BATON ROUGE - Along with a NCAA trophy and a championship ring on the way, Jay Johnson is taking home the National Baseball Coach of the Year award and a key to the city of Baton Rouge. 

Johnson won the American Baseball Coaches Association award for best NCAA DI coach during the 2023 season. 

During a celebration for the Tigers on Wednesday, Mayor-President Sharon Weston Broome gave Johnson a key to Baton Rouge. 

There has been no word on designs for championship rings yet.