Rutschman Named D1Baseball.com’s Player Of The Year
June 13, 2019 | Baseball
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Make that four Player of the Year honors for Adley Rutschman. The Oregon State junior was selected as D1Baseball.com's National Player of the Year on Thursday, joining Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball and Perfect Game.
Now, he'll focus on the prestigious Golden Spikes Award, with the winner slated to be announced tonight between 4:30 and 5 p.m. PT on ESPN2's "Baseball Tonight." He'll be looking to become the first Oregon State player to ever win the honor, which is given to the top amateur player in the country.
Rutschman would also be just the fourth catcher to take home the Golden Spikes Award, joining Florida's Mike Zunino (2012), Florida State's Buster Posey (2008) and Georgia Tech's Jason Varitek (1994).
Rutschman is also a finalist Dick Howser Trophy and Buster Posey Award. The backstop was selected as the Pac-12 Conference's Player of the Year and Co-Defensive Player of the Year less than two full weeks ago.
He was the No. 1 overall selection in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Baltimore last week.
The Sherwood, Ore., native batted .411 in 2019 to lead the Pac-12 in batting average. Rutschman also leads the nation with 76 walks – an Oregon State single-season record – and he hit 17 home runs with 58 RBI.
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Now, he'll focus on the prestigious Golden Spikes Award, with the winner slated to be announced tonight between 4:30 and 5 p.m. PT on ESPN2's "Baseball Tonight." He'll be looking to become the first Oregon State player to ever win the honor, which is given to the top amateur player in the country.
Rutschman would also be just the fourth catcher to take home the Golden Spikes Award, joining Florida's Mike Zunino (2012), Florida State's Buster Posey (2008) and Georgia Tech's Jason Varitek (1994).
Rutschman is also a finalist Dick Howser Trophy and Buster Posey Award. The backstop was selected as the Pac-12 Conference's Player of the Year and Co-Defensive Player of the Year less than two full weeks ago.
He was the No. 1 overall selection in the 2019 MLB First-Year Player Draft by Baltimore last week.
The Sherwood, Ore., native batted .411 in 2019 to lead the Pac-12 in batting average. Rutschman also leads the nation with 76 walks – an Oregon State single-season record – and he hit 17 home runs with 58 RBI.
Follow Us On Social
For more information on the Oregon State baseball team, follow the club's official Twitter account at Twitter.com/BeaverBaseball, by Facebook at Facebook.com/OregonStateBaseball or on Instagram at Instagram.com/BeaverBaseball.
OUR MISSION
Oregon State Athletics strives to Build Excellent Authentic Visionary Student-Athletes (Go BEAVS).
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