The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
No. 5 Baseball’s Pack Jr., Robbins headline SEC awards
05.18.2026 | Baseball
Longhorns become first SEC program with back-to-back Freshman of the Year honorees since 2009-10
AUSTIN, Texas — Five Texas Longhorns collected Southeastern Conference postseason recognition, the league announced Monday afternoon.
Anthony Pack Jr. and Aiden Robbins both earned major awards, as Pack Jr. was named SEC Freshman of the Year and Robbins was tabbed SEC Newcomer of the Year.
Robbins was joined on the All-SEC First Team by Dylan Volantis and Sam Cozart. Meanwhile, Pack Jr. and Carson Tinney landed on the All-SEC Second Team.
Pack Jr. and Cozart also garnered SEC All-Freshman Team honors.
A 5-foot-10, 190-pound outfielder, Pack Jr. is just the fifth Longhorn to receive conference freshman of the year distinction, joining Chance Ruffin (2008), Eric Weiss (2011), Parker French (2012) and Volantis (2025).
The Lakewood, Calif., native paced all qualifying hitters in batting average (.400) and on-base percentage (.511) in league action. Pack Jr. is the first freshman to hit .400 in SEC play since Mississippi State's Jake Mangum accomplished the feat in 2016.
He also tied for second in hits (44), tied for third in walks (23), tied for fifth in doubles (10) and stolen bases (12), and finished sixth in OPS (1.111).
Throughout the regular season, Pack Jr. totaled a club-best .360 average with seven home runs, 45 RBI and a 1.038 OPS. His team-leading 20 stolen bases are the most by a Texas freshman since Drew Stubbs swiped 28 bags in 2004.
A transfer from Seton Hall, Robbins became the Longhorns' first-ever Newcomer of the Year.
In conference contests, the 6-foot-2, 205-pound outfielder ranked fourth in slugging (.697) and OPS (1.120), while tying for fourth in homers (11) and fifth in total bases (76).
Overall, Robbins has slashed .348/.435/.697 with 19 home runs and 53 RBI.
His 19 home runs are tied for the sixth-most by a Texas player in a season, matching Brooks Kieschnick (1993), Kyle Russell (2008) and Murphy Stehly (2002).
A 6-foot-6, 220-pound left-hander, Volantis was picked as a first-team selection for the second straight season.
As of May 18, the sophomore has an 8-1 ledger and a 2.05 ERA, which sits atop the SEC and sixth nationally. Meanwhile, Volantis' 105 strikeouts are the third-most in the league and tied for the 17th-most in the country.
The Thousand Oaks, Calif., native also sports the conference's third-lowest WHIP (0.99) and 12th-best mark nationally.
Volantis has held opposing hitters to a .188 average across a team-high 74 2/3 innings.
The lone freshman on the first team, Cozart paced all hurlers (min. 25 inn.) in ERA (1.01) and WHIP (0.64) in SEC action.
As the Longhorns' closer, the 6-foot-6, 260-pound right-hander notched a co-league-high seven saves.
Cozart registered 43 punchouts and a .100 batting average against, yielding only nine hits across 26 2/3 frames.
Overall, the rookie has tallied a 6-0 record with a 1.59 ERA and eight saves. Cozart has logged 66 strikeouts in 45 1/3 innings.
A 6-foot-4, 240-pound catcher, Tinney leads Texas in four offensive categories, highlighted by his team-best 20 home runs and 1.168 OPS.
The junior's 20 blasts are tied for the fourth-most by a Longhorn in a single season, matching Jeff Ontiveros in 2002.
Tinney has also compiled a .321 average and 54 RBI, which ranks second on the club.
As of May 18, he is tied for third in homers, fourth in walks (44) and OPS, sixth in slugging (.695), seventh in on-base percentage (.473), tied for eighth in runs (57) and ninth in RBI, among all qualifying SEC hitters.
The complete list of SEC postseason awards and all-conference teams can be seen HERE.
