Mississippi State’s Brent Rooker Named Player Of The Year By Collegiate Baseball

The honors keep rolling in for Mississippi State star Brent Rooker as Collegiate Baseball Newspaper names him co-Player of the Year.

A season for the ages.

The honors and recognition keep rolling in for Mississippi State first baseman and Brent Rooker. This likely won’t be the last for the Triple Crown leader.

The Collegiate Baseball Newspaper released their All-Americans and their National Player(s) of the Year Thursday morning.

Rooker, along with Louisville’s do-it-all Brendan McKay, earned Player of the Year honors by the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper:

"The 2017 Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams andNational Players of The Year have been announced.Louisville’s Brendan McKay and Mississippi State’s Brent Rooker are Collegiate Baseball’s National Players of The Year.Rooker led the SEC in nine offensive categories, including batting average (.404), slugging percentage (.843), on-base percentage (.505), hits (90), RBI (76), doubles (29), home runs (21), total bases (188) and stolen bases (18)."

As stated above, Rooker leads the entire Southeastern Conference in nine categories — including batting average and home runs. He recently became the program’s first ever SEC Player of the Year earlier this month.

Related Story: Rooker wins SEC Player of the Year

From Mississippi State’s release:

"Less than 24 hours removed from being named a USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist, Brent Rooker has now been named a National Player of the Year and First Team All-American by Collegiate Baseball NewspaperRooker’s season has been one of the best in Mississippi State baseball history. The Germantown, Tennessee native has slugged 21 home runs and a program-record 29 doubles in addition to driving in 76 runs so far on the year. He also currently owns a .404 batting average and his 90 hits is the most by a Bulldog since Adam Frazier tallied an NCAA-best and school-record 107 hits in 2013.In addition to being named a Golden Spikes Semifinalist and Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist, Rooker was awarded the C Spire Ferriss Trophy as the best player in the state of Mississippi."

From the home runs out of the park to key base hits to drive in runs to big plays at first, Rooker is having one of the best individual seasons in recent memory. Brent Rooker will go down as one of the greatest players in the rich history of Mississippi State baseball.

The Triple Crown leader still has some work to do to become the SEC’s first crown winner since some guy named Rafael Palmeiro accomplished the historic feat.

Rooker and the Bulldogs begin their Road to Omaha tomorrow evening against the South Alabama Jaguars. As always, Maroon and White Nation will have full coverage.