NEW ORLEANS – Five Texas State baseball players were recognized by the Sun Belt Conference for postseason honors, as announced by the league office on Monday. The trio of Rashawn Galloway, Manny Salas and Jaquae Stewart were All-Sun Belt Second Team honorees and both Jackson Cotton and Clayton Namken were selected to the conference's All-Freshman Team.
 
Galloway led the Bobcats with a .329 batting average, 78 hits, 51 runs and 25 doubles. His double total is a Bobcat single season record and ranks third nationally. The senior has also driven in 45 runs and hit 12 home runs. He is one of a record seven TXST players to hit double-digit home runs this season.
 
The Boerne, Texas native recorded the third longest hitting streak in team history from Feb. 24 to Apr. 3 that spanned 23 games. During that time, he was named the Sun Belt's Player of the Week on Mar. 24 after helping Texas State complete a sweep of then 25th-ranked Louisiana.
 
Salas concluded the regular season hitting .316 with 50 runs, 38 RBI, 14 homers and 13 doubles. The junior designated hitter led the squad with 32 walks on his way to a .420 OBP and posted a team-high 1.012 OPS. He is second on the team with nine stolen bases in 12 attempts.
 
The second to last game of the regular season saw him blast three home runs against Marshall. He was the second Bobcat to do so this season. Salas' second long ball that night was the 100th of the season for Texas State.
 
Stewart hit a team-high 16 home runs, which is tied for the seventh most in a season in team history. Of his 16 longs balls, four of them were grand slams to set a new program mark in a season. The junior also led the squad with 54 RBI and 12 hit by pitches. He scored 45 runs and recorded a .395 OBP and .958 OPS.
 
Twice Stewart recorded multi-home run games this year with the first being in the series opener at Georgia State with two. He would follow with a three-homer, eight-RBI performance in the series finale against Troy.
 
Cotton finished the regular season hitting 12 home runs and 10 doubles. He became just the third freshman in team history to hit double-digit round trippers. The Missouri City, Texas native also scored 43 runs, drove in 30, drew 29 walks and led the team with 11 stolen bases.
 
Namken also reached double-digit homers to become the fourth such Bobcat freshman to accomplish the feat as he wrapped up the regular season with 10. The catcher batted .309 with 31 RBI, 29 runs and eight doubles. He was walked 24 times to post a .407 OBP and totaled a .591 SLG% to finish with a .998 OPS, the second highest on the team.
 
Next up for the Bobcats is the conference tournament in Montgomery, Alabama. TXST will take on App State at 9 a.m. on Wednesday from Dabos Park.
 
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