DELAND, Fla. - The ASUN Conference released the 2023 ASUN Baseball Postseason Honors and Awards on the eve of the 2023 ASUN Baseball Championship with Jacksonville State placing six on the All-ASUN First Team, All-ASUN Second Team, All-ASUN Third Team and the ASUN All-Freshman Team combined.

Senior T.J. Reeves headlined the group as an All-ASUN First Team selection and a two-time All-ASUN performer after being named to the All-ASUN Second Team as a junior in 2022. Junior Javon Hernandez, junior Mason Maners and sophomore Aj Causey earned spots on the All-ASUN Second Team. Freshman Eli Zielinski was named to the All-ASUN Third team and a member of the league's all-freshman team. Freshman Bear Madliak joined Zielinski on the first-year player club.

Reeves, from Birmingham, Alabama, maintained his all conference status with a stellar 2023 campaign after his first season with the program in 2022. He is the anchor of the Jax State offense and in the outfield for the Gamecocks as he finished the regular season ranked second in the ASUN in RBI (69) and among the league leaders in hits (70). He reached base in 30 ASUN games and every game but one this season. JSU's centerfielder put together 22 games with multiple hits, including a four-hit game and five hits versus North Alabama in late April. Reeved tallied 11 multi-RBI ASUN games and 11 multi-hit outings against the league. He was named one of Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's National Player of the Week (May 15) after collecting 13 RBI and four home runs, including a pair of grand slams in a series sweep of Central Arkansas.

Hernandez, a native of Danbury, Connecticut, put up offensive numbers worthy of ASUN Player of the Year consideration after finishing the regular season hitting a league-best .407 and an even .500 in 30 across 30 conference games. He matched Edrick Felix of Florida Gulf Coast for the league lead in hits with 85 on the season, including 61 against ASUN pitching. Felix was voted ASUN Player of the Year by the coaches in the league. The Gamecocks' second baseman hit over .600 in four of the 10 ASUN weekends (Bellarmine, Jacksonville, North Florida, Queens) and posted a weekend average of .500 or better in two weekends. He collected multiple hits in 24-of-the-53 games, including 11 three-hit games, four four-hit contests and a five-hit game versus Jacksonville. Hernandez recorded 12 games with multiple RBI with a season-high four RBI vs. Southern Illinois. He recorded multiple hits in 18 ASUN games and once on base, he has swiped 10 bases, including seven within the league. Hernandez put together a span of 18 games straight of reaching base, including 12 versus ASUN foes.

Maners, from Vestavia Hills, Alabama, maintained a steady bat throughout the regular season with a .350 batting average overall and was 17 percentage points better against ASUN arms with a .367 clip. He is one of Jax State's top offensive threat with the small ball or hitting for power. Maners ranked second on the team in home runs (12) and has double digit doubles (11). He ranks third on the club in RBI with 45 and has multiple hits in 23-of-the-53 games-played along with multi-RBI in 15 games. He leads JSU in multiple RBI games within the league with 13 and has 16 multi-hit ASUN contests. Maners reached base in the first 26 games of the season and has reached safely in 18 ASUN games. He found other ways to get on base with being plunked 18 times and tallied 25 walks.

Causey, a right hander from Harvest, Alabama, has been Jax State's Friday night starter with 13 starts and 14 total appearances. He tossed a complete game (seven inning run-rule) against Queens and matched that with seven innings the following week at Bellarmine. Causey posted three double digit strikeout total games, including back-to-back 12 strikeout performances against ASUN foes. He collected a save in JSU's win over then-No. 2 ranked Ole Miss with a clean ninth inning.

Zielinski was on track to one of the spots on the first team after starting the season with six wins before suffering an injury following the weekend series with Jacksonville. The Daphne, Alabama lefty made an impression on the mound in the first nine outings of the season as Jax State's Sunday starter from opening weekend until the injury. He tossed a season-best 6.2 innings vs. the Dolphins with 11 strikeouts. Zielinski was a perfect 6-0 with three wins versus ASUN competition before his first season as a Gamecock was cut short. He accumulated 33 strikeouts in 27.2 innings of work in the ASUN and opposing teams in the league hit .242 against him.

Madliak, who joined the program after redshirting at Georgia last season, stepped in as the everyday catcher for the club and eventually took over the leadoff spot in the Gamecock lineup. The Carrollton, Georgia backstop moved to the leadoff spot prior to the start of conference play and over the last 36 games of the season and finished the regular season hitting .332 overall and 331 in the 30 ASUN games. He collected 16 multi-hit games, including four three-hit games. Madliak turned in a four-hit game against Queens (NC) in March and belted a pair of home run in a single game against North Alabama. He registered five multi-RBI contests with four of those in ASUN games. Defensively, has thrown out 31-of-44 base runners and 24-of-33 against ASUN opponents.

The Gamecocks will open ASUN Baseball Championship action on Wednesday, May 24 against host-Stetson at Melching Field at Conrad Park in DeLand, Fla. First pitch is set for 1:30 p.m. CT.