Baylor Baseball: McKenzie, Thomas Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Baseball Team

[Pirtle, Krista]

BAYLOR ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS – July 1, 2021

McKenzie, Thomas Named to CoSIDA Academic All-District Baseball Team
Baylor receives CoSIDA recognition for third-straight season
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WACO, Texas – Baylor baseball’s Jared McKenzie and Andy Thomas were named to the 2021 College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic All-District Baseball First Team for District 7, announced by the organization on Thursday.


Players are selected by CoSIDA members, and to be considered, players must accumulate a cumulative GPA between 3.30-4.00 with at least a sophomore athletic standing, while being a starter or key reserve for their respective team.


McKenzie, a second-year freshman in business marketing, has a 3.49 GPA. In 2021, McKenzie was tops on the team and was second in the Big 12 in batting average (.383), hits (82) and runs scored (62). The second-year freshman also tallied 10 home runs with 44 RBI, 14 doubles and four triples, while starting all 51 games in center field. The Round Rock native led Baylor with 134 total bases, a .626 slugging percentage and a .453 on-base percentage.

Currently, McKenzie sits as the all-time leader in batting average at Baylor with a .389 mark in 67 career games. McKenzie is already in the BU record books after coming in at No. 7 in single-season batting average and T-No. 2 all-time in single season multi-hit games with 30 this past year.


Thomas, a fifth-year senior, wrapped up his undergrad in marketing with a 3.44 GPA and has a 4.00 in grad school for business administration. Thomas finished the 2021 campaign hitting a career-best .337 to go along with a career-high 11 home runs and 60 RBI while starting all 51 games behind the plate for the Bears. His 60 RBI are the most for any Baylor player in a single season since 2012.

The Murrieta, Calif., native ended his Baylor career as a .327 hitter with 124 runs scored, 216 hits, 19 home runs and 141 RBI in 184 games played.



Their selections mark the 44th and 45th times a baseball student-athlete has earned a CoSIDA All-District nod. With Thomas previously receiving the honor in 2019, McKenzie becomes the 29th different Bear to do so. Thomas is the 16th Bear to earn the award multiple times.



The Academic All-District teams are divided into eight geographic districts across the United States and Canada. District 7 covers Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma and Texas.



First-team Academic All-District honorees advance to the CoSIDA Academic All-America ballot. First-, second- and third-team Academic All-America honorees will be announced later in July.



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Krista Pirtle | Associate Director of Athletics Communications
Department of Athletics | Baylor University
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