Award season for college baseball is upon us and the list of awards West Virginia second baseman JJ Wetherholt is up for is getting longer and longer by the day.
On Friday, the Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award released their four finalists, and Wetherholt was one of them. Given to a player who exemplifies performance at the plate, in the classroom, and personal integrity.
Wetherholt led the nation in batting average, while also having a 3.87 GPA, being named a first-team Academic All-American by College Sports Communicators.
“I think the BBNCSA Selection Committee had an extremely tough job this year given the depth and performance of our best Watch List in the history of the Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award presented by SR Bats,” said Tracy Taylor, Executive Director of the BBNCSA and the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation. “You can’t go wrong with three upperclassmen that hit over .430 for the season and were the top three hitters in Division I plus a redshirt freshman who hit .386 with 25 homers. This year’s finalists include the Player’s of The Year from the SEC (Crews), the Big 12 (Wetherholt) and Conference USA (Schanuel) and Condon was the SEC Freshman Of the Year.”
The other three finalists for the award include Dylan Crews of LSU, Nolan Schanuel of Florida Atlantic, and Charlie Condon of Georgia.
The winner will be announced later this month and then he will be honored at a gala in the fall.
