Dwyer: Vanderbilt is the champion of the league that had supposedly passed it by

Vanderbilt has won the SEC Tournament championship.

Sawyer Hawks put his right arm in the air, RJ Austin did everything in his power to make sure he didn’t drop the ball that was coming at him and Jonathan Vastine put both hands up as to say ‘it’s over.’

A few seconds after Vastine’s silent declaration, it was.

Every Vanderbilt player on the dugout rail jumped over it and ran to the pitcher’s mound to swarm Hawks after he embraced Vanderbilt catcher Colin Barczi. They then migrated to center field to find Austin and the rest of Vanderbilt’s outfielders before grabbing the trophy on the way back to the dugout…

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