Scott Awarded ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team

LITTLE ROCK – The awards continue to amount for Little Rock baseball's Ryan Scott as he earned a spot on the 2016 South Central-ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team on Wednesday afternoon.
 
Scott, a seventh-round draft pick by the Boston Red Sox, becomes the 10th player in Little Rock's history to be named to an ABCA/Rawlings All-Region Team, and he is the fourth Trojan to be named to the All-Region First Team. The last Little Rock student-athletes to earn ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team honors were Sean Bignall and Blake Johnson in 2012.
 
In addition to his latest honor, Scott was named a finalist for the 2016 Gregg Olson Award on Monday. The award is given to college baseball's breakout player of the year.
 
Scott's proficient 2016 season was one for the record books at Little Rock.  Scott became the first Trojan to earn Louisville Slugger First Team All-American honors after he broke Little Rock's single-season records for hits (94), RBIs (66), total bases (154) and batting average (.435), Division I's best. He also broke the program's all-time record for doubles (44).
 
Scott was also named the Sun Belt Conference's Student-Athlete of the Year and took All-Sun Belt First Team honors after leading the conference in seven different offensive categories during the regular season and earned Sun Belt Student-Athlete of the Week on three different occasions.
 
Scott was also in the running for several other national awards as he was named a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and was placed on USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List in April.
 
ABCA/Rawlings All-Region First Team selections are nominated for ABCA/Rawlings All-America honors. All-Americans will be announced on Saturday, June 18, and the ABCA/Rawlings Gold Glove Team will be announced on Sunday, June 19.