USA Softball announced it’s Top-50 “Watch List” for the 2018 Collegiate Player of the Year Wednesday, and Ole Miss outfielders Kylan Becker and Elantra Cox made the list.
The duo are the first Rebels to be named to the watch list since the 2009 season when Lauren Grill was named. Its another first in program history for the Red and Blue to have multiple players represented. Ole Miss had the same pair named Preseason All-SEC.
Becker returns for her junior season after becoming the first Rebel ever to garner First Team All-SEC laurels in 2017. The Miami native posted a .375 batting average on 75 hits, the second highest single-season total in program history. Batting all 63 games from the No. 2 spot in the order, Becker scored 34 runs on the year while driving in 31 more.
Cox enters her final season in Oxford coming off of a season in which she led the SEC with a program-record 93 hits. The speedy centerfielder also broke the single-season school record for runs scored (51), while ranking second all-time in batting average (.429). The Henderson, Tennessee native is just seven hits shy of breaking the Ole Miss career record with 216 base knocks.
The preseason “Watch List” includes 23 seniors, 18 juniors and nine sophomores with freshmen ineligible for consideration.
The Top 25 Finalists for the 2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year award will be announced April 25. While an athlete does not have to be on the “Watch List” to be considered for the Top 25, the eventual USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will come from the Top 25 Finalists. The Top 10 Finalists will be announced May 9 and the Top 3 announced May 23.The 2018 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year will be revealed May 29.
Ole Miss takes to the diamond on Feb. 9 against Penn State in Gulf Shores, Alabama.
Adam Brown is the sports editor of HottyToddy.com. He can be reached at adam.brown@hottytoddy.com.
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