Strout earns collegiate rookie honor
GORHAM — University of Southern Maine freshman Hayden Strout, a resident of Charleston and 2025 Foxcroft Academy graduate, has been named the Maine College Baseball & Softball Association Rookie of the Week, USM announced. The first batch of MCBSA weekly awards included stats for all games played on or before March 15.
Strout allowed just one run, three hits and a walk over four innings against Lakeland University in his first career start in a game played in Auburndale Florida. Strout ended his day by picking off a runner who had just singled to end the fourth. The Huskies won the seven-inning game by a score 16-1. Strout pitched again several days later, throwing five innings in a 4-1 loss to Ramapo College and he gave up just a pair of unearned runs.
FRESHMAN HONOR — Then Foxcroft Academy senior Hayden Strout on the mound during a game at Central in 2025. Strout recently earned a collegiate rookie of the week award playing for the University of Southern Maine.
Last spring Strout was named the top senior baseball player in the state of Maine as he was the recipient of the Dr. John Winkin “Mr. Baseball” Award. Stout was chosen from a pool of 10 candidates across Classes A, B, C and D.
Per a post at the time on the Foxcroft Academy Facebook page Strout had a phenomenal senior season for the Ponies, batting .489 with 23 hits, 19 stolen bases, 32 runs scored with only three strikeouts. The southpaw finished 7-1 on the mound with a 2.60 ERA, striking out 79 opponents and allowing just 23 walks.