By Dalton Ray–
Baseball’s Brendan McKay is the recipient of the 2017 John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year and is the only three-time winner of the award. This is McKay’s fourth major award in 2017 as he is also the ACC Player of the Year and national Player of the Year by Baseball America and Collegiate Baseball newspaper.
Holding a 2.34 ERA and 10-3 record as a pitcher, McKay’s 140 strikeouts is a season-high for U of L. McKay is surging at the plate with career-highs in batting average (.343), RBIs (56) and home runs (17).