TicketsCINCINNATI — Cincinnati sophomore first baseman Quinton Coats has earned semifinalist recognition for the Dick Howser Trophy.
This is Cincinnati's second-straight year with such distinction on a National Player of the Year award, following Kerrington Cross in 2025 and Ian Happ in 2015 for the Golden Spikes Award.
The slugger from Olathe, Kansas, is fifth nationally with 25 homers, breaking Mike Spina's 17-year-old mark at Oral Roberts. He mashed his 25th at K-State on Saturday, the game-winning three-run bomb as the Bearcats trailed 3-1 in the eighth. UC is 18-3 when he homers. He is fifth nationally, and third in the Big 12, in that department, while ranking seventh in total bases (161, five away from UC's season record) and 10th in RBI (67).
Coats has a 24-game reached-safely streak, second only to Infelise's 30 from earlier in the season. Coats also has a 10-game hit streak, finding new ways to counter pitchers' avoidance.
This is Cincinnati's second-straight year with such distinction on a National Player of the Year award, following Kerrington Cross in 2025 and Ian Happ in 2015 for the Golden Spikes Award.
The slugger from Olathe, Kansas, is fifth nationally with 25 homers, breaking Mike Spina's 17-year-old mark at Oral Roberts. He mashed his 25th at K-State on Saturday, the game-winning three-run bomb as the Bearcats trailed 3-1 in the eighth. UC is 18-3 when he homers. He is fifth nationally, and third in the Big 12, in that department, while ranking seventh in total bases (161, five away from UC's season record) and 10th in RBI (67).
Coats has a 24-game reached-safely streak, second only to Infelise's 30 from earlier in the season. Coats also has a 10-game hit streak, finding new ways to counter pitchers' avoidance.