Floyd tabbed as SAC Baseball Scholar Athlete of the Year
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman junior first baseman Logan Floyd (Adairsville, Ga.) has been named the South Atlantic Conference’s Baseball Scholar Athlete of the Year, the league office announced Wednesday afternoon.
ROCK HILL, S.C. – Carson-Newman junior first baseman Logan Floyd (Adairsville, Ga.) has been named the South Atlantic Conference's Baseball Scholar Athlete of the Year, the league office announced Wednesday afternoon.
Floyd becomes Carson-Newman baseball's eighth player to win a scholar-athlete of the year award and the first since Ryan Victory in 2019. He is the fifth player coached by Tom Griffin to be named a scholar athlete.
Floyd is the fifth Carson-Newman athlete to be named a scholar athlete during the 2025-26 season, joining Hala Awad, Macauley Bailey, Jack Browder and Blair Cherry.
"Tremendous honor celebrating his outstanding accomplishments on and off the field," Carson-Newman head coach Tom Griffin said. "We talk about being your best in all you do and this is a great example of excelling in two areas that take discipline, work ethic and pride. Not only did Logan excel in those areas, but he also got his pilot license through it all. He is a very talented and dedicated young man."
The SAC Scholar-Athlete Award is presented annually to one student-athlete in each Conference-sponsored sport who excels in academics, athletics, leadership and community service.
This honor is Floyd's second award related to academics and sixth overall. The Adairsville, Georgia native has a grade point average of 4.0 while studying Business Administration. Floyd has been named to Carson-Newman's Dean's List three times and is a three-time Platinum Eagle Scholar as well.
Logan Floyd earned All-SAC honors for the third time in his career, becoming the first Eagle since Derek Long to be an all-conference player in three consecutive seasons.
The second team All-SAC first baseman produced the best season of his career. He posted career numbers in basically every single major offensive category, hitting .410 with ten home runs, 56 RBI, with 31 extra-base hits overall. In 183 at bats, Floyd struck out just 13 times and posted a .699 slugging percentage. The junior's .410 batting average in 48 games is the third-best average in the program's DII era. His 19 doubles finish as the eighth-most in a season in the program's DII era as well.
Floyd had 25 multi-hit and 18 multi-RBI games this season. His longest streaks of the season were a 14-game hitting streak and a 32-game on-base streak.
"I want to thank God, my teammates and coaches and family," Floyd said. "They have all been super supportive throughout this journey of mine this year. It was all about believing in myself and changing up my summer routine. That really helped pay off my goal for trying to hit for more power this year."
Outside of his student-athlete tasks, Floyd has volunteered at the local food pantry in Jefferson City and assisted with the Boys and Girls Club's Halloween activities. Most recently, he has assisted with Road Trip Home, helping shelter dogs and take care of them until they can find a home.
