CONWAY, S.C. – Coastal Carolina catcher Caden Bodine picked up another postseason honor, as the freshman Chanticleer was named to the 2023 D1Baseball Freshman All-America first team, it was announced on Friday.
 
Bodine was also named to the 2023 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Freshman All-America first team, the Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-America team, and the 2023 Perfect Game Freshman All-America second team.
 
Named the 2023 Sun Belt Conference Freshman of the Year, Bodine also earned a spot on the All-Sun Belt first team and was named to the NCAA Conway All-Regional team for his play at the regional tournament.
 
Bodine was second on the team with a .367 batting average on the season, as he totaled 79 hits over 215 at-bats. He recorded 11 home runs, one triple, 17 doubles, 47 RBIs, and scored 65 runs on the year while posting a .609 slugging percentage and a .456 on-base percentage.
 
His 11 home runs were tied with Daniel Bowman (2009) for the most by a freshman in Coastal history.
 
The first-year catcher was tied for the team lead with five sacrifice flies and was one of the toughest players to strike out in all of NCAA Division I baseball, striking out just 21 times over 215 at-bats in 56 games.
 
Behind the plate, Bodine totaled 356 putouts and 45 assists on the season, while throwing out 16 would-be base stealers.
 
Bodine capped his freshman season by hitting .458 (11-for-24) with two home runs, a triple, seven RBIs, and eight runs scored with a .792 slugging percentage over five games in the NCAA Conway Regional to pick up all-tournament team honors.

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