All-America honors continue to pile up for Cox, Denton
TULSA — Oral Roberts center fielder Jonah Cox and closer Cade Denton continue to rack up the accolades as the duo was named first team All-Americans by Perfect Game and the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings. The All-America honors mark the fourth of the season for the Golden Eagle duo.
TULSA — Oral Roberts center fielder Jonah Cox and closer Cade Denton continue to rack up the accolades as the duo was named first team All-Americans by Perfect Game and the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings. The All-America honors mark the fourth of the season for the Golden Eagle duo.
Cox leads the nation in hits with 110 and enjoyed a 47-game hit streak, which was tied for the third-longest streak in NCAA history. The junior has registered a hit in 62 of the 63 contests going into the 2023 College World Series and leads ORU with a .420 average. In addition to his impressive hit total, Cox has logged 11 homers, 16 doubles, eight triples, 28 stolen bases and 67 runs batted in. Denton, the Summit League Pitcher of the Year, is currently tied for the national lead in saves with 15, matching the program single-season record, and holds a 1.85 earned-run average in 58.1 innings of work going into the CWS. In 33 appearances, the junior has struck out 78 and logged 25 scoreless appearances. In his career, Denton is only the fourth player in program history with 20-plus career saves (22).
Cox and Denton were among five ORU baseball players who made the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Region Team, from which the first team All-Americans were selected.
Joining Cox and Denton on the All-Region Team were right-handed pitcher Brooks Fowler, left-hander Harley Gollert and right fielder Matt Hogan.
In his sophomore campaign, Fowler has registered a 9-1 record and 3.27 earned-run average in 16 starts heading into the CWS. In 77 innings of work, the Jenks native has struck out 74. Fowler has allowed two earned runs or less in 11 of his starts this season.
Gollert, who is in his lone season at ORU, was named to the second team after logging a 10-1 record to go along with a 4.30 ERA. The 10 wins are the most by a Golden Eagle since Miguel Ausua in 2017. In 88 innings of work, the redshirt senior has punched out 88 batters.
In his first season with ORU, Hogan leads the squad with 18 homers, 70 RBI and 51 walks. The senior holds a .332/.477/.678 slash line and has also swiped nine bases on the year. The Melville, N.Y., native’s 18 long balls currently rank ninth all-time in program history for a single season.
