These roughly 20 guys spent all season showcasing why they are the best among North Georgia baseball. Congrats to our 2018 BLITZ Baseball Player of the Year nominees.

As always, we collect our nominees from head coaches at each school. These are NOT for public voting.

WHAT’S NEXT? The nominees list will be narrowed down into a finalist pool. Our BLITZ voting panel, consisting of up to 20 members, will vote Heisman-style to determine the Player of the Year.

RJ Banton – Union County

SR IB/P #26

HITTING STATS: .369 AVG (31/84), 26 RBI, 12 R, 7 2B, 3B, 16 BB
PITCHING STATS: 5.91 ERA, 9 K

Andrew Griffin – Towns County

JR C #9

HITTING STATS: .407 AVG, 13 RBI, .574 OBP

Ean Harkins – Union County

JR #24

STATS: .400 AVG (22/55), 12 RBI, 14 R, 7 2B, 16 BB

Chase Horton – Rabun County

SR P #11

PITCHING STATS: 5-2 (2.32 ERA), Save, 63 K, 45.1 IP
HITTING STATS: .300 AVG (21/70) HR, 14 RBI, 15 R, 5 2B, 2 3B, SB

Hunter Ingle – Habersham Central

SR OF #2

STATS: .365 AVG (25/62) HR, 18 RBI, 15 R, 3 2B, 6 SB

Payton Irvin – Habersham Central

SR P #11

PITCHING STATS: 4-2 (2.57 ERA), Save, 57 K, 57 IP
HITTING STATS: .290 AVG, 14 RBI, 7 R, 4 2B

Jarred Jones – Habersham Central

SR CF #10

HITTING STATS: .333 AVG (16/36) 5 HR, 16 RBI, 31 R, 5 2B, 2 3B, 19 SB, 19 BB
PITCHING STATS: 1-3 (2.80 ERA), Save, 8 K

Grayson Lane – Rabun County

SR P #23

PITCHING STATS: 4-2 (2.12 ERA), 45 K, 36.1 IP
HITTING STATS: .258 AVG, 2 RBI, 2 2B, 2 R

Charlie Ledford – Commerce

SR C/3B/P #15

PITCHING STATS: 7-1 (2.18 ERA), 63 K, 67.3 IP
HITTING STATS: .340 AVG, 29 RBI, 10 2B

Austin Page – Stephens County

SR IF #1

STATS: .410 AVG (34/83) HR, 20 RBI, 31 R, 9 2B, 2 3B

Connor Pierce – Lumpkin County

JR OF #11

STATS: .337 AVG, 16 RBI, 21 R, 3 2B, 2 3B, 17 SB

Hudson Sapp – Dawson County

SO CF #2

STATS: .438 AVG (32/73), 2 HR, 17 RBI, 31 R, 22 SB, 7 2B, 3 3B, 35 BB

Palmer Sapp – Dawson County

SR SS/P #3

HITTING STATS: .460 AVG (40/87), 5 HR, 31 RBI, 15 SB, 12 2B, 2 3B, 23 BB
PITCHING STATS: 4-4 (3.71 ERA), Save, 40 K, 52.2 IP

Dawson Sorrells – Stephens County

JR P/IF #8

PITCHING STATS: 5-2 (3.19 ERA), Save, 46 K, 46 IP
HITTING STATS: .379 AVG (36/95) HR, 23 RBI, 24 R, 9 2B

Dalton Stephens – Lumpkin County

JR OF/P #6

HITTING STATS: .352 AVG, 18 RBI, 15 R, 3 2B, 4 3B, 12 BB, 6 SB
PITCHING STATS: 4-3 (4.47 ERA), 37 K, 51.2 IP

Davis Swenson – Stephens County

JR P/IF #9

PITCHING STATS: 6-3 (2.51 ERA), 2 Saves, 73 K, 55.2 IP

CJ Thomas – Banks County

SR SS/P #2

PITCHING STATS: 6-2 (1.69 ERA) 61 K, 53 IP; .973 FLD
HITTING STATS: .511 AVG, HR, 18 RBI, 11 2B, 2 3B, 22 SB

Gage Webb – Tallulah Falls

JR 3B/P

PITCHING STATS: 3-1 (3.18 ERA), Save, 38 K, 29 IP
HITTING STATS: .485 AVG, 18 RBI, 7 2B, 4 3B

DISCLAIMER: White County did not return attempts to receive a nominee.