College Midseason All American Awards

We are seven weeks into the college baseball season and have reached the midway point of the year. So, with that being said, we are excited to roll out our awards for the players, teams and coaches who have excelled so far in 2023. One of the top storylines for much of the season has been No 1 LSU living up to their lofty expectations and the SEC dominating much of the Top-10 in our rankings throughout. The Tigers have put on a parade of elite level arms, game changing defensive skills and of course, one of the most potent offenses in recent history. They are currently (24-4) and have yet to drop a series and have done so in dominant fashion for most of the schedule. The scary thing is that they are just now starting to hit on all cylinders. So, based on their body of work thus far and the wealth of talent in all aspects of the game, the LSU Tigers are our Perfect Game 2023 Midseason Team of the Year.

Coming into the 2023 season as the consensus favorite to be the first pick in the upcoming MLB Draft, it would be hard for any mere mortal to perform beyond expectations. But that is precisely what LSU centerfielder Dylan Crews has done for the first 28 games of the year. He is currently carrying an incredible BA% of .543 while slugging .947 and by the way he reaches base over two-thirds of the time he comes to the plate. He has walked over twice as many times as he has punched out and yet he has collected 11 doubles, 9 home runs and driven in 35 RBIs. He has also thrown in 3 stolen bases and plays a Gold Glove caliber centerfield for good measure. Crews was the obvious choice for Perfect Game’s Midseason Player of the Year.

The Midseason Pitcher of the Year goes to none other than Paul Skenes, who is putting together the type of year that has scouts and pundits across the nation saying he may be the best to ever wear a college jersey. The 6-6/235 RHP is the clear-cut ace for the LSU Tigers and virtually guarantees his club starts off every series with a victory. With a fastball that regularly registers 100 mph readings and has even peaked at 102, Skenes is a strike throwing machine and carries his best stuff deep into games. In his 7 starts this season, he is 5-0 with a minuscule ERA of 0.81 over his 44.1 IP thus far. He has only allowed 19 hits all season and even more impressive that he has only surrendered 3 extra base hits all year. Teams have only scored 4 runs against him all told, and he possesses a mind-blowing 83:8 strike out to walk ratio.

There have been a multitude of freshman across the nation putting together amazing season, but none have impressed like Ethan Petry, infielder for the University of South Carolina. The 6-4/230 right-handed hitter has been right in the middle of his team’s immense power surge as they lead the nation in home runs. Petry’s slash line is .442/.856/.496 through 29 games played and he has taken his performance to another level in SEC play. With 4 doubles, 13 home runs and having driven in 42 runs, Ethan Petry in our Perfect Game Midseason Freshman of the Year.

Boston College has been arguably the most surprising and impressive story of the 2023 season and because of their record setting season through 26 games, Mike Gambino is our Midseason Coach of the Year. The Eagles currently sit in 2nd place in the Atlantic Division in the ACC and reached the 20-win plateau faster than any previous team to wear the BC uniform. Beyond that, for the first time in program history, they have won each of the first four conference serie they’ve played this year. They are also ranked No. 7 in this week’s Perfect Game Top-25 poll, meaning they are the second highest ranked team in their league.

Midseason Perfect Game/Rawlings College Baseball Awards

Player of the Year:Dylan Crews, OF, LSU
Pitcher of the Year: Paul Skenes, RHP, LSU
Freshman of the Year: Ethan Petry, OF, South Carolina
Coach of the Year: Mike Gambino, Boston College
Team of the Year: LSU

*Denotes National Award Winners
**Only true freshmen/first-year college players were eligible for Freshmen teams
Statistics for games played through Sunday, April 2, 2023.


