Hacopian's consistent power and Sorrell's explosive return headline the Aggies' preseason All-America recognition, signaling a formidable 2026 season.
The preseason love is already rolling into College Station, and for Texas A&M baseball fans, it’s the good kind of hype.
Junior infielder Chris Hacopian and junior outfielder Caden Sorrell were named Preseason All-Americans by Perfect Game on Wednesday, with both landing second-team honors.
Hacopian was recognized as an infielder, while Sorrell earned his nod as a designated hitter - an eyebrow-raiser considering he’s healthy again and ready to patrol the outfield.
That’s two of the Aggies’ biggest bats already earning national respect before the first pitch of the season.
Hacopian arrives in Aggieland carrying both production and polish. The preseason No. 16 draft prospect, according to MLB Pipeline, the former Maryland standout has been a model of offensive consistency. He owns a career .347 batting average with a 1.080 OPS, numbers that don’t happen by accident.
Last season, he was downright relentless. Hacopian slashed .375/.502/.656 in 2025, mashed 14 home runs, drove in 61 runs, and here’s the part coaches really love, walked more than twice as often as he struck out. Forty walks. Nineteen punchouts.
At season’s end, he picked up ABCA All-East Region First Team honors and All-Big Ten Second Team recognition. Now, he slides into an already potent Texas A&M lineup with the kind of approach that can anchor an offense through the grind of SEC play.
Sorrell’s story feels a little different, but no less exciting.
After missing the first 30 games of the 2025 season due to injury, Sorrell returned and immediately reminded everyone what they’d been missing. In just 26 starts, he slashed .337/.430/.789 with a jaw-dropping 1.219 OPS. Twelve home runs. Thirty-two RBIs. Only 114 plate appearances.
His teammates noticed, too. At the team banquet, Sorrell was voted the Marion Pugh Most Valuable Player - an award that usually tells you as much about clubhouse respect as it does box-score damage. For a guy who missed half the season, that says everything.
Now fully healthy, the Highland Village native enters 2026 as MLB Pipeline’s preseason No. 20 draft prospect and a potential game-changer in the middle of the order. If Sorrell stays on the field, pitchers are going to have to pick their poison—and often regret both options.
Texas A&M opens the season Feb. 13 at 6 p.m. CT at Blue Bell Park against Tennessee Tech, and if preseason accolades are any indication, fans might want to get comfortable early.
Between Hacopian’s on-base mastery and Sorrell’s explosive return, the Aggies aren’t just chasing wins ... they’re announcing themselves.
And if this is what the preseason looks like, imagine what happens once the lights come on.