Georgia baseball continues to receive announcements that players are semifinalists for various awards.
Georgia baseball’s Tony Locey and Emerson Hancock received more good news this week.
Locey became a semifinalist for the Pitcher of the Year award that the College Baseball Foundation presents every year.
Emerson became a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy.
Locey currently has a 10-1 record with a 2.55 ERA and 1.07 WHIP. He’s got 86 strikes outs and 23 walks on the season.
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His latest win came against Alabama on Friday when he pitched six innings allowing one run on four hits while retiring and walking four batters.
Locey was last week’s SEC Pitcher of the week after his Friday night performance against Auburn.
Before his Friday night victory over the Tide, Locey had two straight Friday night SEC wins. Now he has three.
As for Hancock, he currently has a 1.31 ERA and an 8-2 record. He has struck out 91 batters and walked 18.
His latest win came against Alabama on Saturday that clinched the Bulldog’s 21st series sweep of the season.
Hancock pitched seven innings allowing one run on six hits while retiring ten batters and no walks. Those six hits were the most he’s allowed all season.
The Dick Howser Trophy is in its 33rd year, and it’s presented annually to the nations most outstanding college baseball player.
Two committees, the NCBWA, the Dick Howser Trophy committee and the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce vote on the winner.
The award is given in memory of former FSU All-America shortstop and major league player and eventually manager who died of brain cancer in 1987. Most folks in the college baseball world regard this award as one of the most prestigious in college baseball.
To be considered for this award, the committees look at the on the field performance, leadership, moral character, and courage. These were things that Howser exemplified in his life.
Hancock made the semifinalist list last year as well. The finalists will be announced on June 6.
If Locey and Hancock keep up what they’re doing on the mound, it’ll be hard for them not to be in contention for these awards. Hancock could come home with two while Locey comes home with Pitcher of the Year.
This season for Georgia baseball is a memorable one and with postseason here, it’ll be interesting to see how much more memorable it gets.