Hunter Renfroe, Mississippi State’s slugging junior outfielder from Crystal Springs, Monday was named the 10th winner of the C Spire Ferriss Trophy, which goes to the most outstanding college baseball player in Mississippi. “It’s the greatest honor of my baseball career,” said Renfroe afterwards. “It was an honor to be on the platform with […]
One tweeter says: “Bobby Wahl, undefeated for year, obvious choice for Ferriss Trophy.” Another chimes in: “Not a State fan, but Hunter Renfroe should win in a landslide.” Those are just a sampling. No matter who wins the trophy named for Boo Ferriss next Monday, there will be disappointed fans. Such is the nature of […]
Four of the five finalists for the C Spire Ferriss Trophy are among 60 semi-finalists for the Golden Spikes Award (nation’s best college baseball player) and the fifth is a finalist Division II national player of the year. C Spire Ferriss finalists include three pitchers, a catcher and an outfielder. The award, which goes annually […]
What follows is the final watch list for the C Spire Ferriss Trophy. Voters have until 3 p.m. today to cast their first-round ballots. Five finalists will be announced late this afternoon. In alphabetical order: Josh Branstetter (Delta State) was named to the Gulf South Conference All-Tournament team after going 2-0 in two starts, including […]
Sunday is Mother’s Day. This is about a Hall of Fame mother, surely one of the most warm, loving, caring mothers who has ever graced this planet. If mother’s wore jerseys, Alyne Payton’s number would long ago have been retired. The world knows Alyne Payton as Walter Payton’s mother, but the world knows only a […]
Mrs. Alyne Payton, whose most famous son, Walter, was nicknamed Sweetness and who embodied that noun herself, died late Monday night after a long illness. She was 87. Mrs Payton endured the early deaths of husband to an aneurysm in 1978 and Walter (to liver disease) in 1999. Through it all, she carried herself with […]
What follows is an update on the C Spire Ferriss Trophy watch list. The award, named for Mississippi baseball legend Boo Ferriss, goes to the player selected by Major League scouts and college coaches as Mississippi’s most outstanding college baseball player. The winner will be announced at a May 20 awards luncheon at the Mississippi […]
Professional baseball scouts and college coaches will have plenty to choose from in selecting the winner of the 2013 C Spire Ferriss Trophy. What follows is a 10-person watch list for the C Spire Ferriss Trophy, which will be awarded May 20 at a a luncheon at your Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. […]
