LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The Louisville baseball program’s 2026 season might not have gone the way they wanted it to, but for their two best players, it’s an offseason that has seen them haul in a bevy of postseason honors.
Since the end of the Cardinals’ season, first baseman Tague Davis and outfielder Zion Rose has earned All-American honors from multiple different outlets up to this point. Davis has been named a First-Team selection from the ABCA, Baseball America, the NCBWA and Perfect Game. As for Rose, he earned Second-Team honors from Perfect Game and Third-Team honors by the ABCA.
Davis, who was also named the ACC Player of the Year and a finalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, put together arguably the best hitting season by an individual player in program history. Starting all 57 games, the 6-foot-4, 220-pound first baseman hit .355/.443/.848 with 34 home runs, 98 RBI, 10 doubles and 36 walks. He’s the D1 leader in home runs and RBIs, both of which are Louisville single-season records, with the former also being an ACC single-season record…