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SEC announces 2018 SEC Baseball Awards
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:18 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:18 pm
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Player of the Year: Jonathan India, Florida
Pitcher of the Year: Brady Singer, Florida
Freshman of the Year: Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas
Coach of the Year: Kevin O'Sullivan, Florida
Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Keegan McGovern, Georgia
Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Nico Mascia, Tennessee
First-Team All-SEC
C: JJ Schwarz, Florida
1B: Kole Cottam, Kentucky
2B: Carson Shaddy, Arkansas
3B: Jonathan India, Florida
SS: Braden Shewmake, Texas A&M
OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
OF: Ryan Olenek, Ole Miss
OF: Keegan McGovern, Georgia
DH/UT: Luke Heyer, Kentucky
SP: Brady Singer, Florida
SP: Casey Mize, Auburn
RP: Michael Byrne, Florida
Second-Team All-SEC Team
C: Nick Fortes, Ole Miss
1B: Adam Sasser, Georgia
2B: Michael Helman, Texas A&M
3B: Casey Martin, Arkansas
SS: Will Holland, Auburn
OF: Eric Cole, Arkansas
OF: Wil Dalton, Florida
OF: Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas
DH/UT: Michael Curry, Georgia
SP: Blaine Knight, Arkansas
SP: Jackson Kowar, Florida
RP: Parker Caracci, Ole Miss
Freshman All-SEC Team
C: Mason Meadows, Georgia
1B: Tanner Allen, Mississippi State
2B: Anthony Servideo, Ole Miss
3B: Casey Martin, Arkansas
OF: Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas
OF: Daniel Cabrera, LSU
OF: Steven Williams, Auburn
DH/UT: Edouard Julien, Auburn
SP: Ma'Khail Hilliard, LSU
SP: Tanner Burns, Auburn
RP: Cody Greenhill, Auburn
SEC All-Defensive Team
C: Grant Koch, Arkansas
1B: Cole Zabowski, Ole Miss
2B: Luke Jarvis, Auburn
3B: Jonathan India, Florida
SS: Connor Kaiser, Vanderbilt
OF: Zach Watson, LSU
OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
OF: Dominic Fletcher, Arkansas
P: Will Neely, Tennessee
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HOOVER, Ala. -- The Southeastern Conference on Monday announced its 2018 Baseball Awards and All-SEC Teams, recognizing standout performances from this season. The 2018 SEC Baseball Tournament will be played Tuesday through Sunday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.
Florida's Jonathan India was named the SEC Player of the Year, the Gators' Brady Singer is the SEC Pitcher of the Year, Arkansas' Heston Kjerstad is the SEC Freshman of the Year, Florida's Kevin O'Sullivan is the SEC Coach of the Year and Georgia's Keegan McGovern and Tennessee's Nico Mascia are the Co-Scholar-Athletes of the Year.
India leads the SEC in several offensive categories, including slugging percentage (.730), on-base percentage (.506) and walks (45) and is third in home runs (16), total bases (130) and batting average (.365). He had a 24-game hitting streak earlier this season, the longest in the SEC and the third-longest in Florida history.
Singer leads the SEC with 10 wins and a 2.25 earned run average and has held hitters to a .186 batting average against. He has pitched at least 7.0 innings in 10 starts this season and has limited the opposition to three earned runs or fewer in 12 of his 13 starts.
Kjerstad leads all SEC freshmen in batting average (.348), runs scored (49) hits (72), home runs (11) and total bases (119). He ranks second with 46 RBI, and his .348 average is sixth-best among all SEC players.
O'Sullivan, in his 11th season as Florida's head coach, was voted SEC Coach of the Year for the third time in his career. He led the Gators to the SEC regular season championship and 41 wins in the regular season. Florida was ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in each week of the regular season.
McGovern holds a 3.48 grade point average in biology. He has been named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll in every semester and is a member of UGA's Student-Athlete Leadership Academy, chosen based on academic, athletic success, leadership, and campus and community involvement. McGovern leads the Bulldogs in batting (.330), runs (62) and home runs (15).
Mascia holds a 3.99 grade point average in biomolecular engineering. He has been a member of the Dean's List in all five semesters and shadowed interventional heart surgeon Dr. Venero at UT Medical Center and oversaw approximately 100 hours of operating. Mascia hit .278 this season with 14 extra base hits and 26 runs scored.
