Today is the day that the Big Ten recognizes the best around the conference and the Gophers are taking home quite a bit of accolades. But one Golden Gopher deserves his own post to recognize just how valuable he was to the team’s 2018 success.
Patrick Fredrickson, a true freshman, earned himself the Big Ten’s Pitcher of the Year award along with earning the conference’s Freshman of the Year and being named first team All Big Ten.
Fredrickson answered the team’s biggest question mark and did so in a huge way. Finding starting pitching to go along with Reggie Meyer was that question and Fredrickson just went out and dominated all season.