Huskers’ Max Anderson Named District 6 Baseball Player of the Year

Nebraska infielder earned the honor with a stellar 2023 season at the plate

Nebraska junior Max Anderson has been named the District 6 Player of the Year, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association announced Friday.

Anderson's 2023 stats included a .414 batting average with 20 doubles, two triples, 21 home runs and 70 RBIs. Those numbers helped earn him second-team All-America designation by Collegiate Baseball as well as unanimous first-team All-Big Ten honors. 

Anderson became the nation's first player to reach 100 hits this season. The second baseman from Millard West High School in Omaha also became the first Husker since 2001 to finish the season batting .400 or better. 

Anderson's 101 hits in 2023 amount to the sixth-highest single-season total in program history. His 188 total bases rank fourth, while his 21 home runs and 43 extra-base hits both rank fifth.

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District 6 encompasses Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and the Dakotas. The NCBWA's nine other honorees, which include co-winners in District 7:

• District 1 (Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania): Jeremiah Jenkins, Maine, So., 1B
.365 BA, 53GP, 53GS, 197AB, 53R, 72H, 12 2B, 1 3B, 21 HR, 76 RBI, 39 BB, 36K, 0-1 SB/SBA

• District 2 (Connecticut, West Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Washington D.C.): JJ Wetherholt, West Virginia, So., 2B.449 BA, 55GP, 54GS, 225AB, 67R, 101H, 24 2B, 2 3B, 16 HR, 60 RBI, 26 BB, 22K, 36-44 SB/SB

• District 3 (Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida): Jac Caglianone, Florida, Jr., 1B/SP.337 BA, 63GP, 63GS, 249AB, 69R, 84H, 13 2B, 2 3B, 31 HR, 84 RBI, 15 BB, 48K, 4-5 SB/SBA7-3, 3.78 ERA, 16 GP, 16 GS, 0 CG, 0/2 SHO, 69.0IP, 46H, 33R, 29ER, 49BB, 81K, .184 Opp. BA

• District 4 (Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Maryland): Rhett Lowder, Wake Forest, So., SP14-0, 1.77 ERA, 16 GP, 16 GS, 0 CG, 0/6 SHO, 101.2IP, 75H, 25R, 20ER, 20BB, 125K, .207 Opp. BA

• District 5 (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin): Brock Vradenburg, Michigan State, Jr., 1B.400 BA, 55GP, 55GS, 215AB, 62R, 86H, 22 2B, 4 3B, 13 HR, 69 RBI, 36 BB, 34K, 1-1 SB/SBA

• District 7 (Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana):
Dylan Crews, LSU, OF, Jr..432 BA, 61GP, 61GS, 220AB, 87R, 95H, 14 2B, 1 3B, 17 HR, 63 RBI, 61 BB, 40K, 6-6 SB/SBA

Paul Skenes, LSU, SP, Jr.11-2, 1.90 ERA, 16 GP, 16 GS, 2 CG, 0/3 SHO, 99.1IP, 61H, 26R, 21ER, 17BB, 179K, .171 Opp. BA

• District 8 (Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Montana): Austin Deming, BYU, Sr., 3B.418 BA, 41GP, 41GS, 165AB, 50R, 69H, 23 2B, 1 3B, 19 HR, 68 RBI, 20 BB, 29K, 1-2 SB/SBA

• District 9 (California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, Arizona, Alaska): Alberto Rios, Stanford, Jr., OF.392 BA, 58GP, 57GS, 222AB, 66R, 87H, 21 2B, 0 3B, 18 HR, 71 RBI, 36BB, 33K, 5-6 SB/SBA