Kohn Named To National Pitcher Of The Year Watch List
April 20, 2025 | Baseball
STARKVILLE – 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
• Ben Alekson, Fairfield, MAAC
• Kade Anderson, LSU, SEC
• Jamie Arnold, Florida State, ACC
• Cam Bagwell, UNCW, CAA
• Trey Beard, Florida Atlantic, AAC
• Jack Bennett, Western Kentucky, Conference USA
• Ben Blair, Liberty, Conference USA
• Colton Book, Saint Joseph's, Atlantic 10
• Vincent Borghese, Central Connecticut, Northeast Conference
• Corey Braun, South Florida, AAC
• Brandon Cassedy, George Mason, Atlantic 10
• Gabe Craig, Baylor, Big 12
• Dylan Crooks, Oklahoma, SEC
• Liam Doyle, Tennessee, SEC
• Joseph Dzierwa,, Michigan State, Big Ten
• Reid Easterly, Duke, ACC
• Riley Eckhoff, Coastal Carolina, Sun Belt
• Clay Edmondson, UNC Ashville, Big South
• Eric Elliott, Jackson State, SWAC
• Kane Elmy, Murray State, MVC
• Casan Evans, LSU, SEC
• Blake Gillespie, Charlotte, AAC
• Cole Giley, Indiana, Big Ten
• Jonathan Gonzalez, Stetson, Atlantic Sun
• Max Grubbs, Texas, SEC
• Aidan Haugh, North Carolina, ACC
• Keegan Johnson, Ball State, MAC
• Riley Kelly, UC Irvine, Big West
• Jake Knapp, North Carolina, ACC
• Pico Kohn, Mississippi State, SEC
• Tommy LaPour, TCU, Big 12
• Victor Loa, UTRGV, Southland
• Richard Long, Jacksonville, Atlantic Sun
• JB Middleton, Southern Miss, Sun Belt
• Griffin Miller, Marshall, Sun Belt
• Cade Montgomery, Utah Tech, WAC
• Blake Morningstar, Wake Forest, ACC
• Jacob Morrison, Coastal Carolina, Sun Belt
• Cade Obermueller, Iowa, Big Ten
• Connor O'Hara, George Mason, Atlantic 10
• Jack Ohman, Yale, Ivy League
• Ricky Ojeda, UC Irvine, Big West
• Carson Ozmer, Alabama, SEC
• Mason Patel, Georgia Tech, ACC
• Lane Pearson, West Georgia, Atlantic Sun
• Calvin Proskey, UC Santa Barbara, Big West
• Brennan Stuprich, Southeastern Louisiana, Southland
• Joseph Taylor, Charlotte, AAC
• Zane Taylor, UNCW, CAA
• Ian Umlandt, Oregon, Big Ten
• Dylan Volantis, Texas, SEC
• Joey Volini, Florida State, ACC
• Drew Whalen, Western Kentucky, Conference USA
• Kryson Witherspoon, Oklahoma, SEC
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