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Three Ragin’ Cajuns Earn 1st Team All-Sun Belt Honors, Osborn Named Newcomer of the Year
Three members of Louisiana's Ragin' Cajun baseball team earned 1st Team All-Sun Belt accolades, with one of the three also earning the Newcomer of the Year honor, the conference announced today.
Drake Osborn is Sun Belt Conference Newcomer of the Year, while he, pitcher Connor Cooke, and designated hitter Ben Fitzgerald all received 1st team honors.
Louisiana was the only program with three players who earned first-team All-Sun Belt Conference honors.
Osborn, a semifinalist for the Buster Posey Award, transferred to Louisiana from Texas A&M Corpus Christi.
He leads Louisiana with a .333 batting average.
Cooke sports a 7-3 record (plus a save) with a 2.04 ERA.
Fitzgerald is batting .300, and is 3rd in the Belt in slugging (.582), 7th in doubles (15), 4th in home runs (11), and 5th in total bases.
Here is a complete rundown of the 2021 All-Sun Belt Conference honors.
Player of the Year
Mason McWhorter, Georgia Southern (Gr., OF – Cumming, Ga.)
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