SEC announces baseball awards, All-Conference teams following regular season

The SEC again proved that it is an extremely strong baseball conference this season. A lot of the attention goes to Tennessee, who has been ranked at the top all season long. But the conference is filled with quality clubs. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the conference announced awards and All-SEC teams from this baseball season.

The tremendous talent across the SEC will be on display this week, with the conference baseball tournament set to begin on Tuesday. Tuesday’s slate features No. 6 Georgia vs. No. 11 Alabama, No. 7 Florida vs. No. 10 South Carolina, No. 8 Vanderbilt vs. No. 9 Ole Miss, and No. 5 Auburn vs. No. 12 Kentucky. Tennessee (No. 1), Texas A&M (No. 2), Arkansas (No. 3), and LSU (No. 4) earned byes into Wednesday. Missouri and last year’s national champions, Mississippi State, failed to make the SEC Tournament.

The SEC also has multiple teams ranked in the latest D1Baseball Top 25, with more teams included in the projected NCAA Tournament field.

SEC baseball awards

Co-Players of the Year: LSU OF Dylan Crews, Auburn 1B Sonny DiChiara

Pitcher of the Year: Tennessee’s Chase Dollander

Freshman of the Year: Tennessee P Drew Beam

Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Georgia OF Ben Anderson

Coach of the Year: Tennessee’s Tony Vitello

All-SEC teams

First Team All-SEC

C: BT Riopelle, Florida
1B: Sonny DiChiara, Auburn
2B: RJ Yeager, Mississippi State
3B: Trey Lipscomb, Tennessee
SS: Jacob Gonzalez, Ole Miss
OF: Enrique Bradfield Jr., Vanderbilt
OF: Dylan Crews, LSU
OF: Drew Gilbert, Tennessee
SP: Chase Dollander, Tennessee
SP: Jonathan Cannon, Georgia
RP: Tyler Guilfoil, Kentucky
DH/UT: Dominic Keegan, Vanderbilt

Second Team All-SEC

C: Logan Tanner, Mississippi State
1B: Tim Elko, Ole Miss
2B: Ryan Targac, Texas A&M
3B: Jacob Berry, LSU
SS: Josh Day, Missouri
OF: Wyatt Langford, Florida
OF: Spencer Jones, Vanderbilt
OF: Dylan Rock, Texas A&M
SP: Chase Burns, Tennessee
SP: Drew Beam, Tennessee
RP: Blake Burkhalter, Auburn
DH/UT: Brandt Belk, South Carolina*
DH/UT: Austin Bost, Texas A&M*

Freshman All-SEC Team

Chase Burns, SP, Tennessee
Drew Beam, SP, Tennessee
Brady Tygart, RP, Arkansas
Hunter Elliott, SP, Ole Miss
Hagen Smith, SP, Arkansas
Carter Holton, SP, Vanderbilt
Hunter Hines, INF/OF, Mississippi State
Blake Burke, 1B/OF, Tennessee
Brandon Neely, P, Florida
Devin Futrell, SP, Vanderbilt
Michael Braswell, INF/P, South Carolina
Dylan Ray, RP, Alabama*
Chris Cortez, RP, Texas A&M*

SEC All-Defensive Team

C: Logan Tanner, Mississippi State
1B: Tre’ Morgan, LSU
2B: Robert Moore, Arkansas
3B: Blake Rambusch, Auburn
SS: Ryan Ritter, Kentucky
OF: Enrique Bradfield, Jr., Vanderbilt
OF: Dylan Crews, LSU
OF: Drew Gilbert, Tennessee
P: Connor Noland, Arkansas