SEC announces 2023 SEC baseball awards
HOOVER, Ala. (May 22, 2023)-----The Southeastern Conference on Monday announced its 2023 baseball awards and All-SEC teams, recognizing standout performances from this season. The awards were voted on by the league's head coaches.
LSU's Dylan Crews was named SEC Player of the Year, LSU's Paul Skenes is the SEC Pitcher of the Year, Georgia's Charlie Condon is the SEC Freshman of the Year, Alabama's Andrew Pinckney and Georgia's Ben Anderson are the SEC Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year, and Arkansas' Dave Van Horn was voted the SEC Coach of the Year.
Crews leads the SEC and is ranked seventh nationally with a .423 batting average. He has 14 home runs, 13 doubles and 57 RBI so far this season. Crews is also the league-leader in on base percentage (.573) and runs scored (79), and he has a reached base streak of 59 games, which includes all 55 games of this season. He is the first to garner SEC Player of the Year honors in consecutive seasons.
Skenes leads the SEC in wins (10), strikeouts (164) and earned run average (1.77). He is ranked No. 2 on LSU's all-time single-season strikeouts list. Skenes has allowed two or fewer runs in 11 of his 14 starts this season. He was named the SEC Pitcher of the Week three times this season.
Condon is among the SEC leaders in batting (.393), hits (81) and RBI (67), and his 25 home runs this season is an SEC freshman record, breaking the previous mark of 22. Earlier this season, Condon had a 37-game on base streak and a 24-game hitting streak. He also leads the SEC in home runs in conference games this season (16).
Pinckney recently earned his degree in management information systems with a 3.52 grade point average. He is a five-time Dean's List honoree and has been named to the SEC Academic Honor Roll twice. Pinckney is hitting .347 in his junior campaign with 15 home runs, 10 doubles and 49 RBI.
Anderson holds a degree in biochemistry and is pursuing a master's degree in biomedical sciences. He plans to attend medical school after his playing career. Anderson is the first Georgia baseball player to earn an NCAA postgraduate scholarship, and he is the third to earn SEC Scholar-Athlete of the Year honors in consecutive seasons. Anderson has 59 hits this season, including 20 extra base hits.
Van Horn led the Razorbacks to their fourth SEC regular season title and second in the last three seasons. Arkansas also won its seventh SEC Western Division crown under Van Horn and fourth since 2018.
The 2023 SEC Baseball Tournament will be played Tuesday through Sunday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.
| AWARD | RECIPIENT |
|---|---|
| Player of the Year |  Dylan Crews, LSU |
| Pitcher of the Year | Paul Skenes, LSU |
| Freshman of the Year |  Charlie Condon, Georgia |
| Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year | Ben Anderson, Georgia |
| Co-Scholar-Athlete of the Year |  Andrew Pinckney, Alabama |
| Coach of the Year |  Dave Van Horn, Arkansas |
| POSITION | PLAYER |
|---|---|
| C |  Cole Messina, South Carolina |
| 1B |  Jac Caglianone, Florida |
| 2B | Cade Kurland, Florida |
| 3B | Tommy White, LSU |
| SS | Josh Rivera, Florida |
| OF | Dylan Crews, LSU |
| OF | Wyatt Langford, Florida |
| OF | Ethan Petry, South Carolina |
| SP | Paul Skenes, LSU |
| SP | Hagen Smith, Arkansas |
| RP | Brandon Neely, Florida |
| DH/UT |  Hunter Hines, Mississippi State |
| POSITION | PLAYER |
|---|---|
| C |  Calvin Harris, Ole Miss |
| 1B | Charlie Condon, Georgia |
| 2B |  Emilien Pitre, Kentucky |
| 3B |  Luke Mann, Missouri* |
| 3B |  Bryson Ware, Auburn* |
| SS | Jacob Gonzalez, Ole Miss |
| OF | Kemp Alderman, Ole Miss |
| OF |  Enrique Bradfield Jr., Vanderbilt |
| OF | Andrew Pinckney, Alabama* |
| OF |  Jared Dickey, Tennessee* |
| SP | Devin Futrell, Vanderbilt |
| SP | Brandon Sproat, Florida |
| RP | Nick Maldonado, Vanderbilt |
| DH/UT | Kendall Diggs, Arkansas |
| PLAYER |
|---|
| Charlie Condon, Georgia |
| Ethan Petry, South Carolina |
| Ike Irish, Auburn |
| Cade Kurland, Florida |
| Colby Shelton, Alabama |
| Jared Jones, LSU |
 Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M |
| Alton Davis II, Alabama |
| Dakota Jordan, Mississippi State |
| Gage Wood, Arkansas |
| RJ Austin, Vanderbilt |
| Luke Heyman, Florida |
| POSITION | PLAYER |
|---|---|
| C | Fernando Gonzalez, Georgia |
| 1B | Drew Williamson, Alabama* |
| 1B | Hunter Gilliam, Kentucky* |
| 2B | Emilien Pitre, Kentucky |
| 3B | Davis Diaz, Vanderbilt |
| SS | Jim Jarvis, Alabama |
| OF | Enrique Bradfield, Jr., Vanderbilt |
| OF | Dylan Crews, LSU |
| OF | Tavian Josenberger, Arkansas* |
| OF | Kason Howell, Auburn* |
| P | Hagen Smith, Arkansas |
*Ties (Ties are not broken)