Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown High School graduate, and VCSU sophomore, Brady Anderson has been named the North Star Athletic Association’s player of the year.
Anderson, finished the season with a .443 batting average, collecting 66 hits in 149 at bats with three home runs and 38 RBI. He also walked 15 times and finished with an OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) of 1.120.
Anderson was also named to the all-conference team for the 19-29 Vikings.
University of Jamestown’s Tom Hager was named coach of the year after leading the Jimmies to a 35-8 record and NSAA regular season and tournament titles.
Tanner Dahl was named pitcher of the year. The sophomore from West Fargo posted a record of 9-1 and an earned run average of 3.61. He worked 67 1/3 innings, allowing 59 hits with 69 strikeouts.
Landon Uetz, also a West Fargo native, was named freshman of the year. Uetz leads the Jimmies in hitting (.395), RBI (41) and is second with four home runs.
Recapping Individual awards:
Player of the year: Brady Anderson, VCSU.
Most valuable senior: Spencer Kidder, Mayville.
Pitcher of the year: Tanner Dahl, Jamestown.
Freshman of the year: Landon Uetz, Jamestown.
Coach of the year: Tom Hager, Jamestown.
A national tournament selection party for the University of Jamestown baseball team will be held on Friday at 7 p.m. at Cherry Berry in Jamestown.
Attending will be the Jimmie baseball team and coaches. The event and the unveiling of the 45-team field for the national tournament will be shown live.
