One of college baseball’s best relief pitchers is a big reason Washington is challenging for the Pac-12 title and likely to earn a spot in the NCAA tournament, but Troy Rallings has taken an unconventional approach to stardom.
It’s quickly apparent that Washington senior Troy Rallings isn’t your average ballplayer.
For starters, he might be the best closer in the country, a Dick Howser Award semifinalist who is second in the nation with a 0.89 earned-run average and leads the Pac-12 in ERA, saves, batting average against, and fewest runs and hits allowed. Nothing average there.
But beyond those accomplishments, which have helped propel upstart Washington to the verge of an NCAA baseball tournament berth, Husky coach Lindsay Meggs says (with admiration) of Rallings, “He’s really an independent thinker.