Jayson Newman (Cal State-Northridge) led the NWL with .405 average

Willmar, Minn. – The Northwoods League is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2020 Rawlings “Big Stick” Award. This award is given to the player at each position who had the best batting average during the 2020 regular season.

Stingers Designated Hitter and Pitcher Jayson Newman leads the list of award winners. Newman earned a Rawlings “Big Stick” by leading the league with an impressive .405 batting average.

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 “Big Stick” Award Winners is below.

Position	Player	NWL Team	College	Average
C	Jack Thelen	Kenosha Kingfish	Wisconsin-Milwaukee	.281
1B	Tim Elko	Fond du Lac Dock Spiders	Mississippi	.351
2B	Jalen Smith	Waterloo Bucks	California, Davis	.390
3B	Brett Harris	K-Town Bobbers	Gonzaga	.356
SS	Spencer Schwellenbach	Traverse City Pit Spitters	Nebraska	.356
INF	Justice Bigbie	K-Town Bobbers	Western Carolina	.380
OF	Wyatt Ulrich	Bismarck Larks	Richmond	.375
OF	Zach Gilles	Mankato MoonDogs	Central Michigan	.366
OF	Blake Dunn	Kalamazoo Growlers	Western Michigan	.349
DH	Jayson Newman	Willmar Stingers	Cal State, Northridge	.405

 

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.

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