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Jayson Newman (Cal State-Northridge) led\u00a0the NWL\u00a0with .405 average<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kalamazoo, MI \u2013 The Northwoods League is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Rawlings \u201cBig Stick\u201d Award. This award is given to the player at each position who had the best batting average during the 2020 regular season.<\/p>\n

Stingers Designated Hitter and Pitcher Jayson Newman leads the list of award winners. Newman earned a Rawlings \u201cBig Stick\u201d by leading the league with an impressive .405 batting average.<\/p>\n

Rawlings has been rewarding the top hitters in the Northwoods League since 2007 and honoring the best fielders since 2002. To honor their achievement, the nine award winners will receive an engraved bat from Rawlings. The complete list of 2020 Rawlings \u201cBig Stick\u201d Award Winners is below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Position<\/strong><\/td>\nPlayer<\/strong><\/td>\nNWL Team<\/strong><\/td>\nCollege<\/strong><\/td>\nAverage<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C<\/strong><\/td>\nJack Thelen<\/td>\nKenosha Kingfish<\/td>\nWisconsin-Milwaukee<\/td>\n.281<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1B<\/strong><\/td>\nTim Elko<\/td>\nFond du Lac Dock Spiders<\/td>\nMississippi<\/td>\n.351<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2B<\/strong><\/td>\nJalen Smith<\/td>\nWaterloo Bucks<\/td>\nCalifornia, Davis<\/td>\n.390<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3B<\/strong><\/td>\nBrett Harris<\/td>\nK-Town Bobbers<\/td>\nGonzaga<\/td>\n.356<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS<\/strong><\/td>\nSpencer Schwellenbach<\/td>\nTraverse City Pit Spitters<\/td>\nNebraska<\/td>\n.356<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
INF<\/strong><\/td>\nJustice Bigbie<\/td>\nK-Town Bobbers<\/td>\nWestern Carolina<\/td>\n.380<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OF<\/strong><\/td>\nWyatt Ulrich<\/td>\nBismarck Larks<\/td>\nRichmond<\/td>\n.375<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OF<\/strong><\/td>\nZach Gilles<\/td>\nMankato MoonDogs<\/td>\nCentral Michigan<\/td>\n.366<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OF<\/strong><\/td>\nBlake Dunn<\/td>\nKalamazoo Growlers<\/td>\nWestern Michigan<\/td>\n.349<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DH<\/strong><\/td>\nJayson Newman<\/td>\nWillmar Stingers<\/td>\nCal State, Northridge<\/td>\n.405<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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To be eligible a player would have needed to have enough plate appearances to qualify for a batting title. A player must have a minimum of 2.7 plate appearances per team game.<\/p>\n

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