CLEMSON, S.C. — Clemson junior Caden Grice is one of five finalists for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award, presented by the College Baseball Foundation.
The award goes to the top combo pitcher-position player in college baseball and is named for the former Washington State University standout. Olerud excelled as a first baseman and left-handed pitcher during the late 1980s for the Cougars and was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007.
Olerud also had an outstanding MLB career where he won back-to-back World Series titles with Toronto in 1992 and 1993.
The Olerud award will be presented by the College Baseball Foundation later this summer.
Grice has been a major factor at the plate and on the mound this season for the Tigers.
He is 8-1 with a 3.25 ERA with 13 starts. In 69.1 innings pitched, Grice has recorded 91 strikeouts against 32 walks with opponents batting .195.
At the plate, Grice is batting .302 with 16 homers, a triple, 13 doubles, 63 RBIs, 56 runs, a .409 on-base percentage and three steals in 56 games with 55 starts.
Grice is coming off a weekend where he was named ACC Tournament MVP as the Tigers captured their 16th league title.
