RP – Alonzo Tredwell (UCLA)
• UT – Braden Montgomery (Stanford)

THIRD TEAM

• C – Cooper Ingle (Clemson)
• 1B – Tre’ Morgan (LSU)
• 2B – Charles McAdoo (San Jose State)
• 3B – Yohandy Morales (Miami)
• SS – Maui Ahuna (Tennessee)
• IF – Carson DeMartini (Virginia Tech)
• OF – Travis Honeyman (Boston College)
• OF – Ryan Lasko (Rutgers)
• OF – Colton Ledbetter (Mississippi State)
• DH – LuJames Groover III (North Carolina State)
• UT – Nolan McLean (Oklahoma State)
• SP – Drue Hackenberg (Virginia Tech)
• SP – Carter Holton (Vanderbilt)
• SP – Teddy McGraw (Wake Forest)
• SP – Hagen Smith (Arkansas)
• SP – Juaron Watts-Brown (Oklahoma State)
• SP – Levi Wells (Texas State)
• RP – Camden Minacci (Wake Forest)
• RP – William Privette (College of Charleston)
• UT – Nolan McLean (Oklahoma State)

PRESEASON TOP 25

1. LSU
2. Tennessee
3. Stanford
4. Arkansas
5. Wake Forest
6. Ole Miss
7. Louisville
8. Florida
9. Miami
10. Texas A&M
11. Vanderbilt
12. UCLA
13. North Carolina
14. TCU
15. Virginia Tech
16. Texas Tech
17. Auburn
18. Oklahoma State
19. Virginia
20. Oregon
21. North Carolina State
22. Maryland
23. Oregon State
24. Texas
25. Southern Mississippi