First Team Hitters

Pos.	Name	School	Class	AVG	OBP	SLG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
C	Kyle Teel	Virginia	JR	.446	.508	.688	32	50	9	0	6	32	1
1B	Nolan Schanuel	Florida Atlantic	JR	.458	.604	.885	36	44	7	2	10	28	9
2B	JJ Wetherholt	West Virginia	SO	.462	.525	.778	36	54	14	1	7	33	24
3B	Brock Wilken	Wake Forest	JR	.315	.461	.741	38	34	4	0	14	42	0
SS	Jacob Wilson	Grand Canyon	JR	.465	.504	.703	23	47	10	4	2	38	4
IF	Josh Rivera	Florida	SR	.407	.511	.769	42	44	4	1	11	40	9
OF	Charlie Condon	Georgia	SO	.441	.528	.843	32	45	6	1	11	42	0
OF	Dylan Crews*	LSU	JR	.543	.664	.947	49	51	11	0	9	35	3
OF	Wyatt Langford	Florida	JR	.392	.550	.861	39	31	9	2	8	20	0
DH	Gavin Kash	Texas Tech	SO	.423	.483	.837	35	52	9	3	12	46	2
UT	Jac Caglianone	Florida	SO	.408	.462	.958	36	49	8	2	18	44	2

First Team Pitchers

Pos.	Name	School	Class	ERA	W-L	CG	SV	IP	H	SO	BB	OBA
SP	Rhett Lowder	Wake Forest	JR	1.40	6-0	0	0	45	32	54	8	.199
SP	Paul Skenes*	LSU	JR	0.81	5-0	0	0	44.1	19	83	8	.127
SP	Brody Brecht	Iowa	SO	2.67	2-1	0	0	33.2	19	59	24	.164
SP	Sean Sullivan	Wake Forest	SO	1.77	4-1	0	0	35.2	18	63	8	.145
SP	Trey Yesavage	East Carolina	SO	2.08	4-0	0	0	43.1	29	67	10	.188
RP	Terry Busse	Georgia Tech	JR	0.93	1-1	0	7	19.1	12	34	11	.167
RP	Simon Miller	UTSA	JR	0.59	5-0	0	5	30.2	22	45	7	.196
UT	Jac Caglianone	Florida	SO	4.18	3-0	0	0	32.1	21	38	21	.181

Second Team Hitters

Pos.	Name	School	Class	AVG	OBP	SLG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
C	Jack Payton	Louisville	JR	.410	.496	.710	27	41	7	1	7	24	6
1B	Nick Kurtz	Wake Forest	SO	.337	.496	.744	34	29	5	0	10	30	1
2B	Roc Riggio	Oklahoma State	SO	.330	.478	.689	32	35	10	2	8	27	5
3B	Tommy White	LSU	SO	.372	.450	.734	28	35	10	0	8	45	0
SS	Brice Matthews	Nebraska	JR	.404	.496	.755	28	38	7	1	8	39	12
IF	Matt Shaw	Maryland	JR	.349	.466	.736	27	37	9	1	10	30	10
OF	Braden Montgomery	Stanford	SO	.402	.545	.759	34	35	5	1	8	27	1
OF	Jake DeLeo	Georgia Tech	JR	.407	.476	.764	32	50	12	1	10	30	5
OF	Cam Fisher	Charlotte	JR	.378	.528	.857	35	37	2	0	15	30	2
DH	Kris Armstrong	Jacksonville	SR	.362	.425	.845	29	42	8	0	16	49	0
UT	Nolan McLean	Oklahoma State	JR	.292	.429	.640	26	26	5	1	8	25	4

Second Team Pitchers

Pos.	Name	School	Class	ERA	W-L	CG	SV	IP	H	SO	BB	OBA
SP	Chase Dollander	Tennessee	JR	3.92	4-2	0	0	39	33	56	11	.229
SP	Chris Flynn	Boston Collge	GR	1.76	6-1	0	0	41	35	53	14	.229
SP	Josh Hartle	Wake Forest	SO	1.71	6-1	0	0	42	33	64	7	.217
SP	Carter Holton	Vanderbilt	SO	2.58	4-0	0	0	38.1	29	45	12	.213
SP	Juaron Watts-Brown	Oklahoma State	JR	2.61	4-1	0	0	41.1	26	67	17	.177
RP	Garrett Edwards	LSU	JR	0.81	4-0	0	1	22.1	13	26	4	.163
RP	Hagen Smith	Arkansas	SO	2.35	5-0	0	0	30.2	21	45	20	.194
UT	Nolan McLean	Oklahoma State	JR	1.35	1-1	0	6	13.1	10	17	6	.204

