Hacopian, Sorrell Earn Preseason All-America Honors from NCBWA
Feb 06, 2026 | Baseball
DALLAS – Texas A&M infielder Chris Hacopian and outfielder Caden Sorrell were honored as Preseason All-Americans by the National College Baseball Writers Association, announced Friday.
Hacopian was selected to the second team and Sorrell was named to the third team. Both sluggers add to their list of preseason accolades after earning All-America distinctions from the other three major publications.
Ranked as the No. 16 draft prospect by MLB Pipeline, Hacopian joins the batting order in Aggieland following back-to-back highly productive offensive campaigns at Maryland. In 2025, Hacopian slashed .375/.502/.656 and blasted 14 home runs. He walked 40 times against 19 strikeouts and drove in 61 runs while scoring 51 of his own.
The Potomac, Maryland, native has started all 107 games he has appeared in and owns a .347 career batting average. Hacopian has drilled 29 home runs and 22 doubles and plated 103 runs over his two-year collegiate career, earning All-Big Ten honors in both seasons.
Sorrell, MLB Pipeline's No. 20 draft prospect, returns to action after missing the first half of 2025 with an injury. In just 26 starts last year, he registered a slash line of .337/.430/.789 with a 1.219 OPS. The junior blasted 12 home runs, drove in 32 RBI and scored 23 runs. Sorrell logged 11 multi-RBI contests and was named the Marion Pugh Most Valuable Player at the end of the season.
Over his two years in the Maroon & White, Sorrell owns a .296 career batting average in 88 games with 75 RBI, 67 runs scored and 23 home runs. Sorrell was also tabbed to the Preseason All-SEC First Team by the league's 16 head coaches.
Texas A&M baseball begins the regular season on Friday, Feb. 13, against Tennessee Tech. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
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Hacopian was selected to the second team and Sorrell was named to the third team. Both sluggers add to their list of preseason accolades after earning All-America distinctions from the other three major publications.
Ranked as the No. 16 draft prospect by MLB Pipeline, Hacopian joins the batting order in Aggieland following back-to-back highly productive offensive campaigns at Maryland. In 2025, Hacopian slashed .375/.502/.656 and blasted 14 home runs. He walked 40 times against 19 strikeouts and drove in 61 runs while scoring 51 of his own.
The Potomac, Maryland, native has started all 107 games he has appeared in and owns a .347 career batting average. Hacopian has drilled 29 home runs and 22 doubles and plated 103 runs over his two-year collegiate career, earning All-Big Ten honors in both seasons.
Sorrell, MLB Pipeline's No. 20 draft prospect, returns to action after missing the first half of 2025 with an injury. In just 26 starts last year, he registered a slash line of .337/.430/.789 with a 1.219 OPS. The junior blasted 12 home runs, drove in 32 RBI and scored 23 runs. Sorrell logged 11 multi-RBI contests and was named the Marion Pugh Most Valuable Player at the end of the season.
Over his two years in the Maroon & White, Sorrell owns a .296 career batting average in 88 games with 75 RBI, 67 runs scored and 23 home runs. Sorrell was also tabbed to the Preseason All-SEC First Team by the league's 16 head coaches.
Texas A&M baseball begins the regular season on Friday, Feb. 13, against Tennessee Tech. First pitch is slated for 6 p.m. at Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
Follow the Aggies
Visit for more information on Texas A&M baseball. Fans can keep up to date with the A&M baseball team on Facebook, Instagram and X by following @aggiebaseball.
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