It’s been a historic season for the Tennessee Volunteers baseball team as they finished the regular season 49-7 and 25-5 in the SEC.
In addition, here are just a couple of categories that the Vols led the SEC in…
Categories in which #Vols baseball led the SEC this year…
Batting average, slugging percentage, OBP, OPS, runs scored, runs allowed, hits, RBI, homers, triples, doubles, total bases, walks drawn, walks allowed, ERA, opponent BA, strikeouts thrown, fielding percentage.
— Wes Rucker (@wesrucker247) May 22, 2022
On Monday, All-SEC Honors were handed out and the Vols continued to dominate, this time off the field based on how much they dominated on the field.
Head coach Tony Vitello was named the SEC Coach of the Year. This was the first time Vitello has won the award since taking over the baseball team at Rocky Top in 2018. He led the nation in wins along with achieving the highest RPI in the country. During this season his team took down a couple of school records including team ERA, home runs, and attendance as the team won the SEC for only the 4th time in their history.
All together there were six players who garnered nine spots on the All-SEC first and second teams, as well as the SEC All-Freshman team and SEC All-Defensive team.With five Vol players being honored for the All-SEC teams marked the second most in a single Tennessee season in their history. That ranks just one behind the 1994 team, which had six.
The players that were honored on Monday for UT were…
Pitcher of the Year: Chase DollanderFreshman of the Year: Drew BeamAll-SEC First Team:Trey Lipscomb – 3BDrew Gilbert – OFChase Dollander – SPAll-SEC Second Team:Drew Beam – SPChase Burns – SPSEC All-Defensive Team:Drew Gilbert – OFSEC All-Freshman Team:Drew Beam – SPChase Burns – SPBlake Burke – DH/1B
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