Third Team Hitters

Pos.	Name	School	Class	AVG	OBP	SLG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
C	Jacob Cozart	North Carolina State	SO	.369	.460	.655	20	31	9	0	5	23	0
1B	Hunter Fitz-Gerald	Old Dominion	JR	.354	.406	.685	38	45	6	0	12	38	0
2B	Tommy Troy	Stanford	JR	.413	.500	.688	26	33	7	3	3	18	10
SS	Bryce Arnold	Campbell	JR	.337	.422	.811	30	32	9	3	10	35	4
3B	Jake Gelof	Virginia	JR	.363	.440	.752	35	41	13	2	9	44	1
IF	Gavin Casas	South Carolina	JR	.311	.455	.796	37	32	5	0	15	36	0
OF	Homer Bush Jr.	Grand Canyon	JR	.441	.541	.646	39	48	9	2	2	24	9
OF	Lawson Harrill	Campbell	JR	.436	.553	.846	30	34	8	0	8	28	4
OF	Tommy Hawke	Wake Forest	SO	.411	.531	.554	38	46	13	0	1	19	7
DH	Ryan Galanie	Wofford	SR	.451	.552	.794	30	46	8	0	9	32	12
UT	Payton Tolle	Wichita State	SO	.366	.405	.545	19	41	5	0	5	27	1
UT	Jackson Finley	Georgia Tech	SR	.330	.415	.736	27	30	10	0	9	29	0

Third Team Pitchers

Pos.	Name	School	Class	ERA	W-L	CG	SV	IP	H	SO	BB	OBA
SP	Drew Beam	Tennessee	SO	2.51	3-1	0	0	32.1	34	31	8	.266
SP	Mikey Gutierrez	UC Santa Barbara	SR	1.62	3-1	0	0	33.1	25	42	10	—
SP	Hunter Hollan	Arkansas	JR	3.50	4-1	0	0	36	35	35	11	.259
SP	Kiefer Lord	Washington	JR	3.23	3-0	0	0	39	29	46	10	.206
SP	Connor O’Halloran	Michigan	JR	2.09	5-1	0	0	47.1	34	59	10	.194
SP	Graham Osman	Long Beach State	JR	1.54	4-0	0	0	41	26	49	16	.182
RP	Cade Denton	Oral Roberts	JR	1.38	1-0	0	5	26	20	36	5	.220
RP	Ryan Hagenow	Kentucky	JR	0.00	2-0	0	2	15.1	4	23	5	.078
UT	Payton Tolle	Wichita State	SO	3.07	6-0	1	0	41	31	49	10	.207
UT	Jackson Finley	Georgia Tech	SR	4.60	1-3	0	0	31.1	32	26	8	.260

Freshman All American Teams


First Team Hitters

Pos.	Name	School	Class	AVG	OBP	SLG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
C	Malcolm Moore	Stanford	FR	.327	.391	.614	22	33	8	0	7	28	2
1B	Ike Irish	Auburn	FR	.409	.473	.643	24	47	16	1	3	30	1
2B	Cade Kurland	Florida	FR	.333	.425	.605	35	38	7	0	8	33	1
3B	Colby Shelton	Alabama	FR	.313	.424	.740	28	30	5	0	12	25	0
SS	Alex Bouche	Old Dominion	FR	.375	.508	.677	27	36	4	2	7	27	2
IF	Chase Mora	Texas State	FR	.313	.419	.797	17	22	3	0	10	28	1
OF	Austin Overn	Southern California	FR	.330	.406	.598	28	37	7	10	1	18	9
OF	Ethan Petry*	South Carolina	FR	.442	.496	.856	29	46	4	0	13	42	1
OF	Nolan Schubart	Oklahoma State	FR	.400	.538	.778	28	36	10	0	8	32	1
DH	Jared Jones	LSU	FR	.367	.458	.747	22	29	6	0	8	30	2
UT	Mitch Voit	Michigan	FR	.293	.350	.446	13	27	5	0	3	18	0

