Perfect Game names Daniel Jackson college baseball’s Player of the Year
By Ethan Stone
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Georgia baseball star Daniel Jackson, in a move that surprise absolutely nobody who watched him play this season, has been named Perfect Game’s College Baseball Player of the Year.
There really wasn’t any other choice for this award. Jackson has led the Bulldogs to the College World Series behind an insanely impressive hitting season. He’s averaging .396 with 31 home runs, 86 RBIs and 86 runs scored, not to mention 26 stolen bases and 13 doubles across 63 appearances this season.
To boot, Jackson is currently slashing .396/.837/.492 and is one of just 6 players in the history of Divison I college baseball to join the 25-25 club for home runs and stolen bases. As Perfect Game noted, Jackson has a slight chance to join JD Drew as the only college baseball player ot hit 30 home runs with 30 stolen bases across a single season.
His chances of doing that rise significantly the more games he plays (duh), and he’ll have a say in that starting this weekend in Omaha. The Bulldogs are the top seed remaining in the field after UCLA and Georgia Tech were eliminated before the Super Regionals.
Can Georgia get it done?
Ethan Stone is a Tennessee graduate and loves all things college football and college basketball. Firm believer in fouling while up 3.
