NEW ORLEANS – App State starting pitcher Xander Hamilton and outfielder CJ Boyd have been named first-team All-Sun Belt honorees, the conference announced today. It marks the second time that App State has garnered multiple first-team selections since joining the conference in 2015.
Hamilton has enjoyed one of the most dominant strikeout seasons in the nation, finishing the regular season eighth in the country with 109 strikeouts in 82.0 innings pitched (11.96 K/9). His strikeout total led Sun Belt pitchers during the regular season and is the most by an App State pitcher in single-season history.