The stats don’t do justice, because hardly any team even got 50% of their schedule in. Dreams may have been put on hold, or thrashed altogether for some players, but it’s still worth giving props to these players who are up for Player of the Year honors. In most cases, coaches nominated the players listed. In a couple of cases, we made sure we included a player or two to ensure every team was represented in the event we didn’t receive a nomination.

WHAT’S NEXT? We’ll take our nominee group down to a finalist pool.

NEW FOR 2020: BLITZ will pick a finalist group, and then have another group for the “FAN VOTE – ONE MORE FINALIST” to be included for consideration for Player of the Year. Be on the lookout for that.

NOMINEES

Aidan Berrong (Towns JR #11)

STATS: .579 AVG, 4 RBI, 1 2B, 11 R, 7 SB, .680 OBP; 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 5 K

Logan Bogue (Habersham SO P)

STATS: 2-0, 1.23 ERA, 25 K, 17 IP

Ty Burchett (Banks JR SS/P #1)

STATS: 4-1 (2 Saves), 1.89 ERA, 26 K; .451 AVG, .561 OBP

Dalton Caldwell (Lumpkin SR P/3B #5)

Logan Choflet (Lumpkin SR C #3)

Mason Cooper (Jefferson JR C #10)

STATS: .385 AVG, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 15 R, 4 2B, .718 SLG, .489 OBP

Caden Cotton (Banks SR CF/P #8)

STATS: .451 AVG, 7 2B, 11 RBI, 11 SB, 9 R, .525 OBP, .588 SLG; 5-0, 1.12 ERA, 29 K

Collin Crowder (Towns SO #23)

STATS: .375 AVG, 6 RBI, 5 R, 1 2B, 6 SB, .600 OBP; 2-0, 2.33 ERA, 18 K

Logan Hare (Habersham IF)

STATS: .333 AVG, 13 RBI, .412 OBP

Brody Jarrard (Rabun JR #13)

STATS: .476 AVG, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 3 R, 1 2B

Christian King (Habersham Central SR C #10)

Bo Lewis (Dawson SR C #34)

STATS: .541 AVG, 4 HR, 20 RBI, 16 R, 7 BB, .604 OBP, 1.000 SLG, 1.604 OPS

John Mancuso (Union SR #1)

STATS: .378 AVG, 6 RBI, 3 2B, 1 3B, 10 R, .477 OBP;

Connor McGuire (White SR P #5)

STATS: 3-0, 2.24 ERA, 49 K, 28 IP, 1 no-hitter

Riley Norton (White #11)

STATS: .346 AVG, 2 HR, 12 RBI, 6 R, 3 2B, 4 SB, .452 OBP

Jordan Page (Stephens SR OF #1)

STATS: .421 AVG, .450 OBP, .533 SLG

Colby Rogers (Commerce SR SS/P #9)

STATS: .447 AVG, 14 R, 10 2B; 3 Saves, 0.00 ERA, 6 K, 4.2 IP, 1 H, 0 BB

Hudson Sapp (Dawson SR CF/P #3)

STATS: .500 AVG, 5 HR, 18 RBI, 18 R, 7 SB, 18 BB, .673 OBP, 1.033 SLG, 1.707 OPS; 3-1, 1.77 ERA, 30 K, 17.2 IP, .086 BAA, 0.849 WHIP, *NH/PG vs Coosa

Gunner Stockton (Rabun SO SS #14)

STATS: .333 AVG, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 7 R

TJ Trudnak (Commerce SR OF/P #3)

STATS: .313 AVG, 7 R, .500 OBP; 2-1, 2.33 ERA, 19 K, 18 IP

Tripp Williams (Banks SO P #22)

STATS: 3-1, 0.96 ERA, 24 K

Carson Worley (Stephens SO P #20)

STATS: 4-2, 2.80 ERA, 31 K, 4 BB, 25 IP

Carter Wright (Union SR #8)

STATS: .324 AVG, 10 RBI, 4 2B, 12 R, 2 SB

HONORABLE MENTIONS

• Azzi Cervantes (Habersham SO OF): .341 AVG, 13 R, .434 OBP
• Chathan Clouatre (Tallulah Falls JR C #12)
• Bowman Horn (Jefferson FR 2B #13): .382 AVG, 5 RBI, .475 OBP, 12 SB
• Davis Jennings (Tallulah Falls SR)
• Jake Johnson (White #2): .333 AVG, 9 RBI, 11 R, 1 2B, 5 SB, .500 OBP; 1-0, 2.33 ERA, 7 K
• Blake Kelley (White #6): 2-0, 0.88 ERA, 20 K; .286 AVG, 3 RBI, 3 2B
• Isaiah Martin (Stephens SR OF #6): .314 AVG, .429 OBP, .343 SLG
• Rem Maxwell (Jefferson JR P/OF #21): 2-2, 2.23 ERA, 32 K, 22 IP
• Nick Sellers (Jefferson JR OF #9): .462 AVG, 5 RBI, .500 OBP
• Cole Snyder (Stephens SR 2B #5): .325 AVG, .391 OBP, .425 SLG
• Zeke Swartz (Union JR P #2): 2-0 (1 Save), 1.00 ERA, 16 K
• Trent Thomas (Tallulah Falls)
• Brady Wilson (Rabun #15): .381 AVG, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 4 R, 2 2B
• Ryte Woodruff (Habersham SR OF): .333 AVG, .405 OBP