The calendar year of 2023 for Arkansas sports as a whole was a bit of a mixed bag.
But on an individual basis, several Hogs athletes made the most of things and had seasons to remember.
Our annual Top 10 Arkansas Athletes list this year includes one baseball player, one softball player, two football players, one women’s basketball player, two men’s basketball players, two volleyball players and a soccer player.
On the honorable mention list: two softball players, one soccer player, one baseball player, one volleyball player, one basketball player.
Check out the complete list of our honorees for the 2023 calendar year below.
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Chenise Delce’s two seasons at Arkansas were absolutely dynamite. Her senior season topping the charts as a first-team All-SEC selection. The right-hander was Arkansas’ ace as the Razorbacks made the NCAA Tournament for the sixth straight year.
Stats: 21-11, 17 complete games, 180 1/3 IP, 193 K, 55 BB, .200 BA against
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Head was a first-team All-SEC selection as she helped Arkansas to its best season in decades. She was second on the team – and second in the SEC – in kills as she teamed with Jill Gillen and Hannah Hogue to achieve Razorbacks greatness.
Stats: 484 kills, .240 percentage, 36 aces, 388 digs
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Scott makes the top 10 despite playing only a half-season. The freshman is in the midst of the best first year ever for an Arkansas basketballer. Her 22.9 points per game is sixth in the nation among all players as she hopes to lead Arkansas back to the NCAA Tournament.
Stats: 22.9 PPG, 43% from field, 81% from FT, 3.6 RPG
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Little won’t get a chance to set all the kicking records at Arkansas as he declared for the NFL Draft at season’s end. He’ll have to settle for being second, but considering he made it there in three years, it was quite the career.
Stats: 20 of 24 on field goals, 33 of 33 on XP
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Technically, we’re limiting this to the year proper when Council came off the bench six times for Arkansas during SEC play. He still led the Hogs in scoring and dropped double figures in all three of Arkansas’ NCAA Tournament games.
Whole season stats: 16.1 PPG, 3.6 RPG, 43% from the field, 79% from the line
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