Andrew Benintendi wins National Player of the Year

Congrats to Benny Bombs

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2015 NCAA Div. I All-Americans


Louisville Slugger All-Americans Announced
• Andrew Benintendi National Player Of The Year



The Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year were announced today by Collegiate Baseball newspaper.

The 17-man first team, chosen by performances up to regional playoffs and picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features 11 conference players or pitchers of the year, including:
•RHP Taylor Clarke, College of Charleston (Pitcher of Year Colonial Conference).
•RHP Carson Fulmer, Vanderbilt (Pitcher of Year Southeastern Conference). •LHP Matthew Crownover, Clemson (Pitcher of Year Atlantic Coast Conference).
•Relief David Berg, UCLA (Pitcher of Year Pacific-12 Conference).
•Relief Tyler Jay, Illinois (Pitcher of Year Big Ten Conference).
•C Chris Robinson, Morehead St. (Player of Year Ohio Valley Conference).
•1B Will Craig, Wake Forest (Player of Year Atlantic Coast Conference).
•2B Melvin Rodriguez, Jackson St. (Player of Year Southwestern Athletic Conference).
•OF Andrew Benintendi, Arkansas (Player of Year Southeastern Conference). •OF Donnie Dewees, North Florida (Player of Year Atlantic Sun Conference).
•OF Kevin Kaczmarski, Evansville (Player of Year Missouri Valley Conference).

Arkansas’ Andrew Benintendi is Collegiate Baseball’s National Player Of The Year after a remarkable season. He hit .391 with 18 homers, 12 doubles and swiped 22 of 26 bases.

He is the first SEC Player of The Year in program history. Benintendi is one of only two players in the country with 15-plus home runs and 20-plus stolen bases and is on pace to become the third player in SEC history to finish the year as the league leader in home runs and batting average.

He currently leads the SEC in batting average, home runs, slugging percentage, on-base percentage and walks. If that wasn’t enough, he is only 8 RBIs shy of becoming the second Triple Crown winner in SEC history.

The first team features one pitcher with 152 strikeouts (Missouri State’s Matt Hall) and another with a 10-0 record (Alex Lange of LSU). Both closers (David Berg of UCLA and Tyler Jay of Illinois) put up monster numbers. Berg posted 12 saves and a 7-1 record with a 0.73 ERA. Jay was 5-1 with 13 saves and a 0.64 ERA.

The first team offense features remarkable power, line drive hitters and speed. Six hitters collected 16 or more doubles led by Chris Robinson of Morehead St. with 25. Alex Bregman of LSU had 32 stolen bases on the season to lead first teamers.

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All Americans
1st Team (SEC)
P Carson Fulmer - Vanderbilt
P Alex Lange - LSU
SS Alex Bregman - LSU
OF Andrew Benintendi - Arkansas

2nd Team
C Kade Scivicque - LSU
SS Dansby Swanson - Vanderbilt

3rd Team
1B Chris Chinea-LSU
P Grayson Long - Texas A&M

Bregman and Swanson should be 1A/1B at Shortstop on the first team. Amazing to have such premier talent all around the SEC

It feels like there's a curse with us and these awards. They tend to get mentally fricked after winning.

Let's hope not this time. Well deserved.

Draft eligible sophomores are the worst. He gone.

My bad

Hope he bounces back from a sub par...for him...performance in the SEC tourney and kicks arse in the Hawg's regional games. The SEC has always had a few really great players, but recently every team has at least one, if not two, great players. Both Ark & Fla had really great 3rd basemen, but neither made first team. So that's 3 great players from 3 different teams at one position. Same for SS. CF. Catching.

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Woh, didn't expect him to win that.

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After McFadden not winning Heisman twice in a row, I never expect a Hog to win these.