Player of the Year: Jonathan India, Florida
Pitcher of the Year: Brady Singer, Florida
Freshman of the Year: Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas
Coach of the Year: Kevin O'Sullivan, Florida
Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Keegan McGovern, Georgia
Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Nico Mascia, Tennessee
First-Team All-SEC
C: JJ Schwarz, Florida
1B: Kole Cottam, Kentucky
2B: Carson Shaddy, Arkansas
3B: Jonathan India, Florida
SS: Braden Shewmake, Texas A&M
OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
OF: Ryan Olenek, Ole Miss
OF: Keegan McGovern, Georgia
DH/UT: Luke Heyer, Kentucky
SP: Brady Singer, Florida
SP: Casey Mize, Auburn
RP: Michael Byrne, Florida
Second-Team All-SEC Team
C: Nick Fortes, Ole Miss
1B: Adam Sasser, Georgia
2B: Michael Helman, Texas A&M
3B: Casey Martin, Arkansas
SS: Will Holland, Auburn
OF: Eric Cole, Arkansas
OF: Wil Dalton, Florida
OF: Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas
DH/UT: Michael Curry, Georgia
SP: Blaine Knight, Arkansas
SP: Jackson Kowar, Florida
RP: Parker Caracci, Ole Miss
Freshman All-SEC Team
C: Mason Meadows, Georgia
1B: Tanner Allen, Mississippi State
2B: Anthony Servideo, Ole Miss
3B: Casey Martin, Arkansas
OF: Heston Kjerstad, Arkansas
OF: Daniel Cabrera, LSU
OF: Steven Williams, Auburn
DH/UT: Edouard Julien, Auburn
SP: Ma'Khail Hilliard, LSU
SP: Tanner Burns, Auburn
RP: Cody Greenhill, Auburn
SEC All-Defensive Team
C: Grant Koch, Arkansas
1B: Cole Zabowski, Ole Miss
2B: Luke Jarvis, Auburn
3B: Jonathan India, Florida
SS: Connor Kaiser, Vanderbilt
OF: Zach Watson, LSU
OF: Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
OF: Dominic Fletcher, Arkansas
P: Will Neely, Tennessee
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:20 pm to RazorHawg
India went off this year.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:22 pm to DBU
O'Sullivan winning COY over Stricklin is questionable considering the preseason expectations for both teams.
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 2:22 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:22 pm to RazorHawg
Surprised Mize didn’t get Pitcher of the Year. I get Sully as COTY but would have liked to see Stricklin get some acknowledgement for the job he did
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:22 pm to RazorHawg
0 players on any team! Woohoo! ROW TAHD!
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:24 pm to TearsofKnowshon
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O'Sullivan winning COY over Stricklin is questionable considering the preseason expectations for both teams.
I don't disagree. But, to play Devil's Advocate, it is impressive to have Florida back on top as the consensus #1 team after losing what Sully did from last year's team
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:28 pm to Vecchio Cane
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This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:30 pm to SoFunnyItsNot
also give me Holland as 1st team SS
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:32 pm to tylerdurden24
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Surprised Mize didn’t get Pitcher of the Year. I get Sully as COTY but would have liked to see Stricklin get some acknowledgement for the job he did
Mize probably lost it the last 2 weeks of the year. Singer led the SEC in ERA by quite a bit, second by 1/1000 in OppBA, and first in wins.
I don't agree with COY given what Stricklin and Henderson were able to do comparative to preseason expectations. O'Sullivan did what he was expected to do with a stacked roster.
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 2:33 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:35 pm to RazorHawg
Helman batted .365 and had an OPS of damn near 1.000 and he rightly finished on the 2nd team. 2nd base was absolutely stacked!
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:36 pm to Farmer1906
Servideo should not be on there.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:41 pm to Vecchio Cane
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after losing what Sully did from last year's team
they really didn't lose a whole lot comparatively speaking. From last year's team, they returned India, Moldonado, Schwartz, Horvath, and Liput in the field and 2/3 weekend starters in Singer and Kowar and their closer in Byrne. Per college baseball standards, they were a very experienced team coming into the season. They will, however, lose a ton of players this year.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:41 pm to Ole Colonel 27
How the hell did Tyler Keenan not get selected?
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:43 pm to lsufball19
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they really didn't lose a whole lot comparatively speaking
I guess I'm used to being crippled by the loss of a 1st rounder . It's no biggie for Florida
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:46 pm to tdauburn
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How the hell did Tyler Keenan not get selected?
because Martin of Arkansas had better numbers than Keenan. What doesn't make a whole lot of sense is that the SEC press release shows no SS on the all-freshman team. I assume that was an oversight? Or was Hal Hughes the only freshman starting at SS in the league and was too terrible to justify having a SS on the team?
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 2:47 pm
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:50 pm to lsufball19
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Or was Hal Hughes the only freshman starting at SS in the league and was too terrible to justify having a SS on the team?
It's gotta be that
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:51 pm to RazorHawg
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SP: Ma'Khail Hilliard, LSU
Excited about this cat for the future, he had a lot of quality outings this year in the SEC with a bender that's unreal for his age.
Posted on 5/21/18 at 2:53 pm to thunderbird1100
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Excited about this cat for the future, he had a lot of quality outings this year in the SEC with a bender that's unreal for his age.
yep, a nice silver lining to an otherwise frustrating season. Cabrera finally hitting his groove in April is very encouraging as well. That kid is going to be a stud the next 2 years, although I was admittedly over zealous in making my hot take in the preseason that he would be national FOY
This post was edited on 5/21/18 at 2:54 pm
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