Georgia State University announces Ryerson, Jones Named Preseason All-Sun Belt

ATLANTA -- Georgia State slugger Max Ryerson and two-way standout Cameron Jones were named to the Preseason All-Sun Belt Conference baseball team, as selected by the league head coaches.

Both players were named first-team All-Sun Belt last spring. Ryerson, the senior outfielder from Conway, S.C., was also named a third-team All-America by Collegiate Baseball and the Sun Belt Newcomer of the Year as he led the conference with a school-record 22 home runs.

Jones, a junior from Kathleen, Ga., is a two-time, first-team All-Sun Belt honoree and was one of five finalists for the John Olerud Award as the nation's top two-way player.  The left-handed pitcher and right-handed hitting outfielder led the Panthers in ERA (3.00) and batting average (.374).

The Panthers open the 2023 season on Friday, Feb. 17, hosting Cincinnati at 3 p.m. to open a four-game weekend series at the GSU Baseball Complex.

MAX RYERSON
OF | Senior | Conway, S.C.

2023 Preseason All-America (Collegiate Baseball, 3rd team) ... 2022 All-America (Collegiate Baseball, 3rd team) ... 2022 ABCA All-Region first team ... 2022 Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year and first-team All-Sun Belt outfielder ... Three-time National Player of the Week in 2022 ... Led the Sun Belt with a school-record 22 home runs (No. 22 in D1) ... Broke the Georgia State season record originally set in 2000 ... Also led the Sun Belt and broke the GSU season record with 158 total bases ... Third in the league with 62 RBI, the most by a Panther since 2010 (seventh-best season total), and second in OPS (1.119) ... Ranked in league's the top 10 in homers (22), hits (75), doubles (17), slugging (.705) and OPS (1.119) ... Had six two-homer games, the GSU record for multi-homer games ... Started all 57 games, either in the outfield or at DH.

CAMERON JONES
OF/LHP | Junior | Kathleen, Ga.

Two-time, first-team All-Sun Belt utility player ... Left-handed pitcher and right-handed hitting outfielder who was one of five finalists for 2022 John Olerud Award as nation's top two-way player ... Led Georgia State in batting average and ERA in 2022  ... Fifth in Sun Belt in batting average and sixth in saves ... Hit .374 with five homers, 14 doubles, 31 RBI, 40 runs scored and 12 stolen bases ... On the mound he posted a 2-3 record with five saves and a 3.00 ERA ... Struck out 37 in 36 innings ... Sun Belt Conference and Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week (March 14) after he hit .368 with two homers, six RBI and six runs scored and earned two two-inning saves by pitching four scoreless innings with seven strikeouts vs. Wofford and Presbyterian ... Named John Olerud Two-Player of the Week on March 8, 2022 (5-for-14, 4 RBI, 2 SB, 1 save) ... Pitched an immaculate inning in his first collegiate appearance (2020 win vs. Cincinnati). 

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