Illinois DH Justin Janas won the 2021 Big Ten regular season batting title with an average of .391 this season. Janas also led the conference with an on-base percentage of .506.
Janas finished the year hitting .391/.506/.449 (54-for-138), with six doubles, a triple, 28 RBI and 32 runs scored. His .391 batting average ranked 29th in the country and his 54 hits were a team best.
Illinois has had the Big Ten regular season batting champion the last three full seasons. INF Grant Van Scoy won the 2019 Big Ten regular season batting title when he posted a .347 average and INF Bren Spillane won in 2018 after hitting .389 during his National Player of the Year campaign.
>>NCAA Tournament Field Set
Arkansas was rewarded for its dominant run through the Southeastern Conference, landing the No. 1 national seed in the NCAA baseball tournament.
The Razorbacks (46-10) won all 10 of their SEC series and wrapped up their first conference tournament championship on Sunday. After losing three straight games in March, the Hogs never lost consecutive games. This is the third tournament in a row that Arkansas has been a top-eight national seed.
The 64-team tournament opens Friday in 16 regionals.
The top eight national seeds are assured of hosting super regionals if they win their regionals. The national seeds following Arkansas: Texas (42-15), Tennessee (45-16), Vanderbilt (40-15), Arizona (40-15), TCU (40-17), Mississippi State (40-15) and Texas Tech.
