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TUCSON, Ariz. – Missouri State outfielder Spencer Nivens became the program’s 43rd All-American Wednesday when he earned a spot on the Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-American team, powered by Diamond Sports.
Nivens, a redshirt freshman from Columbia, Mo., led Missouri State with a .346 batting average this season with 11 home runs and 52 RBI while starting all 60 games and batting leadoff 46 times.
A second-team all-Missouri Valley Conference choice, Nivens posted a .443 on-base percentage and reached safely in 56 of 60 contests, including a 30-game on-base streak along with hit streaks of 13 and 12 games.
Nivens posted 24 multi-hit games and 15 multiple-RBI efforts in 2022 and finished the year in the top 10 in Missouri State history in single-season runs scored (t-4th, 71), walks (t-6th, 44) and singles (t-10th, 59). Two of his home runs led off games (April 3 at Samford, May 19 at Bradley), and he hit two long balls in the NCAA Regional.
