Rendon Repeats as NCBWA District VII Player of the Year
6/11/2010 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
June 11, 2010
Rice sophomore third baseman Anthony Rendon has been named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association District VII Player of the Year for the second year in a row, the organization announced today. The NCBWA awards District Player of the Year in nine districts around the country and District VII covers Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana. Rendon is the only repeat winner among this year's nine District Players of the Year and it marks the ninth time in 10 years that C-USA has produced an NCBWA District Player of the Year.
Rendon, a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy, is just the second player in Conference USA history to be named Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons. He picked up that honor again this year while leading the Owls to the regular season league championship and the school's 16th consecutive NCAA Regional appearance. The two-time first team All-C-USA selection was named to the C-USA Championship All-Tournament team and was named the Most Outstanding Player at the NCAA Austin Regional.
The finalists for the 2010 Dick Howser Award will be announced on Saturday, June 19 in Omaha, Nebraska as part of the College World Series.
He batted .402 in conference play and finished the season hitting .394 overall. Rendon led Conference USA in home runs with 26, which matched the second-best total in Rice history, and had more homers than strikeouts (22) all season long. Rendon ranks among the nation's leaders in runs scored (83) and walks (65) while maintaining a .530 on-base percentage. He had 12 doubles and 85 RBI, while posting an .801 slugging percentage.
The 2010 NCBWA District Players of the Year are District I: 3B/RP Joe Leonard (Pittsburgh); District II: SS Jedd Gyorko (West Virginia); District III: C Yasmani Grandal (Miami, Fla.); District IV: SP Anthony Meo (Coastal Carolina); District V: OF Alex Dickerson (Indiana); District VI: OF Aaron Senne (Missouri); District VII: 3B Anthony Rendon (Rice); District VIII: C-1B-DH C.J. Cron (Utah); District IX: 2B Zack MacPhee (Arizona State).
