Vanderbilt pitcher Kumar Rocker, left, accepts the College World Series most outstanding player award from Jack Diesing after the Commodores beat Michigan 8-2 on Wednesday to win Game 3 of the tournament finals in Omaha, Neb.
Vanderbilt celebrates after beating Michigan to win the College World Series on Wednesday night in Omaha, Neb. The Commodores won the national championship for the second time in six years.OMAHA, Neb. – Vanderbilt followed its dominant run through the Southeastern Conference baseball regular season and tournament by winning the national championship, and there may be no slowing down the Commodores.
It appears coach Tim Corbin’s 2020 club might even be better.
“Tim has built a program that is to the point it just recycles guys,” ESPN college baseball analyst Kyle Peterson said Thursday. “He’s proven it for 10 years now. They’re not light on talent.”
A lot of the talent on the team that won an SEC-record 59 games this year was young.
Vanderbilt freshman Kumar Rocker was the nation’s most dominant pitcher the second half of the season, threw a no-hitter in super regionals and was named most outstanding player in the College World Series, which wrapped Wednesday night with the Commodores beating Michigan 8-2 in Game 3 of the finals.