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No. 24 Baseball’s Belyeu named Big 12 Player of the Year

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ARLINGTON, Texas – No. 24 Texas Baseball's Max Belyeu was named the Big 12 Conference Player of the Year to lead a group of nine Longhorns named to the All-Big 12 teams, the league office announced Monday.

Belyeu hit 11 of his 17 home runs in Big 12 games, tying for the league lead in Conference play. The sophomore from Aledo, Texas hit .341 with 14 doubles and 49 RBIs, good for a 1.147 on base plus slugging, which ranked third in the league. He is the fifth Texas player to win the award, and the second in the past three seasons.