Aaron Zavala named the winner of District 9 Player of the Year award
The awards just keep coming in for Oregon Ducks right fielder Aaron Zavala.
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) has named Zavala the District 9 Player of the Year. This makes him the first Oregon player to win the award. Other notable winners are Dustin Pedroia, Jered Weaver, Stephen Strasburg, Marco Gonzalez, Kris Bryant and Andrew Vaughn.
Zavala, who was named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year and a Collegiate Baseball second-team All-American last week, ended the season batting .392 with nine home runs, 38 runs batted in and 64 runs scored while boasting a .525 on-base percentage and a .626 slugging percentage.
He led also the Ducks in several statistical categories such as batting average, runs, hits (78), slugging percentage, walks (50), and stolen bases (11). Zavala owns the school records for on-base percentage, runs scored, and walks.
After the regular season ended, the Keizer, Ore. native ranked second in the nation in on-base percentage (.001 behind the national leader), seventh in walks, ninth in base on balls per game (0.96), and 18th in batting average. The left-handed hitter led the Pac-12 Conference in on-base percentage, walks, and walks per game, while ranking second in batting average, sixth in hits per game, and seventh in slugging percentage and hits.
Zavala proved he wasn’t just a regular-season performer as he ended the season being named to the Eugene Regional All-Tournament Team batting .333 (6-for-18) with two home runs, four RBI, and six runs scored.
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