Oxford High standout Hayes Harrison checks all the boxes.

Great pitcher. Check.

Great hitter. Check.

Great teammate. Check.

Now, the Northwest Shoals Community College signee can check one final box in his high school career. The senior was named the Alabama Sports Writers Association 2023 Mr. Baseball at that group’s 51st annual convention Sunday night at Jacksonville State University.

“I love Hayes and everything about him,” Oxford coach Wes Brooks said. “He plays with a chip on his shoulder. He maxes out to his full potential each and every day, and that is why his ceiling continues to rise as an athlete.”

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Harrison powered the Yellow Jackets to the Class 6A state title this spring. The left-handed pitcher went 13-0 on the mound and hit .382 at the plate. He is the first Oxford player to claim the award since Matthew Maniscalco was named the first Mr. Baseball in 1999.

“He is probably the most focused and locked in player that I have ever coached,” Brooks said of Harrison. “His attitude and approach to the game — as a Christian, as a student — is the most mature attitude and approach that I have seen in 23 years of coaching. He strives to be the best teammate he can possibly be. His desire to compete and max out his full potential every day is his separator.”

Harrison was named the Gatorade Alabama Player of the Year earlier this month. The Alabama Sports Writers Association named him the Class 6A Player of the Year on Saturday. He led the Yellow Jackets to a 39-6 overall record.

In 71 innings pitched this year, Harrison struck out 82 and had a 1.28 ERA. He allowed 43 hits and 11 walks. At the plate, he had a .497 on-base percentage and drove in 38 runs.

Named the title series MVP, Harrison hit .600 for the two games with three runs scored, three RBIs and three walks in a win over Spanish Fort. He was the winning pitcher in Game 1.

“There’s so many different categories that it takes to be great,” Brooks said. “Hayes checks all the boxes. He makes everyone around him great. He comes early, stays late, busts his tail in the offseason and does everything a coach ask of him, but here’s the kicker. … Hayes holds everyone around him to that same standard. And that is the definition of a great leader. His teammates were pretty good too that gave him this opportunity.”

SUPER ALL-STATE TEAM

Hayes Harrison, Oxford

Jackson Harris, Vestavia Hills

Caleb Freeman, Etowah

Sam Silas, Holtville

Coleman Mizell, Hartselle

Jax Yoxtheimer, Central-Phenix City

Miles Edwards, Lauderdale County

Landon Alton, Thompson

Cale Tittle, Lynn

Peyton Webb, Donoho

PREVIOUS MR. BASEBALL WINNERS

2023: Hayes Harrison, Oxford

2022: Riley Quick, Hewitt-Trussville

2021: Maddux Bruns, UMS-Wright

2020: No winner (COVID-19 Pandemic)

2019: Gunnar Henderson, Morgan Academy

2018: Jeremiah Jackson, St. Luke’s

2017: Tanner Burns, Decatur

2016: Owen Lovell, Cullman

2015: Brax Garrett, Florence

2014: Cody Reed, Ardmore

2013: Keegan Thompson, Cullman

2012: Mikey White, Spain Park

2011: Daniel Koger, Huntsville

2010: Daryl Norris, Fairhope

2009: Luke Bole, Hartselle

2008: Tyler Stovall, Hokes Bluff

2007: John David Smelser, Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa

2006: Del Howell, American Christian

2005: Colby Rasmus, Russell County

2004: Pat White, Daphne

2003: Joe Doan, Baker

2002: Allen Ponder, Lee-Scott

2001: Eric West, Southside-Gadsden

2000: Wade Miller, G.W. Long

1999: Matthew Maniscalco, Oxford