Long Beach State University Athletics
Friedrichs Named Semifinalist For 2015 Gregg Olson Award
6/1/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Long Beach State senior Kyle Friedrichs has been named a semifinalist for the Gregg Olson Award. Friedrichs is one of 32 semifinalists for the award that honors college baseball's breakout player of the year.
After earning All-Big West honors as a reliever in 2012, Friedrichs missed all of 2013 due to Tommy John surgery and returned to the bullpen in 2014. During the fall and early spring of 2015, Friedrichs earned the Friday night starter role and emerged as the Dirtbags' ace. He finished the year with a 6-4 record, a 2.79 ERA, 109 strikeouts and just 12 walks in 100 innings pitched.
Friedrichs concluded his Dirtbags career with All-Big West second team honors as a starting pitcher.
This is the third year that the Olson Award will be given to college baseball's breakout player. The finalists for this year's award will be announced on Friday and the winner will be announced the following week during the College World Series.
2015 Gregg Olson Award Semifinalists
Andrew Benintendi, Arkansas
Shane Bieber, UCSB
Garrett Copeland, Austin Peay
Logan Cozart, Ohio
Tagg Duce, Dallas Baptist
Mark Fowler, Wright State
Michael Freeman, Oklahoma State
Kyle Friedrichs, Long Beach St.
Zach George, Arkansas State
Matt Hall, Missouri State
Shane Johnsonbaugh, Radford
Brad Jones, College of Charleston
Cody Jones, TCU
David Kerian, Illinois
Kevin Kramer, UCLA
Andrew Lee, Tennessee
Kyle Lewis, Mercer
Cole Lipscomb, Auburn
James McMahon, Southern Mississippi
Dominic Miroglio, San Francisco
Troy Montgomery, Ohio St
Mitchell Nau, Texas A&M
Alex Perez, Virginia Tech
Jordan Ramsey, UNC Wilmington
Anthony Sequeira, Oral Roberts
Justin Sinibaldi, Nicholls State
Bobby Stahel, USC
Jesse Stallings, LSU
Robert Tasin, Oklahoma
Taylor Tempel, Fresno St
David Thompson, Miami
Trey York, ETSU
