{"id":296634,"date":"2026-06-05T01:46:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296634\/"},"modified":"2026-06-05T01:46:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T01:46:11","slug":"college-baseball-foundation-dubs-king-pitcher-of-the-year-finalist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/296634\/","title":{"rendered":"College Baseball Foundation Dubs King Pitcher of the Year Finalist"},"content":{"rendered":"

GAINESVILLE, Fla. \u2013 Florida Gators sophomore right-hander Aidan King<\/a> has been named a finalist for the College Baseball Foundation’s National Pitcher of the Year award, as announced on Thursday afternoon.
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\nThis represents yet another jewel in the crown for King, who has already been honored as SEC pitcher of the Year<\/a>, a Golden Spikes Award Semifinalist<\/a> and a Baseball America College Pitcher of the Year finalist<\/a>.
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\nTaking over the role of UF ace in his true sophomore season, King became the first Gator underclassman to collect the conference’s top pitching accolade including the fourth in league history. Making all 16 of his scheduled starts, King led Florida with eight wins, a 3.21 ERA, 1.03 WHIP and 97.0 innings pitched while holding hitters to a miniscule .218 batting average. The Jacksonville, Fla. native fanned 92 batters against 19 free passes, equating to an elite 4.84 strikeout-to-walk ratio. King surrendered four big flies all year long to finish with 0.4 home runs allowed per nine innings.<\/p>\n

As a true workhorse, King fired a team-high eight quality starts including six in SEC play. Pitching into the seventh inning five times against SEC teams, King averaged 6.2 frames per SEC start while his 62.0 SEC innings trailed only Alabama’s Tyler Fay. In SEC action, King led all starters with a 0.89 WHIP while tying for the top spot in victories (six). The second-year righty held SEC hitters to a .184 batting average and went 6-1 in 10 conference starts.<\/p>\n

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\n\t\t\tKing’s 2026 Season Snapshot
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\n\t\t\tCategory
\n\t\t\tStatistic
\n\t\t\tSEC Rank (National Rank)
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\n\t\t\tGames Started
\n\t\t\t16
\n\t\t\t2 (10)
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\n\t\t\tERA
\n\t\t\t3.21
\n\t\t\t5
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\n\t\t\tWHIP
\n\t\t\t1.03
\n\t\t\t5 (21)
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\n\t\t\tH\/9
\n\t\t\t7.34
\n\t\t\t7
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\n\t\t\tBB\/9
\n\t\t\t1.97
\n\t\t\t7
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\n\t\t\tWins
\n\t\t\t8
\n\t\t\t9 (46)
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\n\t\t\tK\/BB Ratio
\n\t\t\t4.84
\n\t\t\t10 (39)
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\nKing’s 2026 Season Accolades
\nSEC Pitcher of the Year
\nFirst-Team All-SEC
\nCollege Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year Finalist
\nBaseball America College Pitcher of the Year Finalist
\nGolden Spikes Award Semifinalist
\nDick Howser Trophy Semifinalist
\nNCBWA National Pitcher of the Month (April)
\nD1Baseball Second Team Preseason All-American
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