ABA COLLEGE
RELIEVER OF THE YEAR AWARD GOES TO BLANCHETTE
06/12/2025
 
Reliever of the Year Award Goes to Blanchette
Wednesday, June 11th , 2025
At the young age of only 20, Brian Blanchette has been named the Conference 1 Reliever of the Year Award winner for 2025.

The future appears bright for the Ohio State Buckeyes relief ace, who captured the award with 2 saves in 25 relief appearances, 34 strikeouts in 29 innings and a record of 0-0 to go with his 1.24 ERA.

He received 55 first place votes out of a possible 56. Josh Hunter of the UCLA Bruins finished second in voting with 1 first place vote, while Tim Jacobs of the Michigan Wolverines finished third.

Player - Team - First Place - Total Points
Brian Blanchette - Ohio State Buckeyes - 55 - 278
Josh Hunter - UCLA Bruins - 1 - 126
Tim Jacobs - Michigan Wolverines - 0 - 37
Shane Leimer - Boston College Eagles - 0 - 24
Shane Scobee - Michigan State Spartans - 0 - 22
Joe Roper - Northwestern Wildcats - 0 - 9
Jake Schmitt - Michigan Wolverines - 0 - 4
Justin Pearson - Wake Forest Demon Deacons - 0 - 3
Matt Bounds - Notre Dame Fighting Irish - 0 - 1
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