Vanderbilt Baseball Athlete Named to Early Season Watch List: The Anchor – Sports Illustrated

One of Vanderbilt's baseball players has been named to an early season watchlist for a prestigious award.
Vanderbilt shortstop Ryker Waite was named to the early season Brooks Wallace Awards Watch List, per a media release Wednesday. The award is given to the best shortstop in college baseball.
In Vanderbilt’s 14 games, Waite has batted .359 with six extra-base hits, 13 RBIs and 15 walks. Waite has hit two home runs, a triple and three doubles as Vanderbilt holds a 8-6 record.
The Commodores are coming off a midweek week over Troy following an upset loss to Central Arkansas Tuesday night. Waite has contributed to Vanderbilt’s offensive rise this season with his numbers. The offense of Vanderbilt has had its good moments and its bad moments, but it has been largely efficient with scoring runs.
Vanderbilt has recorded six run-rule victories this season. The addition of hitting coach Jason Esposito has produced results in the batting lineup as the discipline at the plate seems to be improved.
The win against Troy Wednesday snapped a four-game losing streak in which Vanderbilt had allowed 6.25 runs per game during the skid. Vanderbilt has nine eight days to go before conference play begins. The Commodores host a series against North Dakota State this weekend and a midweek game against Indiana State March 10 before opening SEC play with a home series against LSU.
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Graham Baakko is a writer for Vanderbilt Commodores On SI, primarily covering football, basketball and baseball. Graham is a recent graduate from the University of Alabama, where he wrote for The Crimson White, WVUA-FM, WVUA 23 as he covered a variety of Crimson Tide sports. He also covered South Carolina athletics as a sportswriting intern for GamecockCentral.
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