Utah's Ryan Khoury Named District 8 Player of the Year

Baseball Home HEADLINES TCU Trio Listed Among Baseball America's Top Prospects SDSU's Stephen Strasburg Captures 2009 Golden Spikes Award San Diego State's Stephen Strasburg Nominated For 2009 ESPY Award RELATED LINKS • Follow all of the college baseball action at CollegeSports.com • Email this to a friend

June 9, 2006

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - Utah senior shortstop Ryan Khoury was named District 8 Player of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association Friday (June 9).

Khoury, the 2006 MWC Player of the Year, led the MWC in batting average (.438), on-base percentage (.549) and hits (98), and was second in the league in slugging percentage (.728), runs scored (73) and walks (39). He also ranked in the top-five in doubles (18), total bases (163) and stolen bases (16). Khoury broke the all-time MWC single-season record for batting average and on-base percentage. He also broke the Utah school record for hits in a career earlier this season. Khoury finished his career with 291 career hits, which ranks second all-time in MWC history.