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Louisville baseball continues to see different honors and awards flood in for its players. Unsurprisingly, Brendan McKay has seen his name mentioned among these awards, but other Cardinals are not being left out.
On Thursday, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper named McKay as the National Player of the Year for 2017.
Congrats to Brendan McKay on his National Player of the Year honor! #L1C4https://t.co/BEQfkJyhw2 pic.twitter.com/GdA38r8mk2
— Louisville Baseball (@UofLBaseball) June 1, 2017
Brendan wasn’t the only Cardinal to be honored by the publication, as Drew Ellis and Lincoln Henzman were named as First Team All-Americans.
Louisville infielder Drew Ellis earned his first career All-America honor. #L1C4https://t.co/BEQfkJyhw2 pic.twitter.com/AEwFqS8xLs
— Louisville Baseball (@UofLBaseball) June 1, 2017
Cardinals closer Lincoln Henzman was also selected as an All-American for the first time. #L1C4 https://t.co/BEQfkJyhw2 pic.twitter.com/eMUn3MkZDV
— Louisville Baseball (@UofLBaseball) June 1, 2017
It was also announced that McKay and Drew Ellis were named as semifinalists for the 40th USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award, which is given to the top amateur baseball player in the U.S.
Louisville is one of three schools (the other two are Virginia and Oregon State) with multiple semifinalists at two apiece. The ACC leads all other conferences in number of semifinalists with six.
The 2017 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award trophy presentation will be on Thursday, June 29th.