2023 NNS Baseball Awards
NNS MVP
“He is Him”
GC. Braden Burress .549 1 HR 13 RBIs 31 runs 4 3B 9 2B 20 SB, 11-0 0.56 ERA 75 IP 103 Ks
NNS MVP Candidates
The 5 Best Players in NNS
NL Luke Cannon .463 2 HRs 20 RBIs 25 R 12 2B 2 3B 15 SB, 3-1 4.12 ERA 62 Ks
SL. Jake Howard .466 21 RBIs 27 R 8 2B 4 3B
GC Braden Burress .549 1 HR 13 RBIs 31 R 4 3B 9 2B 20 SB, 11-0 0.56 ERA 103 Ks
NL Blake Crawford .382 6 HRs 24 RBIs 26 R 11 2B 1 3B 11 SB
AP Cole Smith .389 3 HRs 33 RBIs 11 2B, 7 wins 2.08 ERA
Double Impact
Players that dominated both the mound and the plate.
NL Luke Cannon .463 2 HRs 20 RBIs 25 R 12 2B 2 3B 15 SB, 3-1 4.12 ERA 62 Ks
GC Braden Burress .549 1 HR 13 RBIs 31 R 4 3B 9 2B 20 SB, 11-0 0.56 ERA 103 Ks
AP Garrett Byrd .366 4 HRs 26 RBIs 10 2B, 8 wins .093 ERA
AP Cole Smith .389 3 HRs 33 RBIs 11 2B, 7 wins 2.08 ERA
BC Jamie Williams .364 17 RBIs 19 R 5 2B, 8-2 2.72 ERA 52 Ks
Diamond Club
The best players from the diamond this season!
NL Luke Cannon .463 2 HR 20 RBIs 25 R 12 2B 2 3B 15 SB, 3-1 4.12 ERA 62 Ks
SL Landon Tyndall .424 17 RBIs 20 R 4 2B, 1-2 3.45 ERA 44 Ks
AP Garrett Byrd .366 4 HRs 26 RBIs 10 2B, 8 wins .093 ERA
GC Braden Burress .549 1 HR 13 RBIs 31 R 4 3B 9 2B 20 SB, 11-0 0.56 ERA 103 Ks
NL Blake Crawford .382 6 HR 24 RBIs 26 R 11 2B 1 3B 11 SB
GC Leland Barrow .407 19 RBIs 16 R 4 2B 1 3B, 2-2 3.71 ERA 20 Ks
GC Will Radford .372 1 HR 26 RBIs 5 2B 4 3B
SL Lucas West .424 15 RBIs 32 R 15 SB
NL Hunter Coulombe .431 4 HR 19 RBIs 32 R 4 2B
BC Jamie Williams .364 17 RBIs 19 R 5 2B, 8-2 2.72 ERA 52 Ks
SL Jake Howard .466 21 RBIs 27 R 8 2B 4 3B
JS Maja Brown .397 3 HRs 18 RBIs 25 R 5 2B 1 3B 3-3 5.55 ERA 47 Ks
AP Cole Smith .389 3 HRs 33 RBIs 11 2B, 7 wins 2.08 ERA
Diaper Dandies
The baby boomers, young gunners, future stars (Freshmen)
KH Ex’Vaion Croom .385 3 RBIs 13 R 25 SBs
GC Will Radford .372 1 HR 26 RBIs 4 3B 5 2B
SL Brayden Barnett .406 15 runs 10 RBIs
BC Jamie Williams .364 17 RBIs 19 R 5 2B 8-2 2.72 ERA 52 Ks
BC Braden Cash .328 16 RBIs 15 R 3 2B 1 3B, 2-0 1.97 ERA
GC Riley Radford .277 1 HR 12 RBIs 8 R 2 2B 2 3B, 4-0 3.42 ERA 27 Ks
All-Bombs Team
The “I hit Nukes” squad
NL Blake Crawford 6 HRs
NL Hunter Columbe 4 HRs
AP Garret Byrd 4 HRs
JS Maja Brown 3 HRs
AP Cole Smith 3 HRs
The Stable
My 5 best pitchers 2023
GC Braden Burress
NL Jackson Jenkins
AP Cole Smith
AP Garrett Byrd
GC Austin Hardy
Heaterville
The All-EXXON Team (throwing gas)
GC Braden Burress 103 Ks
NL Luke Cannon 62 Ks
GC Austin Hardy 59 Ks
BC Jamie Williams 52 Ks
NL Jackson Jenkins 51 Ks
JS Jace Weatherington 51 Ks
Gold Glove
Defensive specialist
GC Braden Burress
NL Matthew Hill
SL Adam McDonald
JS Maja Brown
GC Easton Creech
JS Garis Andrews
AP Jojo Ferebee
AP Luke Corbett
NL Jackson Jenkins
Last note:
Plenty of very good baseball players got left off the list. Jacob Suggs could have been interchanged with a few players, Eli Kearney had some of the most dominating outings on the mound this year, Tyler Sears was absolutely huge in some games this year, Braxton Byrd swung the bat very efficient this season. The talent is spreaded across seven high schools in the NNS area and the games were fun. Tough picks on some great baseball players, don’t charge it to my heart.
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