First Team Pitchers

Pos.	Name	School	Class	ERA	W-L	CG	SV	IP	H	SO	BB	OBA
SP	Evan Chrest	Jacksonville	FR	1.91	4-0	0	0	42.1	32	51	22	.219
SP	Dom Fritton	North Carolina State	FR	1.56	1-1	0	0	34.2	23	36	10	.184
SP	Justin Mitrovich	Elon	FR	2.02	4-2	0	0	35.2	32	33	10	.237
SP	Jacob Mayers	Nicholls State	FR	2.38	4-1	0	0	34	19	51	27	.168
SP	Matt Scott	Stanford	FR	1.86	4-0	0	1	29	15	31	13	.147
RP	Hudson Barrett	UC Santa Barbara	FR	0.75	2-0	0	4	24	12	35	10	—
RP	Logan Lunceford	Mizzou	FR	2.82	3-0	0	1	22.1	14	36	11	.177
UT	Mitch Voit	Michigan	FR	2.35	2-0	0	1	15.1	12	13	6	.207

Second Team Hitters

Pos.	Name	School	Class	AVG	OBP	SLG	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB
C	Easton Carmichael	Oklahoma	FR	.333	.361	.509	18	36	2	4	3	31	4
1B	Eli Serrano	North Carolina State	FR	.390	.484	.610	18	30	5	0	4	16	2
2B	Blake Cyr	Miami	FR	.310	.392	.595	19	26	3	0	7	30	0
3B	Andrew Fischer	Duke	FR	.322	.431	.656	25	29	7	1	7	20	1
SS	Drew Faurot	UCF	FR	.287	.383	.574	20	29	5	0	8	28	1
IF	Anthony Silva	TCU	FR	.325	.373	.506	14	25	5	0	3	21	6
OF	Samuel Stem	Gonzaga	FR	.392	.425	.662	11	29	5	3	3	20	0
OF	Zack Stewart	Missouri State	FR	.324	.388	.629	16	34	12	1	6	24	1
OF	Devin Taylor	Indiana	FR	.383	.543	.750	22	23	5	1	5	20	1
DH	Chris Maldonado	Vanderbilt	FR	.382	.456	.721	14	26	11	0	4	17	2
UT	Ben Barrett	Florida State	FR	.383	.388	.574	11	18	3	0	2	15	0

Second Team Pitchers

Pos.	Name	School	Class	ERA	W-L	CG	SV	IP	H	SO	BB	OBA
SP	Jurrangelo Cijntje	Mississippi State	FR	4.55	3-1	0	0	27.2	18	39	17	.194
SP	Bradley Loftin	Mississippi State	FR	2.25	2-1	0	0	24	12	39	24	.148
SP	Kyle McCoy	Maryland	FR	3.94	2-3	0	1	29.2	25	30	9	.231
SP	Jack O’Connor	Virginia	FR	3.27	2-1	0	0	33	26	28	15	.217
SP	Paul Schmitz	Houston	FR	3.94	1-2	0	0	29.2	24	28	9	.226
RP	Matthew Grabmann	Oregon	FR	1.50	0-1	0	0	24	12	21	18	.160
RP	Eli Jerzembeck	South Carolina	FR	3.24	0-1	0	0	16.2	17	23	4	.246
UT	Ben Barrett	Florida State	FR	4.91	0-0	0	0	11	8	10	2	.190