Scott Named Finalist for Gregg Olson Award

Gregg Olson Award Release

LITTLE ROCK – After being drafted in the seventh round by the Boston Red Sox on Friday, Little Rock baseball's Ryan Scott has been named a finalist for the 2016 Gregg Olson Award. The award is given annually college baseball's breakout player of the year with Scott being one of 12 finalists.
 
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.
 
The Olson Award has been developed to honor college baseball's success stories and showcase players like former Auburn pitcher Gregg Olson who have raised the level of their game through hard work, strength of mind and determination. Eligible players will be those who are omitted from major publications' preseason All-American prognostications; however, by the end of the season their on-the-field performance will demonstrate that they are among the top amateur baseball players in the nation.
 
The winner of the 2016 Gregg Olson Award will be named in Omaha, Neb., during the College World Series which will be held this season at TD Ameritrade Park from June 18-28/29.