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Hagen Smith of Arkansas has won his third postseason national pitcher of the year award, being named the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings National Pitcher of the Year.

Smith joins Kevin Kopps (2021) as the only other Razorback in history to win ABCA/Rawlings National Pitcher of the Year. Starting in 2018, Arkansas has been the only program in the nation to have multiple pitching award winners.

The junior left-hander was already voted National Pitcher of the Year by both the College Baseball Foundation and Perfect Game. He has four first-team All-America honors this postseason and became the sixth two-time All-American in school history. Thus far, Smith has been named to the first team of the American Baseball Association by ABCA/Rawlings, Baseball America, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, and Perfect Game. He has also been named one of three finalists for the coveted Golden Spikes Award and one of five finalists for the coveted Dick Howser Trophy.

With a 9-2 record, 2.04 ERA, and 161 strikeouts in 84.0 innings across 16 starts, Smith concluded the 2024 season as the top pitcher in all of college baseball. After going 7-0 with a 1.35 ERA and 110 strikeouts in 60.0 innings over 10 SEC starts, he was named the Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Year. He also set a record for the nation with 17.25 strikeouts per nine innings during the season, finishing first in hits allowed per nine innings (4.4), second in strikeouts (161), fourth in ERA (2.04), and seventh in WHIP (0.89).