By Mike Lehman, TTU Sports Information
COOKEVILLE, Tenn. – Tennessee Tech junior designated hitter / outfielder Kevin Strohschein collected his fifth All-American nod of the year, this time earning a spot on the 2018 ABCA/Rawlings All-America First Team.
Strohschein was named the Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year for the second time this season, finishing the year with a .375 average, 69 runs, 106 hits, 18 doubles, 18 home runs, 67 RBI and a .650 slugging percentage. He became the first player in OVC history to record three seasons with at least 60 RBI, three seasons with at least 75 hits and three seasons with at least 55 runs scored. He is also just the fourth player in league history (and second in school history) to record three seasons with at least 14 home runs.
The junior was named a semifinalist for two National Player of the Year awards, including the Golden Spikes Award presented by USA Baseball (1 of 25 players) and the Dick Howser Trophy by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (1 of 35 players). He is one of four players in Tech history to be named OVC Player of the Year and just the fourth player in league history to win the honor multiple times.
He was named a first-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball newspaper and a third-team All-American by Baseball America at the beginning of June and followed that up with first-team honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) and second-team accolades from Perfect Game/Rawlings just last week.
2018 ABCA/RAWLINGS NCAA DIVISION I ALL-AMERICA TEAMS
Photo by Thomas Corhern
