Scott Deemed ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-American

ABCA Release

LITTLE ROCK – Former Trojan and seventh-round draft pick Ryan Scott has been named a 2016 ABCA/Rawlings First Team All-American, the organization announced Saturday afternoon.
 
Scott now has four All-American honors this postseason, the most by any Little Rock player in program history. Prior to today, Scott was named a Louisville Slugger First Team All-American, a D1Baseball Third Team All-American and a College Sports Madness Third Team All-American.
 
Scott's astounding 2016 season was one for the record books at Little Rock.  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 is a finalist for the 2016 Gregg Olson Award, presented annually to college baseball's breakout player of the year. He 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.
 
Scott was taken by the Boston Red Sox with the 208th overall pick in this year's MLB Draft, the second-highest in program history since 1976.