CONWAY, Ark. _ Former University of Central Arkansas outfielder Forrestt Allday earned first-team Rawlings/American Baseball Coaches Association All-America honors on Wednesday.

Allday, who was drafted by the Boston Red Sox and is now playing for the Lowell Spinners in the New York-Penn League, was one of five first-team outfielders. The others are Hunter Renfroe of Mississippi State, Michael Conforto of Oregon State, Mike Papi of Virginia and Mike Tauchman of Bradley.

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Allday, from Friendswood, Texas, was the Southland Conference Tournament Most Valuable Player and was named a third-team
All-American by Baseball America earlier in the week. He led the Bears in hitting (.365) and ranked in the top 5 in the SLC in nearly every offensive category. He was first in runs scored (59), on-base percentage (.503) and walks (53). He was second in hits (85), third in average and total bases (101) and fifth in steals (15).

Allday was an eighth-round draft pick of the Boston Red Sox, UCA's highest draftee since Marquis Riely went in the second round  in 1992. He was one of a school-record three Bears taken in the 2013 MLB Draft last week. Allday helped the Bears win a school-record 42 games and advance to the final of the NCAA Starkville Regional, losing to Mississippi State, a team still alive in the College World Series.