A pair of Stetson freshmen were recognized on Wednesday by Collegiate Baseball, the oldest college baseball publication, by being named to the 2019 Freshman All-America squad.
 
Hatters pitchers Daniel Paret and Danny Garcia were both named to the squad. They are the 25^th and 26^th players in Stetson baseball history to earn Freshman All-America honors and are the first since Brooks Wilson in 2015.
 
Paret, who was a second team All-ASUN selection this year in addition to being the league's Freshman of the Year, finished his first season with a 5-4 record with a 3.61 ERA. He led the Hatters, working 94.2 innings this spring while breaking the Stetson freshman record by recording a team-leading 102 strikeouts.
 
He is the 12^th player in Stetson history to have surpassed 100 strikeouts in a season. His 102 this year surpassed the Hatters' freshman mark of 98 set by Lenny DiNardo in 1999. Overall, Stetson pitchers have struck out more than 100 batters in a season a total of 16 times.
 
Garcia led the Hatters with a 1.22 ERA during a freshman campaign that saw him appear in a team-high 28 games on the mound, all in relief. He posted a 5-1 record and had two saves while working a total of 59.0 innings. He held opposing hitters to a .190 average on the year, the best among Stetson pitchers with at least six innings of work.
 
Like Paret, Garcia was named to the ASUN All-Freshman team for 2019. Garcia was also named to the All-Tournament team for the 2019 ASUN Championship.
 
Paret is spending his summer as a member of the DeLand Suns in the Florida Collegiate League while Garcia is playing for the Bellingham (Wash.) Bells in the West Coast League.
 
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association will announce its Freshman All-America team on June 10.
 
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