LSU third baseman Tommy White high-fives his teammates after a solo home run in the sixth inning of the game against Ole Miss on Saturday at Alex Box Stadium.
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Georgia’s Charlie Condon is the Southeastern Conference player of the year
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Georgia's Charlie Condon, the nation's leading hitter, is the Southeastern Conference player of the year.
League coaches picked Arkansas' Hagen Smith as the top pitcher and Kentucky's Nick Mingione as SEC coach of the year. The SEC released results of voting among the coaches on Monday, ahead of the conference tournament that begins Tuesday.
LSU was shut out of the All-SEC first team but placed three members on second team: third baseman Tommy White, starting pitcher Luke Holman and relief pitcher Griffin Herring. Ashton Larson and Steven Milam of LSU both made the All-Freshman team.
White is batting .341 this season with 11 doubles, one triple, 23 homers, 63 RBIs and 54 runs. He was also named SEC co-player of the week on Monday after leading LSU to a series sweep of Ole Miss.
White is No. 4 in the SEC in base hits with 79, and he is No. 4 in the league in RBIs, No. 6 in homers and No. 6 in total bases (161).
Holman is 8-3 with a 2.73 ERA in 79 innings. He has recorded 30 walks and 109 strikeouts, and he is limiting opponents to a .178 cumulative batting average.
Holman is No. 2 in the SEC in strikeouts and opponent batting average, and he is No. 5 in the league in ERA.
Herring has been brilliant in relief, posting a 3-1 mark and a 1.99 ERA in 40⅔ innings with six saves, 11 walks and 56 strikeouts. He has a 2-1 record and a 1.14 ERA with five saves in SEC games, working 31⅔ innings and posting seven walks, 45 strikeouts and a .217 opponent batting average in league contests.
Condon leads the nation with a .451 batting average and a Georgia-record 35 home runs, second-most in SEC single-season history. He enters the SEC tournament on a 24-game hitting streak.
Smith broke the Arkansas career strikeout record and is just five shy of the Razorbacks’ single-season strikeout mark of 155. Smith is 9-0 and leads the nation with a 1.52 ERA while holding batters to a .135 average.
Mingione led Kentucky to its second SEC regular-season title with a school-record 22 league wins. The Wildcats started the year unranked but finished the regular season ranked No. 2 in the D1 Baseball poll. Mingione was also coach of the year in 2017.
Texas A&M’s Gavin Grahovac is the SEC freshman of the year, and Tennessee’s Drew Beam is the SEC scholar-athlete of the year.
Grahovac is hitting .322 with 19 home runs — including 13 in SEC games — and 59 RBIs.
Beam holds a 3.47 GPA in finance and is a two-time member of the SEC academic honor roll.
Information provided by LSU was used in this report.
2024 SEC baseball awards
Player of the Year: Charlie Condon, Georgia
Pitcher of the Year: Hagen Smith, Arkansas
Freshman of the Year: Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Drew Beam, Tennessee
Coach of the Year: Nick Mingione, Kentucky
First team All-SEC
C: Jackson Appel, Texas A&M
1B: Jac Caglianone, Florida
2B: Christian Moore, Tennessee
3B: Charlie Condon, Georgia
SS: Justin Lebron, Alabama*
SS: David Mershon, Mississippi State*
OF: Braden Montgomery, Texas A&M
OF: Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M
OF: Dylan Dreiling, Tennessee
SP: Hagen Smith, Arkansas
SP: Khal Stephen, Mississippi State
RP: Evan Aschenbeck, Texas A&M
DH/UT: Ike Irish, Auburn*
DH/UT: Nick Lopez, Kentucky*
Second team All-SEC
C: Cole Messina, South Carolina
1B: Blake Burke, Tennessee
2B: Peyton Stovall, Arkansas
3B: Tommy White, LSU
SS: Wehiwa Aloy, Arkansas
OF: Kavares Tears, Tennessee
OF: Ryan Waldschmidt, Kentucky
OF: Dakota Jordan, Mississippi State
SP: Ryan Prager, Texas A&M
SP: Luke Holman, LSU
RP: Griffin Herring, LSU
DH/UT: Andrew Fischer, Ole Miss
Freshman All-SEC team
Gavin Grahovac, Texas A&M
Gabe Gaeckle, Arkansas
Justin Lebron, Alabama
Dean Curley, Tennessee
Tre Phelps, Georgia
Caden Sorrell, Texas A&M
Zane Adams, Alabama
Steven Milam, LSU
Ashton Larson, LSU
Cade Belyeu, Auburn
Liam Peterson, Florida
Nolan Souza, Arkansas
SEC All-Defensive team
C: Fernando Gonzalez, Georgia
1B: Blake Burke, Tennessee
2B: Emilien Pitre, Kentucky
3B: Jared Sprague-Lott, Arkansas*
3B: Mitchell Daly, Kentucky*
SS: Justin Lebron, Alabama
OF: Braden Montgomery, Texas A&M
OF: Kavares Tears, Tennessee
OF: Peyton Holt, Arkansas*
OF: Jace LaViolette, Texas A&M
P: Mason Moore, Kentucky
*Ties (Ties are not broken)
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