COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Maryland baseball players Kevin Smith, Hunter Parsons and Cameron Enck earned summer plaudits this week.
Smith was named D1Baseball.com's Breakout Summer Prospect after helping lead the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox to their third straight CCBL title, going 6-for-12 with a home run and three RBI to earn League Championship Series MVP honors. For the summer, Smith batted .301 with 12 doubles and two home runs.
The East Greenbush, N.Y., native also notched 14 RBI and 21 runs scored, while ranking as one of the top defensive shortstops in the CCBL. The Red Sox were named Perfect Game's top team of the summer.
Parsons and Enck were named third-team summer All-Americans by Collegiate Summer Baseball. Enck was fantastic in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League for the Amsterdam Mohawks, setting a new PGCBL season ERA record with an outstanding 0.61 mark in 59 innings pitched. Enck struck out 28 and posted a 7-1 record.
One of the best pitchers in the Cal Ripken League, Parsons, set league highs in wins (6) and strikeouts (44) while recording a 1.40 ERA for the Baltimore Redbirds. Parsons walked just seven batters in 38.1 IP.
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