Top Speed's Scott Lichty named Co-Most Valuable Player
No one stood out more offensively than Scott Licthy of Top Speed Baseball and Brian Morley of the Klamath Falls Gems this summer. Because of their success on the field, the duo has earned Co-Most Valuable Player in the Golden State Collegiate Baseball League.
Licthy finished seventh in the league in batting with a .398 batting average, second in the GSCBL with 66 hits, seventh in the league with 12 doubles, first in the league in runs with 57 total, and his 43 RBIs were good for third overall. Licthy led all GSCBL players with 205 plate appearances and his .512 On Base Percentage was good for third overall.
Hitting in the middle of the Top Speed lineup all season long, Licthy registered at least one hit in 41 of 48 games played and he collected multi-hit games on 17 different occasions. One of his biggest games of the summer came on July 10, 2017 against the South Bay Storm. Licthy finished 3-for-4 with 3 runs scored, a double, 2 home runs and 4 RBIs. He also walked twice in the game. He also had a 5 hits game in which he scored 5 runs and drove in two of his own on July 5, 2017 against the West Coast Kings.
Lichty is the fourth outfielder to win the award and joins Brian Morley (Klamath Falls Gems - 2017), Matt Martinez (Top Speed Baseball - 2016), Wyatt Castro (Sacramento Heat - 2015), Troy Dixon (San Francisco Seagulls - 2014), Rickie Rodriguez (Top Speed Baseball - 2014) and Antonio Ibarra (Auburn Wildcats - 2013) as the only players to take home the GSCBL Most Valuable Player Award voted on by the eight league franchises.
2017 MOST VALUABLE PLAYER RESULTS
t1. Scott Lichty (Top Speed) - 33 votes
t1. Brian Morley (Klamath Falls) - 33 votes
3. Reed Hjelle (San Francisco) - 22 votes
4. Austin Muller (Reno) - 8 votes
t5. Jared Bannister (San Francisco) - 4 votes
t5. Garrett Hiott (San Francisco) - 4 votes
t7. Alex Bee (Top Speed) - 3 votes
t7. Logan Ehnes (Top Speed) - 3 votes
t9. Dylan Fontenot (Reno) - 2 votes
t9. Jalin Lawson (Top Speed) - 2 votes
t11. Ryan Frakes (Atwater) - 1 vote
t11. Keone McKee (Klamath Falls) - 1 vote
t11. Nathaniel Maggio (Top Speed) - 1 vote
t11. Trevor Rogers (South Bay) - 1 vote
t11. Sammy Silva (Klamath Falls) - 1 vote
t11. Joe Starick (Sacramento) - 1 vote
