Release from Kennesaw State athletic department:
For the first time in program history the Kennesaw State baseball team has earned the Atlantic Sun Conference’s highest individual honor as catcher Max Pentecost has been named A-Sun Player of the Year, the league announced on Tuesday.
Pentecost earns the award after a year in which he led the nation in total hits with 97 and shattered KSU’s single-season batting average record with his .422 mark.
“It’s an overall blessing,” said Pentecost. “All the hard work we put in and the time and effort paid off. I’m glad I could receive this award and it means a lot to me and the team.”
A Winder, Georgia, native, Pentecost currently holds the nation’s longest hit streak at 35 games and counting and is in the top five in the conference in hits, batting average, RBIs (54) and doubles (21) and is named on every major award watch list in the nation.
“Max has done a great job for us all the way around,” said KSU head coach Mike Sansing. “He’s gotten the job done defensively, offensively and with his base running. Things the regular fan may not always see, he’s done it all. It’s been a great year for him and a great year for us all around as a team.”
The junior highlighted a slew of awards for the Owls who landed two players on the All A-Sun First Team in Pentecost and closerJustin McCalvin. McCalvin set the new standard for relief pitchers at KSU, breaking the KSU NCAA Division I single-season saves record with his 12.
The All-Conference honorees helped lead Kennesaw State to a 33-21 overall record and a 19-11 mark in the A-Sun while bringing the Owls the nation’s longest win-streak at 16 games.
The Sports Inquirer 
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