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Superb Year for Blevins, Wins Most Valuable Player Award Tuesday, June 16th , 2020 He may have less experience than most of his ABA College peers, but that didn't slow Matt Blevins down at all in 2020. At the age of 19, the Nebraska right fielder has been named the winner of the Conference 1 Most Valuable Player Award. He had a .382 batting average and a .509 on-base percentage this year. In 50 games he piled up 65 hits, 6 doubles, 1 triple, 19 home runs, 60 RBIs and 48 runs scored. "I'm blown away by the season I was able to put together," he said. "I'm looking forward to trying to do it all again next year." He received 29 first place votes out of a possible 48. Paul Tetzloff of the Stanford Cardinals finished second in voting with 19 first place votes, while Ryan Burchett of the Louisville Cardinals finished third. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Matt Blevins - Nebraska Cornhuskers - 29 - 577 Paul Tetzloff - Stanford Cardinals - 19 - 527 Ryan Burchett - Louisville Cardinals - 0 - 365 Greg Mattox - Louisville Cardinals - 0 - 242 Tamiela Kalolo - North Carolina Tar Heels - 0 - 194 Cameron Williams - Pittsburgh Panthers - 0 - 174 Rich Kotlar - Northwestern Wildcats - 0 - 166 Omari Baker - Nebraska Cornhuskers - 0 - 157 Quinn Petrilli - Northwestern Wildcats - 0 - 121 Eric Drake - Pittsburgh Panthers - 0 - 103 Ryan Doyle - Indiana Hoosiers - 0 - 72 Dale McClellan - California Golden bears - 0 - 56 Phil Bohler - Michigan Wolverines - 0 - 43 Chris Goodwin - Indiana Hoosiers - 0 - 24 Tyler Tolbert - North Carolina Tar Heels - 0 - 4 George Theodore - Northwestern Wildcats - 0 - 3 Mike Costello - Notre Dame Fighting Irish - 0 - 2 Jason Hoover - Oregon Ducks - 0 - 1 David Moore - UCLA Bruins - 0 - 1 |
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