RICHMOND, Va. – VCU Baseball redshirt sophomore first baseman Tyler Locklear was named a 2022 ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Div. I Atlantic All-Region First Team selection for the second straight year, the American Baseball Coaches Association announced Wednesday.
 
Locklear put up eye-popping numbers as he led the Rams to back-to-back Atlantic 10 championships and etched his name into the VCU record book. His 20 home runs and 78 RBIs are both single-season program records, while his 37 career homers are tied for the most in VCU history, and his .704 career slugging percentage is the highest ever by a Ram.
 
The Abingdon, Md., product also ranks in the top 10 in VCU history for a number of single-season marks, including runs (77 – 2nd), doubles (25 – T2nd), batting average (.402 – 5th), walks (47 – 6th), and hits (90 – T7th). His .361 career batting average also ranks as sixth-best in program history, while his 152 career RBIs are tied for ninth-most.
 
Locklear was the Most Outstanding Player at the A-10 Championship, and was named to the Chapel Hill Regional All-Tournament Team. He also garnered First Team All-Atlantic 10 honors for the second straight year, in addition to being selected as a Collegiate Baseball National Player of the Week twice, and the A-10 Player of the Week twice.
 
Locklear earned First Team All-Region honors in 2021 after becoming the first player in the history of the conference to win both A-10 Player and Rookie of the Year in the same season, and on his way to consensus All-American status.
 
In 2022, the Rams went 42-20, winning their second straight and third total A-10 title since joining the league in 2013, which was their eighth conference tournament championship overall. That booked VCU's ticket to its 13th NCAA Tournament appearance, where it was a 3-seed at the Chapel Hill Regional.
 
VCU extended a 17-game win streak into the Regional final with wins over Georgia and No. 10 North Carolina. After starting the year 3-8, the Rams finished the season 39-12 over the final 51 games. It is the eighth consecutive full season that VCU has won 34 or more games, and the seventh time in program history that the Rams have hit the 40-win plateau.

The full 2022 All-Region Teams can be found here.