By Joshua Huff, sports editor
TRUSSVILLE — Hewitt-Trussville’s senior right-handed pitcher Michael Fowler was named as a 2020 High School Pre-Season National First-Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball on Saturday.
Fowler, an LSU commit, joins 61 other high school players across the country to be named to the publication’s list of first team players. Fowler is listed as the fifth-best player in Alabama and the 113th best player in the nation. He inked his commitment to the Tigers in November.
The 6-foot-3, hard-throwing ace finished this past season as a 2019 Alabama Sports Writers Association Class 7A first-team selection.
He will take the mound for his final season with Hewitt-Trussville this season when the Huskies usher in a new year against Wetumpka and Calera at Calera High School on Feb. 17.
Fowler will next join an LSU team that sits seventh all-time with 18 College World Series appearances and second all-time with with six national championships (1991, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000 and 2009).
In 2017, LSU played Florida in a best-of-three series to determine the winner of the 2017 College World Series. Florida defeated the Tigers, who concluded the College World Series as runner-up for the first time in school history.
2020 First-Team Pitchers
- Logan Wood, LHP, Orchard Lake St. Mary’s HS, MI
- Mick Abel, RHP, Jesuit HS, Portland, OR
- Jared Kelley, RHP, Refugio HS, TX
- Cam Brown, RHP, Flower Mound HS, TX
- Trevor Martin, RHP, Asher HS, OK
- Chipper Menard, LHP, New Iberia Senior HS, LA
- Michael Fowler, RHP, Hewitt Trussville HS, AL
- Ty Langenberg, RHP, Urbandale HS, IA
- Ryan Hagenow, RHP, Farragut HS, Knoxville, TN
- Nate Savino, LHP, Potomac Falls HS, Sterling, VA
- Max Rajcic, RHP, Orange Lutheran HS, CA
- Rielly McAdams, RHP, Ingraham HS, Seattle, WA
- Travis Sthele, RHP, Reagan HS, San Antonio, TX
- Xander Stephens, RHP, Parkview HS, Lilburn, GA
- Cameron Caley, LHP, The Woodlands HS, TX
- Josh Hartle, LHP, Reagan HS, Pfafftown, NC
- Lucas Gordon, LHP, Notre Dame HS, Sherman Oaks, CA