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Brett Sears Named Conference Pitcher of the Year, Leads Huskers With All-Big Ten Honors

For the first time since joining the Big Ten Conference, the Nebraska Cornhuskers have the top pitcher in the league. Brett Sears leads several Huskers with All-Big Ten honors announced Tuesday.

Kaleb Henry

Nebraska Athletics

Nebraska baseball is well represented on the All-Big Ten teams in 2024.

The Huskers had someone on each of the three teams, as well as the freshman team. Brett Sears led the group with his All-Big Ten First Team selection.

On top of making the coveted First Team, Sears was named Pitcher of the Year. He's the first Husker to take the award since NU joined the Big Ten in 2012.

Mason McConnaughey and Tyler Stone earned All-Big Ten Second Team honors. Case Sanderson was named to the Third Team and All-Freshman Team.

Drew Christo was Nebraska's recipient of the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award.

You can see the full list of award winners at BigTen.org.

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Kaleb Henry
KALEB HENRY

Kaleb Henry is an award-winning sports reporter, covering collegiate athletics since 2014 via radio, podcasting, and digital journalism. His experience with Big Ten Conference teams goes back more than a decade, including time covering programs such as the Nebraska Cornhuskers, Oregon Ducks, and USC Trojans. He has contributed to Sports Illustrated since 2021. Kaleb has won multiple awards for his sports coverage from the Nebraska Broadcasters Association and Midwest Broadcast Journalists Association. Prior to working in sports journalism, Kaleb was a Division I athlete on the Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville Track and Field team where he discussed NCAA legislation as SIUE's representative to the Ohio Valley Conference Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 

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