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Razorbacks’ Moore gets freshman All-American honor from ‘College Baseball’

Arkansas infielder Robert Moore has been named a 2020 College Baseball freshman All-American as the 23rd Hog since 1984 to win that honor.

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FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas infielder Robert Moore has been named a 2020 College Baseball freshman All-American.

Moore, from Leawood, Kansas, is the 23rd Razorback to earn the freshman honor since Jeff King in 1984.

It is also the fourth consecutive year an Arkansas player has received the honor after Dominic Fletcher (2017), Heston Kjerstad (2018), Casey Martin (2018) and Connor Noland (2019) picking up the awards during that four-year stretch.

A mid-year enrollee, Moore reclassified in December 2019 to join the Hogs when school returned to session for the spring 2020 semester. He was immediately thrust into the lineup, starting all 16 games of the 2020 campaign, 15 at second base and one at shortstop.

He recorded a .317/.444.403 line at the plate over 63 at-bats, tallying 20 hits, with two doubles and two homers.

Moore also brought in 17 runs and scored 10, walking eight times, while going 3-for-3 in stolen base attempts. He was one of three Hogs with 20 or more hits in 2020 and one of six with 10 or more RBIs.

After a tough opening weekend, Moore rebounded to go 8-for-12 against Gonzaga with a double and a homer. He tallied nine RBIs, four runs scored, four walks and two stolen bases against the Zags and had a hit in all four games, including multi-hit performances in each of the last three games of the series.

He earned SEC Co-Player of the Week and Perfect Game National Player of the Week for his performance vs. Gonzaga (.667/1.000/.750), making him the first freshman Razorback to earn player of the week honors from the conference.

He would receive SEC Freshman of the Week accolades later in the season after another stellar showing against Grand Canyon on March 10-11.

Moore put together a .556 clip at the plate with five hits in nine at-bats, as well as three RBIs and a run scored in the two-game midweek set to end the season.

Moore was part of an offensive unit that finished the year with a .310 average, 175 hits and 118 runs scored in 2020. The Razorbacks finished with an 11-5 record and a top-15 ranking in all of the major polls.

Information from Razorback Sports Communications is included in this story.

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2024 High School Rankings

OVERALLRecordPts
1.Bryant (21)13-02461
2.Greenwood (4)13-02242
3.Bentonville9-41855
4.Little Rock Parkview13-11734
5.Conway10-21563
6.Pulaski Academy10-31128
7.Shiloh Christian9-477
6.Benton10-2676
7.Fayetteville9-3527
9.Rogers8-4359
Others receiving votes: Arkadelphia 20, Farmington 15, Valley View 5, Hot Springs Lakeside, Mountain Home 2, Salem 2, Conway Christian 1, Little Rock Christian 1.
CLASS 7A
1.Bryant (25)13-01251
2.Bentonville9-4983
3.Conway10-2772
4.Pulaski Academy10-3485
5.Fayetteville9-3174
Others receiving votes: Rogers 10.
CLASS 6A
1.Greenwood (25)13-01251
2.Shiloh Christian9-4964
3.Benton10-2772
4.Mountain Home10-3513
5.Lake Hamilton8-420
Others receiving votes: Little Rock Catholic 6.
CLASS 5A
1.Little Rock Parkview (25)13-11251
4.Farmington12-2904
3.Valley View12-1683
5.Hot Springs Lakeside10-3605
2.Joe T. Robinson10-2252
Others receiving votes: Morrilton 3.
CLASS 4A
1.Arkadelphia (25)13-21252
2.Elkins14-1991
3.Little Rock Mills12-1523
4.Southside Batesville13-1465t
5.Warren10-3284
Others receiving votes: Malvern 3.
CLASS 3A
1.Salem (25)11-4125
2.Bismarck14-11001
3.Mansfield11-365
4.Fordyce11-1422
5.Osceola10-2214
Others receiving votes: Booneville 17, Prescott 3, Rivercrest 2.
CLASS 2A
1.Conway Christian (25)14-01252
2.East Poinsett Co.10-4984
3.Junction City9-468
5.Mount Ida9-341
4.Carlisle11-1251
Others receiving votes: Des Arc 8, Bigelow 6, Murfreesboro 3, Cross County 1.
8-MAN SANCTIONED
1.Strong-Huttig (25)8-0751
2.Midland11-1502
3.Cedar Ridge9-2223
Others receiving votes: Woodlawn 3.

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