LA JOLLA, Calif. – No. 2 UC San Diego Baseball's
Shay Whitcomb was selected as a player of the year candidate according to Turner Sport's Wayne Cavadi.
Whitcomb enters his junior season coming off a season where he was named a NCBWA All-American honorable mention. The reigning California Collegiate Athletic Association Player of the Year hit .314 last season with 25 doubles and 11 home runs.
The Triton made a name for himself over the summer with his incredible performance in the Cape Cod League. He hit .303 and eight home runs, setting the record for most home runs from a Division II player.
Baseball is coming of a season where they went 43-16 and made it to the World Series for a third time in a row. They finished runner up back in 2017.
UC San Diego will begin its final season as a Division II program on February 1 when it hosts Concordia Portland at Triton Ballpark. First pitch is scheduled for 1:00 p.m.
About UC San Diego Athletics
With 30 national team championships, nearly 150 individual titles and the top student-athlete graduation rate among Division II institutions in the United States, the UC San Diego intercollegiate athletics program annually ranks as one of the most successful in the country. The Tritons sponsor 23 intercollegiate sport programs that compete on the NCAA Division I and II levels and, in summer 2020, will transition into full Division I status as a member of the Big West Conference. UC San Diego student-athletes exemplify the academic ideals of one of the world's preeminent institutions, graduating at an average rate of 91 percent. A total of 82 Tritons have earned Academic All-America honors, while 37 have earned prestigious NCAA Post Graduate Scholarships. In competition, more than 1,300 UC San Diego student-athletes have earned All-America honors.
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