BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — LSU junior outfielder Dylan Crews is the primary consecutive winner of the Southeastern Conference participant of the 12 months award whereas Tigers junior right-hander Paul Skenes is pitcher of the 12 months.

The teammates, projected because the top two picks in Major League Baseball’s newbie draft, had been honored Monday in voting among the many league’s head coaches. Pittsburgh has the primary decide on July 9, and Washington selects second.

Crews and Skenes additionally had been amongst 25 semifinalists introduced Monday for the Golden Spikes Award, given to the school participant of the 12 months and introduced June 25.

Crews ranks seventh nationally and leads the SEC with a .423 batting common and has 14 residence runs whereas reaching base in 59 consecutive video games courting to final season.

Skenes leads the SEC in wins (10), strikeouts (164) and ERA (1.77). He is ranked No. 2 on LSU’s season strikeouts listing.

Arkansas’s Dave Van Horn was chosen coach of the 12 months, and Georgia’s Charlie Condon was the decide as top freshman.

Alabama’s Andrew Pinckney and Georgia’s Ben Anderson shared SEC co-scholar-athlete of the 12 months honors.

Condon is among the many SEC leaders in batting (.393), hits (81) and RBIs (67), and his 25 residence runs this season are an SEC freshman report.

Van Horn led the Razorbacks to their fourth SEC regular-season title and second up to now three seasons.

The SEC match runs Tuesday by means of Sunday at Hoover Metropolitan Stadium.