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Augie Isaacson from the Huskies tops the list with .364 average<\/em><\/p>\n

Rochester, Minn.<\/strong> – The Northwoods League is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2018 Rawlings \u201cBig Stick\u201d Award. This award is given to the player at each position who had the best batting average during the 2018 regular season.<\/p>\n

Duluth Huskies second baseman Augie Isaacson leads the list of award winners. Isaacson earned a Rawlings \u201cBig Stick\u201d by leading the league with an impressive .364 batting average.<\/p>\n

Rawlings has been rewarding the top hitters in the Northwoods League since 2007 in addition to 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 2018 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>\nBatting Average<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
C<\/strong><\/td>\nShane McGuire<\/td>\nLa Crosse<\/td>\nSan Diego<\/td>\n.337<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1B<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nAlex McGarry<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nRochester<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\nOregon State<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n.318<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2B<\/strong><\/td>\nAugie Isaacson<\/td>\nDuluth<\/td>\nFriends University<\/td>\n.364<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3B<\/strong><\/td>\nJordan Swiss<\/td>\nBattle Creek<\/td>\nSaginaw Valley State<\/td>\n.339<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
SS<\/strong><\/td>\nJack Dunn<\/td>\nLakeshore<\/td>\nNorthwestern<\/td>\n.316<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
INF<\/strong><\/td>\nAlex Erro<\/td>\nFond du Lac<\/td>\nNorthwestern<\/td>\n.348<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OF<\/strong><\/td>\nTyler Reichenborn<\/td>\nWillmar<\/td>\nIowa Western<\/td>\n.327<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OF<\/strong><\/td>\nZach DeLoach<\/td>\nWisconsin<\/td>\nTexas A&M<\/td>\n.323<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
OF<\/strong><\/td>\nJake Randa<\/td>\nMadison<\/td>\nNW Florida State<\/td>\n.318<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
DH<\/strong><\/td>\nMike Rothenberg<\/td>\nLa Crosse<\/td>\nDuke<\/td>\n.326<\/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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The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. The 25-year old summer collegiate league is the largest organized baseball league in the world with 22 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires and front office staff, over 200 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (WAS), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist (CHC) and Brandon Crawford (SFG) and MLB All-Stars Chris Sale (BOS), Jordan Zimmermann (DET) and Curtis Granderson (MIL). All league games are viewable live via the Northwoods League website. For more information, visit <\/em>www.northwoodsleague.com<\/a> or download the Northwoods League Mobile App on the Apple App Store or on Google Play.<\/em><\/p>\n

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