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ATHENS—– University of Georgia Honor Roll student Emerson Hancock made history Wednesday as the latest Bulldog selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball Draft.

Hancock, a 6-4, 213-pound junior pitcher from Cairo, Ga., went sixth overall to the Seattle Mariners. In his Bulldog career, the right-hander is 16-7 with a 3.47 ERA in 33 appearances, all starts. He has tallied 206 strikeouts and 55 walks in 192 innings. In 2020, he was 2-0 with a 3.75 ERA in four starts. He had 34 strikeouts and only three walks in 24 innings as Georgia went 14-4 and was ranked as high as No. 2 nationally when the season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Additionally, Hancock, a sport management major, is on the ballot for Academic All-America honors, which will be announced later this week by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Hancock has served as Georgia’s No. 1 starter the past two seasons. He was a consensus All-American as a sophomore in 2019 after posting an 8-3 mark and 1.99 ERA. Following his senior year at Cairo High School, Arizona selected him in the 38^th round of the 2017 MLB Draft.

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