{"id":681473,"date":"2026-04-23T01:42:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/681473\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:42:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:42:22","slug":"no-4-baseballs-cozart-volantis-recognized-as-national-pitcher-of-the-year-semifinalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/681473\/","title":{"rendered":"No. 4 Baseball\u2019s Cozart, Volantis recognized as National Pitcher of the Year semifinalists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 University of Texas student-athletes Sam Cozart and Dylan Volantis were among the 43 players named semifinalists for the 2026 National Pitcher of the Year Award, the College Baseball Foundation announced Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>The Longhorns are one of only two Southeastern Conference programs with multiple honorees, alongside Auburn.<\/p>\n<p>One of just three rookies recognized on the prestigious list, Cozart has notched a 5-0 ledger with a 1.83 ERA, 0.55 WHIP and six saves in his first 13 career appearances.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-6, 260-pound right-hander has totaled 49 strikeouts over 34 1\/3 innings pitched. Cozart is holding opposing hitters to a .104 batting average.<\/p>\n<p>The High Point, N.C., is tied\u00a0for the most saves among Power Four true freshmen.<\/p>\n<p>A finalist for the award a year ago, Volantis has mounted a 5-0 ledger and a 2.13 ERA across nine starts this season.<\/p>\n<p>The 6-foot-6, 220-pound southpaw has registered 69 strikeouts in 50 2\/3 innings, limiting opponents to a .196 average.<\/p>\n<p>As of April 22, Volantis ranks sixth in ERA and eighth in WHIP (1.05) within the SEC.<\/p>\n<p>The duo has\u00a0helped anchor a Texas pitching staff that boasts the third-best WHIP (1.16), fifth-lowest ERA (3.41) and sixth-best strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.36) in the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"AUSTIN, Texas \u2014 University of Texas student-athletes Sam Cozart and Dylan Volantis were among the 43 players named&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":681474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2289],"tags":[5,648,1694,2341],"class_list":{"0":"post-681473","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-college-baseball","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-college-baseball","10":"tag-ncaa","11":"tag-ncaa-baseball"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116451484860407143","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=681473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/681473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/681474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=681473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=681473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=681473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}