The male team of the year award recognizes one male team who had had an impressive season, displayed academic excellence and overall team success.
This year's nominees are:
Baseball
- Finished with an 11-5 record in 2020, winning the first seven games of the year, followed by each of the last four to end the season.
- Ended the season ranked in the top 15 in most of the polls.
- Team was hitting .310 as a unit, with four starters above the team mark, including Heston Kjerstad with a whopping .448 batting average, which ranked second in the SEC.
- Arkansas earned four weekly honors in 2020 – SEC Pitcher of the Week (Connor Noland), SEC Co-Player of the Week (Heston Kjerstad and Robert Moore) and SEC Co-Freshman of the Week (Robert Moore). Kjerstad and Moore also won national player of the week honors from Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and Perfect Game, respectively.
- Arkansas won 20 games in 2019-20, including one game in the SEC Tournament, prior to the season being canceled on Mar. 12.
- Arkansas had a NCAA Net of 43 and were in the conversation to make the NCAA Tournament field. The team led the NCAA in 3-point field goal percentage and led the SEC in fewest turnovers, free throws made, steals and turnover margin.
- Mason Jones was named All-America and SEC Player of the Year. Mason Jones and Isaiah Joe were the top scoring duo in the SEC and sixth-best in the NCAA. Jimmy Whitt Jr., was the only graduate transfer to move to a Power 5 conference and average more points per game.
- In 2018-19, won the program’s first SEC since 1995 and just he second SEC title in program history.
- After finishing seventh in the stroke play, Arkansas defeated Vanderbilt, 3-2, in the quarterfinals; Texas A&M, 3-2, in the semifinals and top-seed Auburn, 3-1-1, in the championship.
- The Razorbacks went on to compete in the NCAA Austin Regional, finishing sixth. Also won the Git-R-Done Invitational, marking the 13th straight year Arkansas has won at least one even under Brad McMakin. Overall, the team had seven top 5 finishes.
- In 2019-20, Arkansas had four, top-5 finishes in its eight events. The team’s 284.4 scoring average is a school record.
- SEC Indoor champions, won indoor conference title for first time since 2017.
- Total of 9 medalists – 2 gold, 5 silver, 2 bronze.
- Ranked No. 10 nationally heading into SEC Indoor, defeated No. 2 LSU for title (106-88).
- SEC Runner of the Year & Cliff Harper Trophy – Cameron Griffith.
- Qualified 11 athletes in eight events for eight entries in NCAA Indoor Championships.
- Head coach Chris Bucknam – SEC Indoor, USTFCCCA South Central Region Coach of the Year.