McCain, Shippy, Hovland all Land Postseason Awards

The school year is over, and nearly every Oklahoma State athletic program has gone dormant for the summer. They are not without accolades, though, as those have been pouring in over the last few weeks with baseball, softball and golf all wrapping up.

Let’s take a look at a few Cowboys (and Cowgirls) who shined throughout the year.

Garrett McCain — Baseball

McCain is going to be in traction all summer when a doctor sees what kind of shape his back is in from carrying the Poke offense all season long. The Big 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player is a semifinalist for the 2017 Gregg Olson Award which honors college baseball’s breakout player of the year, and it is well deserved.

McCain finished his junior campaign as the team leader in the following categories.

• Hits (87)
• Runs (53)
• Doubles (14)
• Triples (5)
• Total Bases (123)
• Slugging (.549)
• Hit by pitch (18)
• OBP (.491)
• Stolen Bases (19)
• Batting Average (.388)

Absurd!

Thomas Hatch was a finalist for this award last year for the Pokes, and Michael Freeman the year before that.

Vanessa Shippy — Softball

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association made Shippy a third-team All-American recently. This is her second-straight year to be named to the team and Oklahoma State’s 32nd overall All-American selection.

Shippy had a McCain-like season and led her squad in batting average, hits, RBIs, doubles, total bases and slugging percentage. She hit .398 on the season with 48 runs, 46 RBIs and 111 total bases (nobody else had more than 84).

Viktor Hovland — Men’s Golf

The freshman from Norway was named to the Golf Coaches Association of America All-Freshman Team. Hovland finished the season with the lowest scoring average of anybody on the team (71.76) and finished 8th at the NCAA Championship before beating former Poke (and No. 1 college golfer) Wyndham Clark in the match play portion of the event as OSU took on Oregon. The Ducks took three of the other matches, though and OSU bowed out in the first round of the match play.