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White named SEC's top player

Texas A&M's Boomer White hits a home run off Mississippi pitcher David Parkinson during a college baseball game Friday, May 20, 2016, in College Station, Texas. (Timothy Hurst/Bryan-College Station Eagle via AP)
Texas A&M's Boomer White hits a home run off Mississippi pitcher David Parkinson during a college baseball game Friday, May 20, 2016, in College Station, Texas. (Timothy Hurst/Bryan-College Station Eagle via AP)

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Texas A&M's Boomer White is the Southeastern Conference baseball player of the year and Florida's Logan Shore is pitcher of the year.

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The SEC also announced Monday that Mississippi State's John Cohen was coach of the year, Mississippi State's Jake Mangum was freshman of the year and Tennessee's Derek Lance was scholar-athlete of the year. The awards were selected by a vote of league coaches.

White has a .486 on-base percentage and 88 hits to lead the SEC in both categories. Shore is 10-0 with a 2.33 ERA. Mangum leads the SEC with a .427 batting average.

Cohen led Mississippi State to the SEC regular-season title. Lance owns a 3.90 grade point average as a kinesiology major.

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