Oklahoma State University Athletics
Freeman Named NCBWA District Player Of Year
June 05, 2015 | Cowboy Baseball
Cowboy senior becomes second-straight OSU pitcher to earn award
DALLAS -- Oklahoma State pitcher Michael Freeman is the 2015 NCBWA District VI Player of the Year, it was announced today by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
Freeman is the second-straight Cowboy hurler to bring home NCBWA District VI Player of the Year honors as Brendan McCurry earned the honor (Co-POY) in 2014. District VI includes Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
The 2015 Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year, Freeman finished his senior season with a 10-3 record and 1.31 ERA in 15 starts. His 1.31 ERA ranks as the fifth lowest in a single season in OSU history (minimum 1.0 IP/Team game).
A 6-foot-8 southpaw, Freeman leads the Big 12 with 109.2 innings pitched, four complete games, 97 strikeouts and a .184 opponent batting average, and he ranks second in wins and ERA. Over his final 14 starts, he allowed just 12 earned runs in 100.0 innings (1.08 ERA), and he ranks sixth nationally in ERA.
In conference play, Freeman was 5-2 with three complete games and a 0.80 ERA in seven starts, and he recorded 49 strikeouts in 56 innings. In his only Big 12 losses, he allowed just one earned run combined as the Cowboys lost those games 3-2 and 2-1.
Freeman tied a record by capturing Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors four times in 2015 -- March 2, 23 and 30 and April 27 -- to become one of only three pitchers in conference history to achieve that feat.
Of Freeman's non-strikeouts outs, 171 came via ground ball and only 44 via fly out, and he induced 12 ground ball double plays. Factor in his 97 strikeouts and 86 percent of his outs came via ground ball or strikeout.Freeman was named a Louisville Slugger Second-Team All-American, and he is a semifinalist for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher of the Year Award as well as the Gregg Olson Award (Breakout Player of the Year).
Freeman is the second-straight Cowboy hurler to bring home NCBWA District VI Player of the Year honors as Brendan McCurry earned the honor (Co-POY) in 2014. District VI includes Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
The 2015 Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year, Freeman finished his senior season with a 10-3 record and 1.31 ERA in 15 starts. His 1.31 ERA ranks as the fifth lowest in a single season in OSU history (minimum 1.0 IP/Team game).
A 6-foot-8 southpaw, Freeman leads the Big 12 with 109.2 innings pitched, four complete games, 97 strikeouts and a .184 opponent batting average, and he ranks second in wins and ERA. Over his final 14 starts, he allowed just 12 earned runs in 100.0 innings (1.08 ERA), and he ranks sixth nationally in ERA.
In conference play, Freeman was 5-2 with three complete games and a 0.80 ERA in seven starts, and he recorded 49 strikeouts in 56 innings. In his only Big 12 losses, he allowed just one earned run combined as the Cowboys lost those games 3-2 and 2-1.
Freeman tied a record by capturing Big 12 Pitcher of the Week honors four times in 2015 -- March 2, 23 and 30 and April 27 -- to become one of only three pitchers in conference history to achieve that feat.
Of Freeman's non-strikeouts outs, 171 came via ground ball and only 44 via fly out, and he induced 12 ground ball double plays. Factor in his 97 strikeouts and 86 percent of his outs came via ground ball or strikeout.Freeman was named a Louisville Slugger Second-Team All-American, and he is a semifinalist for the National College Baseball Hall of Fame Pitcher of the Year Award as well as the Gregg Olson Award (Breakout Player of the Year).
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