COLUMBIA, Mo. - Mizzou baseball righty Tanner Houck (Collinsville, Ill.) has been named a Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American, as announced by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper on Wednesday (June 3). Houck is the 11th Tiger to earn Freshman All-America distinction and he is the first to do so since 2007 when current graduate assistant coach Trevor Coleman took home the same honor as a catcher. Houck is the first Tiger pitcher to be named Freshman All-American since Travis Wendte in 2002.

Houck has put together one of the best freshman seasons in Mizzou baseball history. His eight wins are the most by a Tiger freshman since Kyle Gibson (a former first-round draft pick) in 2007 and his 100.2 innings are the most ever by a Tiger freshman under Tim Jamieson. At the end of the regular season, he had thrown more innings than any other freshman in the country. He compiled a 3.49 ERA on the season, striking out 91 batters over 100.2 innings while walking just 12 in 15 starts as a freshman. He was named to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List and was an All-SEC Freshman Team honoree earlier this season. He helped Mizzou defeat three top-five teams - No. 6 South Carolina, No. 4 Florida and No. 1 Texas A&M - earning wins in two of those three starts.

Below is a list of Mizzou's Freshman All-Americans:

1996 - Aaron Akin, P
1996 - Justin Stine, P
1996 - Jason Williams, INF
1996 - Logan Dale, P
1999 - Ryan Stegall, SS
2000 - Jayce Tingler , OF
2001 - Lee Laskowski, OF
2002 - Travis Wendte, P
2005 - Jacob Priday, OF
2007 - Trevor Coleman, C
2015 - Tanner Houck, P

For all the latest on Mizzou baseball, stay tuned to MUTigers.com and follow the team on twitter @MizzouBaseball.