MSU Baseball’s Seymour Collects NECBL Most Improved Player Award

EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State baseball’s Randy Seymour was named the recipient of the New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) Most Improved Player Award, as the league announced its postseason awards.

Seymour, who will be entering his redshirt-senior season for the Spartans in 2026, played shortstop for the Newport Gulls this summer for the second year in a row.

The NECBL’s Most Improved Player Award is voted based upon a player’s level of improvement throughout their time in the NECBL from last year to this one. Seymour was one of several Gulls named to the South Division roster at the 2025 NECBL All-Star Game.

After not hitting any home runs during the 2024 campaign in playing 34 games with Newport, Seymour smacked four homers in 36 games with the Gulls this summer.

Seymour also increased his RBI output from 20 in 2024 to 29 in 2025. The shortstop also improved his batting average by 61 points in 2025, moving from a .235 average in 2024 to hitting .296 this season.

The Spartan shortstop also played a vital role in Newport’s season success, reaching the playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the South Division with a 29-15 regular-season mark, before the Gulls were eliminated from the playoffs in the South Division Finals by the Martha’s Vineyard Sharks.