Prep baseball awards go to area players, coaches

ASHEBORO — Randleman third baseman Hunter Atkins was selected as the PAC-7 Player of the Year in baseball.

Atkins’s teammate Andrew Cox was picked as Pitcher of the Year in the league for the eventual Class 2-A state champions. The league’s Coach of the Year is Glen Hunt of Providence Grove.

Asheboro head coach Brett Hoogkamp pats Tatum Marsh on the head after a triple against Southwestern Randolph on june 4, 2021. Hoogkamp won the Mid-Piedmont Coach of the year award for the 2021 season. He lead the Blue Comets to a 13-3 record and to the third round of the 3a state playoffs. (PJ WARD-BROWN/North State Journal)

In the Mid-Piedmont Conference, Southwestern Randolph’s Bryson Hogan was picked as Player of the Year. Asheboro’s Brett Hoogkamp of the regular-season co-championship team was named Coach of the Year for the league.

By Randolph Record