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STANFORD, Calif. - The All-America honors continued to roll in for the Cardinal, with six different players earning selections from the ABCA and Perfect Game.

Quinn Mathews and Alberto Rios were named All-America first team picks according to ABCA, joined by Tommy Troy and Braden Montgomery as second team selections.

Troy and Mathews were listed on Perfect Game's first team, while Rios earned a spot on the second team.

Perfect Game also released its list of Freshman All-Americans with Malcolm Moore earning first-team honors and pitcher Matt Scott placing on the second team.

Rios, the Pac-12 and NCBWA District 9 Player of the Year, enters the College World Series hitting .387 with 69 runs scored, 23 doubles, a team-best 18 home runs and 71 RBIs. A native of Bellflower, Calif., Rios has hit safely in 53 of the 61 games he's played this season and owns 25 multi-hit games and a team-best 17 multi-RBI games – including setting a Stanford record with 11 RBIs vs. CSU Bakersfield on March 5.

Mathews, the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Year, has compiled a 10-4 record with a 3.60 ERA over 18 appearances and 17 starts this year. The left-hander has struck out 152 batters – second nationally – compared to 39 walks over 120 innings of work. The native of Aliso Viejo, Calif. has lasted five innings in all but one start this season, including at least seven in 11 of the 17. Mathews has also managed 10+ strikeouts in eight starts this year – most recently striking out a career-best 16 in a must-win super regional game against Texas on June 11.

Troy is batting a team-best .397 with 74 runs scored, 17 doubles, four triples and 17 home runs to accompany 58 RBIs. The native of Los Gatos, Calif. won the 2023 Pac-12 batting title after hitting .404 (78-for-193) during the regular season. Troy has compiled a team-best 33 multi-hit games and has hit safely in 46 of his 56 games played this season.

Montgomery has hit safely in seven straight games, including posting multiple hits in each of the last five, entering the College World Series. The native of Madison, Miss. is batting .336 with 69 runs scored, 14 doubles, a triple, 17 homers and 60 RBIs. Montgomery has reached in all but five games this year and has compiled 26 multi-hit games, including 10 of his last 18 overall, and has hit safely in 47 of 62 games this season

Moore, the Pac-12 Freshman of the Year, has batted .316 with 50 runs scored, 20 doubles, 15 home runs and 62 RBIs. Moore has hit safely in five straight games, including posting multiple hits in three of the five, entering the College World Series. The native of Sacramento, Calif. owns 23 multi-hit games and 17 multi-RBI contests this year.

Scott has pitched to a 5-4 record and a 4.86 ERA over 23 appearances and 12 starts. The right-hander has logged 66 2/3 innings while striking out 62 hitters and limiting opponents to a .225 average against.