LAS CRUCES, N.M. – The awards season seems to be a regular thing for New Mexico State baseball second baseman Nick Gonzales after hauling another award, this time First-Team All-America honors from D1Baseball.
 
This is the fifth All-America nod for Gonzales in 2019 and 10th in his career after adding Perfect Game and NCBWA accolades this past Wednesday. The 10 All-America honors the last two seasons ties the great Billy Becher (2003-04) for the most in a two-year span. 
 
Gonzales was named a Baseball America Second-Team All-American earlier in the week. He's also the 2019 NCBWA District 8 Player of the Year as well as a finalist for the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award and received Collegiate Baseball First-Team All-America honors back in May. In addition, he was a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy.
 
His sophomore campaign saw him lead the Western Athletic Conference in batting average (.432), slugging percentage (.773), on-base percentage (.532) and sac flies (8). Meanwhile, the All-American was second in run scored (80), second in hits (95), second in total bases (170), second in walks (45), third in RBI (80), fourth in doubles (19), third in triples (4) and fourth in homers (16).
 
Nationally, Gonzales led the nation in batting average, third in slugging percentage, fourth in hits, fourth in runs, fifth in RBI, fifth in on-base percentage, sixth in total bases and eighth in sac flies.