Baseball Player of the Year Nominees

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We reached out to all head coaches for nominees for Player of the Year (max 5 players). Coaches submitted the following 42 nominees. If no response was provided, BLITZ nominated based on stats/accolades. From here, we will narrow down the nominees to a finalist pool, and allow the public to vote on one nominee that didn’t make our finalist group to join it with a ‘last finalist’ vote. Following the ‘Last Finalist’ selection, our internal voting panel will vote Heisman-style for the winner.

Kreed Barrett – Habersham Central SR OF #4

STATS: .370 AVG, 1 HR, 7 2B, 2 3B, .472 OBP

Drew Barron – Tallulah Falls JR P #10

STATS: .310 AVG (27 H), 2 HR, 16 RBI, 27 R, 9 2B, 7 SB, .459 OBP / 7-3, 3.54 ERA, 55 K, 57.1 IP

Jackson Beasley – Jefferson SO P #6

STATS: 7-3, 2.24 ERA, 64 K, 59.1 IP, 24 BB, 1.09 WHIP, .184 BAA; 1st Team All-Region

Landry Boling – Jefferson FR OF #12

STATS: .340 AVG (32 H), 7 HR, 32 RBI, 32 R, 3 2B, 8 SB, .471 OBP, .617 SLG; 1st Team All-Region

Bo Brown – Union County SR C #7

STATS: .338 AVG, 2 HR, 26 RBI, 8 2B, 2nd Team All-Region

Maverick Chitwood – Habersham Central SR OF/P #5

STATS: .378 AVG, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 25 R, 9 2B, 1 3B, .527 OBP; 8-3, 2.26 ERA, 67 K, 65 IP, 16 BB, 1.10 WHIP

Duke Collins – Stephens County SO OF #

STATS: 1st Team All-Region *Nominated by BLITZ

Zeke Dotson – Dawson County FR OF/P #42

STATS: .348 AVG (36 H), 1 HR, 25 RBI, 15 R, 12 2B / 5-3, 1.64 ERA, 92 K, 59.2 IP; 1st Team All-Region

Alex Freeman – White County SR P/IF/C #7

STATS: .384 AVG (38 H), 1 HR, 24 RBI, 17 R, 10 2B, 1 3B, 8 BB, 5 SB, .450 OBP, .986 OPS / 4-2 (1 Save), 1.85 ERA, 63 K, 45.1 IP

Easton Gailey – Franklin County

STATS: *Nominated by BLITZ

Reid Giles – Rabun County SR OF/P #5

STATS: .430 AVG (37 H), 17 RBI, 19 R, 7 2B, 4 3B, 12 SB, .578 OBP, 1.182 OPS

Sawyer Gailey – White County JR OF #14

STATS: .417 AVG (40 H), 1 HR, 17 RBI, 26 R, 8 2B, 3 3B, 8 BB, 10 SB, .472 OBP, 1.065 OPS

Cooper Garrett – White County SR OF #2

STATS: .473 AVG (35 H), 3 HR, 22 RBI, 6 2B, 3 3B, 27 BB, 8 SB, .573 OBP, 1.038 OPS, 2nd Team All-State, 1st Team All-Region

Mason Griffin – Franklin County SO SS #21

STATS: *Nominated by BLITZ

Eli Gwynn – Union County SR P #10

STATS: .5-2, 1.32 ERA, 45 K, 53 IP, 1st Team All-Region

Lane Haney – Union County SR OF #19

STATS: .340 AVG, 2 HR, 15 RBI, 28 R, 7 2B

Mason Hester – Lumpkin County SR 1B/OF #4

STATS: .389 AVG, 2 HR, 19 RBI, 23 R, 5 3B, 22 SB; Preseason 2nd Team All-State; 113 Career Hits, 2x All-Region

Christian Hewitt – Stephens County SR P

STATS: 1st Team All-Region *Nominated by BLITZ

Hudson Huff – Franklin County SO OF/P #8

STATS: *Nominated by BLITZ

Sawyer Kennedy – Franklin County JR DH #5

STATS: *Nominated by BLITZ

Eli McNabb – Towns County SR OF #21

STATS: .349 AVG, 30 RBI, 8 2B, 1 3B, .979 OPS, 1st Team All-Region

Owen Miller – Banks County SR P/SS #5

STATS: 7-2, 1.49 ERA, 71 K, 65.2 IP, 17 BB / Region Pitcher of the Year

Kamdin Mize – Commerce JR 3B/1B #20

STATS: .402 AVG, 3 HR, 27 RBI, 17 R, 11 2B, .455 OBP, 1.064 OPS

Josiah Padgett – White County SO IF/P #20

STATS: .362 AVG (29 H), 1 HR, 17 RBI, 14 R, 7 2B, 15 BB, 2 SB, .459 OBP, .947 OPS / 4-1, 2.83 ERA, 41 K, 27 IP

Maddox Patton – Union County SR CF #9

STATS: .457 AVG, 4 HR, 25 RBI, 41 R, 2 K in 113 PA; 1st Team All-Region

Eli Primm – Jefferson JR OF #2

STATS: .343 AVG (36 H), 1 HR, 24 RBI, 41 R, 12 2B, 14 HBP, 15 SB, .504 OBP; 2nd Team All-Region

Ryan Reed – Jefferson SR OF #8

STATS: .435 AVG (47 H), 1 HR, 28 RBI, 40 R, 8 2B, 3 3B, 33 SB, .538 OBP; Region POY

Bentley Rich – Union County JR 2B #1

STATS: .360 AVG, 2 HR, 29 RBI, 26 R, 10 2B

Ashton Roache – Tallulah Falls SR 3B #7

STATS: .483 AVG (42 H), 4 HR, 36 RBI, 47 R, 28 SB, .597 OBP / 4-3 (1 Save), 3.83 ERA, 29 K, 34.2 IP

Oliver Sarafin – Towns County JR IF/P #2

STATS: .328 AVG, 3 HR, 26 RBI, 8 2B, 1 3B, 1.184 OPS // 5-2, 1 SV, 2.17 ERA, 43 K, 38.2 IP, 1st Team All-Region

Logan Sawyer – Dawson County SR OF #23

STATS: .441 AVG (32 H), 18 RBI, 20 R, 7 2B; 1st Team All-Region

Gaven Sears – Banks County SR C/P #2

STATS: .430 AVG, 5 HR, 26 RBI, 40 R, 8 2B, 20 IBB, 31 HBP, 21 SB, .671 OBP/ 1.47 ERA, 6 Saves, 31 K, 19 IP / 7 CS at Catcher (70% CS%), Region Player of the Year