FAYETTEVILLE — A shortened 2020 season did not keep Arkansas outfielder Heston Kjerstad from landing on an All-America list.
Kjerstad was named a first-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on Tuesday. He was one of seven SEC players on the 17-player first team.
Over 16 games played this season, Kjerstad led the Razorbacks with a .448 batting average, six home runs and 20 RBI. He opened the season with a 7-for-12 series against Eastern Illinois in which he hit four home runs - two in the opener, two in the finale - and drove in 10 runs.
Kjerstad earned Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week and SEC Co-Player of the Week honors after the series.
Kjerstad recorded at least one hit in all 16 of Arkansas’ games as a junior and finished with multiple hits 10 times. He hit a game-winning home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Razorbacks a 5-3 victory over South Alabama on March 8.
Kjerstad is the 28th Arkansas player to earn All-America honors. The Razorbacks have had a total of 33 All-America honors, including six in the past three seasons.
A.J. Lewis, a graduate-transfer catcher from Eastern Kentucky who signed to play for the Razorbacks earlier this month, was also named a first-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball.
In 13 games this year, Lewis batted .451 with 3 home runs, 21 RBI and 15 runs scored. He had a .541 on-base percentage and was slugging .843 when the season was suspended in March.
Arkansas All-Americans
Tim Lollar, LHP/DH, 1978
Ronn Reynolds, C, 1979
Steve Kruger, LHP, 1980
Kevin McReynolds, OF, 1980-81
Jeff King, 3B, 1985-86
Mike Loggins, OF, 1985
Ralph Kraus, OF, 1986
Andy Skeels, C, 1987
Troy Eklund, OF, 1989
Greg D'Alexander, 3B, 1990
Phillip Stidham, RHP, 1990-91
Kenderick Moore, 2B, 1996
Ryan Lundquist, OF, 1997
David Walling, RHP, 1998-99
Charlie Isaacson, RHP, 1999
Nick Schmidt, LHP, 2006-07
Jess Todd, RHP, 2007
Zack Cox, 3B, 2010
Brett Eibner, RHP/OF, 2010
Matt Reynolds, 3B, 2012
Ryne Stanek, RHP, 2013
Andrew Benintendi, OF, 2015
Blaine Knight, RHP, 2018
Carson Shaddy, 2B, 2018
Isaiah Campbell, RHP, 2019
Matt Cronin, LHP, 2019
Jack Kenley, 2B, 2019
Heston Kjerstad, OF, 2020