Texas Tech's Brandon Birdsell and Jace Jung were named to the 2022 American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/Rawlings All-Central Region first team, the organization announced on Wednesday.

Both selections will place Birdsell and Jung as candidates for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. The ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I All-America Teams will be announced the morning of Friday, June 17 prior to the start of the College World Series in Omaha, Neb. All ABCA/Rawlings All-Region first-team selections are automatically nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors.

It is Jung's second selection to the first team and Birdsell's first. Jung later earned ABCA/Rawlings All-America third-team honors after being named to the all-region team in 2021.

Tech has had 18 Red Raiders appear on the ABCA/Rawlings All-Region teams under head coach Tim Tadlock and staff.

About the ABCA
The ABCA, founded in 1945, is the primary professional organization for baseball coaches at the amateur level. Its over 13,000 members represent all 50 states and 23 countries. Since its initial meeting of 27 college baseball coaches in June 1945, Association membership has broadened to include eight divisions: NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA, NJCAA, Pacific Association Division, High School and Youth.