FSU sports information:
Florida State placed three players – starting pitcher Jamie Arnold, third baseman Cam Smith and right fielder James Tibbs III – on the midseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List, announced Thursday afternoon. FSU and Texas A&M are the only schools with three players on the midseason list.
Arnold, from Tampa, leads the nation with a 0.66 earned run average. The sophomore is 5-1 with 60 strikeouts and 0.84 WHIP, both top-10 nationally. Arnold struck out a career-high 12 batters against Notre Dame and 11 against Western Carolina, when he was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week for the first time in his career. Arnold began the year with 24.1 innings without an earned run.
Smith, a sophomore from Lake Worth, Florida, is hitting .424 with seven doubles and eight home runs. He leads FSU in batting average and with 37 runs scored while reaching base at a .493 pace. Smith is fourth in the country with 50 hits, ninth in hits per game (1.79) and top-30 in batting average and runs scored.
Tibbs, a junior from Marietta, Georgia, is hitting .421 and leads FSU with 13 home runs and 45 RBI. Nationally, Tibbs is fourth in RBI, fifth in RBI per game (1.61), seventh in total bases (94), 10th in slugging percentage (.879) and 14th in home runs.
Florida State has earned four Golden Spikes Awards in its history, most in the country. Arnold, Smith and Tibbs will look to join Buster Posey (2008), J.D. Drew (1997), Mike Loynd (1986) and Mike Fuentes (1981) in taking home the prestigious award, college baseball’s equivalent to the Heisman Trophy.
Florida State placed three players – starting pitcher Jamie Arnold, third baseman Cam Smith and right fielder James Tibbs III – on the midseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List, announced Thursday afternoon. FSU and Texas A&M are the only schools with three players on the midseason list.
Arnold, from Tampa, leads the nation with a 0.66 earned run average. The sophomore is 5-1 with 60 strikeouts and 0.84 WHIP, both top-10 nationally. Arnold struck out a career-high 12 batters against Notre Dame and 11 against Western Carolina, when he was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week for the first time in his career. Arnold began the year with 24.1 innings without an earned run.
Smith, a sophomore from Lake Worth, Florida, is hitting .424 with seven doubles and eight home runs. He leads FSU in batting average and with 37 runs scored while reaching base at a .493 pace. Smith is fourth in the country with 50 hits, ninth in hits per game (1.79) and top-30 in batting average and runs scored.
Tibbs, a junior from Marietta, Georgia, is hitting .421 and leads FSU with 13 home runs and 45 RBI. Nationally, Tibbs is fourth in RBI, fifth in RBI per game (1.61), seventh in total bases (94), 10th in slugging percentage (.879) and 14th in home runs.
Florida State has earned four Golden Spikes Awards in its history, most in the country. Arnold, Smith and Tibbs will look to join Buster Posey (2008), J.D. Drew (1997), Mike Loynd (1986) and Mike Fuentes (1981) in taking home the prestigious award, college baseball’s equivalent to the Heisman Trophy.
