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Poythress named district baseball player of the year
Issue date: 6/9/09 Section: Sports
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Poythress finished the season with a .376 average, 25 home runs and a single season school record 86 RBI. He became the first player in Georgia history to have two 70-RBI seasons and is the second player in program history to have two three-home run games after launching three homers in the Bulldogs 24-8 win over Ohio State in the Tallahassee Regional.
The Grovetown, Ga., native is second on Georgia's career RBI list with 185 and fifth on the career home runs list with 43. He helped guide the Bulldogs to a 38-24 record in 2009 and the program's first No.1 ranking in the regular season.
Poythress was also named a Louisville Slugger All-American and a semifinalist for the Dick Howser Trophy and the Golden Spikes Award. He was a first team All-SEC selection and was also named to the SEC's All-Defensive Team.
Poythress is the second straight Bulldog to win the award after Gordon Beckham, who made his Major League debut Thursday with the Chicago White Sox, was named district player of the year in 2008.
District IV includes schools in Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Maryland. Other district player of the year include first baseman/pitcher Mike Belfiore (Boston College), shortstop Jedd Gyorko (West Virginia), right fielder Kent Matthes (Alabama), second baseman Derek McCallum (Minnesota), pitcher A.J. Morris (Kansas State), third baseman Anthony Rendon (Rice), third baseman Bryan Marquez (New Mexico State) and pitcher Stephen Strasburg (San Diego State).
- Georgia Sports Communications
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