Kohn Named To National Pitcher Of The Year Watch List
April 20, 2025 | Baseball
STARKVILLE โ Mississippi State's Pico Kohn was named to the watch list for the 2025 National Pitcher of the Year.
Kohn is one of 54 pitchers from around the country and one of nine from the Southeastern Conference selected to the watch list by the College Baseball Foundation and College Baseball Hall of Fame. The left-handed junior has made 10 starts for the Diamond Dawgs compiling a 4-1 record, 3.29 earned run average, 81 strikeouts and only 14 walks in 54 2/3 innings of work this season.
Kohn has held opposing hitters to a .204 batting average against him with a WHIP of 1.01. He ranks fifth in the SEC in strikeouts, tied for seventh in innings pitched and ninth in ERA.
The Verbena, Alabama native has struck out a career-high 11 batters on three different occasions this spring, including his most recent start on Friday. Kohn was also tabbed the SEC Pitcher of the Week following his 10-strikeout, two-hit performance at then No. 10 Oklahoma across six shutout innings on March 24. During one stretch, he struck out eight-straight Sooners.
MSU has had two hurlers win National Pitcher of the Year honors. Chris Stratton was selected by Perfect Game in 2012 and Ethan Small earned the distinction from the ABCA and the College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2019.
2025 NATIONAL PITCHER OF THE YEAR AWARD WATCH LIST
Name, School, Conference
โข Ben Alekson, Fairfield, MAAC
โข Kade Anderson, LSU, SEC
โข Jamie Arnold, Florida State, ACC
โข Cam Bagwell, UNCW, CAA
โข Trey Beard, Florida Atlantic, AAC
โข Jack Bennett, Western Kentucky, Conference USA
โข Ben Blair, Liberty, Conference USA
โข Colton Book, Saint Joseph's, Atlantic 10
โข Vincent Borghese, Central Connecticut, Northeast Conference
โข Corey Braun, South Florida, AAC
โข Brandon Cassedy, George Mason, Atlantic 10
โข Gabe Craig, Baylor, Big 12
โข Dylan Crooks, Oklahoma, SEC
โข Liam Doyle, Tennessee, SEC
โข Joseph Dzierwa,, Michigan State, Big Ten
โข Reid Easterly, Duke, ACC
โข Riley Eckhoff, Coastal Carolina, Sun Belt
โข Clay Edmondson, UNC Ashville, Big South
โข Eric Elliott, Jackson State, SWAC
โข Kane Elmy, Murray State, MVC
โข Casan Evans, LSU, SEC
โข Blake Gillespie, Charlotte, AAC
โข Cole Giley, Indiana, Big Ten
โข Jonathan Gonzalez, Stetson, Atlantic Sun
โข Max Grubbs, Texas, SEC
โข Aidan Haugh, North Carolina, ACC
โข Keegan Johnson, Ball State, MAC
โข Riley Kelly, UC Irvine, Big West
โข Jake Knapp, North Carolina, ACC
โข Pico Kohn, Mississippi State, SEC
โข Tommy LaPour, TCU, Big 12
โข Victor Loa, UTRGV, Southland
โข Richard Long, Jacksonville, Atlantic Sun
โข JB Middleton, Southern Miss, Sun Belt
โข Griffin Miller, Marshall, Sun Belt
โข Cade Montgomery, Utah Tech, WAC
โข Blake Morningstar, Wake Forest, ACC
โข Jacob Morrison, Coastal Carolina, Sun Belt
โข Cade Obermueller, Iowa, Big Ten
โข Connor O'Hara, George Mason, Atlantic 10
โข Jack Ohman, Yale, Ivy League
โข Ricky Ojeda, UC Irvine, Big West
โข Carson Ozmer, Alabama, SEC
โข Mason Patel, Georgia Tech, ACC
โข Lane Pearson, West Georgia, Atlantic Sun
โข Calvin Proskey, UC Santa Barbara, Big West
โข Brennan Stuprich, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland
โข Joseph Taylor, Charlotte, AAC
โข Zane Taylor, UNCW, CAA
โข Ian Umlandt, Oregon, Big Ten
โข Dylan Volantis, Texas, SEC
โข Joey Volini, Florida State, ACC
โข Drew Whalen, Western Kentucky, Conference USA
โข Kryson Witherspoon, Oklahoma, SEC
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