Baseball | June 19, 2017

Western Michigan baseball's Tanner Allison continued his run of postseason honors, as he was named a Second-Team All-American by the American Baseball Coaches Association. This is the second honor the organization has given Allison, after he was named a First Team All-Mideast Region selection last week.

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Allison, who was drafted in the 19^th round by the Atlanta Braves, is earning his third All-America honor, after previously being named an All-American by both Collegiate Baseball (Third Team) and College Sports Madness (Fourth Team). He set the Western Michigan single season RBI record with 68, passing Frank Alferi's previous high of 63 set in 1999. He was named the Mid-American Conference (MAC) Player of the Year, the first from WMU since Scott Conant in 1991, and named First Team All-MAC. He ended the season ranked No. 12 in total RBI and sixth in RBI per game (1.28) and led the team with .356 batting average, 77 hits, 18 doubles, nine home runs, 68 RBI, .574 slugging percentage. He had a 20-game hit streak from Feb. 19 to March 31 and had a streak of four games where he homered in each one and had nine RBI. Allison had 21 multiple hit games and two games with four hits.