DBU Baseball's Grant Jay was named a Freshman All-American by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on Wednesday. Jay, a utility player from Semmes, Alabama, was selected as an outfielder to Collegiate Baseball's Freshman All-America Team.

In Jay's freshman season, he hit .319 with a team-high 21 home runs while posting the third-highest slugging percentage (.755) in Conference USA. Jay also finished the year with 17 doubles, 142 total bases, and went 8-for-9 in the stolen base department.

In a historic rookie campaign, Jay's 21 home runs and 62 RBI were the most by a freshman in school history and earned him Conference USA Freshman of the Year honors. Jay was also tabbed a First Team All-C-USA selection and was selected to the C-USA All-Freshman Team.

With today's announcement, Jay becomes the 16th Freshman All-American in program history. It also marks the fourth consecutive year in which the Patriots have seen a player garner Freshman All-American honors.

Click here to view Collegiate Baseball's 2023 Freshman All-Americans.