Shawaryn Named Dick Howser Award Semifinalist
5/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
DALLAS – University of Maryland sophomore right-handed pitcher Mike Shawaryn has been named a semifinalist for the 2015 Dick Howser Award, given to the top player in collegiate baseball, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) announced Friday.
Shawaryn, the Maryland all-time leader in career wins, has a Big Ten high 11 wins this season. Shawaryn also paces the conference in strikeouts with 115 and innings pitched with 96.1. He holds a 1.68 ERA and opponents are batting just .202 against the right hander.
The Carneys Point, N.J., native's 22 career wins are the most for any sophomore in the country. He was recently named to the USA Golden Spikes Award watch list and has been named Big Ten Pitcher of the Week four times this season.
Shawaryn accepted an invitation to play for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team this summer. He is the second Terrapin to ever play for the United States.
This is the 29th year of the Dick Howser Trophy, presented by Easton Foundations. The finalists will be announced on Wednesday, June 10. The 2015 award will be presented at TD Ameritrade Stadium in downtown Omaha, the home of the College World Series for the fifth year. The winner will be unveiled on MLBNetwork on Friday, June 12 and then a press conference with the winner will be held on Saturday, June 13 at 10 a.m. (CDT), the opening day of the 2015 CWS.
The full list of semifinalists is below.
Pos. Name, SchoolHarrison Bader, OF, Florida
Matt Beay, 3B, Belmont
Carmen Benedetti, DH, Michigan
Andrew Benintendi, OF, Arkansas
David Berg, RP, UCLA
Austin Byler, 1B, Nevada
Taylor Clarke, SP, Col. of Charleston
Will Craig, 1B, Wake Forest
Carson Cross, SP, UConn
Bobby Dalbec, UTL, Arizona
Paul DeJong, 2B, Illinois State
Donnie Dewees, OF North Florida
Kevin Duchene, SP, Illinois.
Riley Ferrell, RP, TCU
Michael Freeman, SP, Oklahoma State
Carson Fulmer, SP, Vanderbilt
Luke Gillingham, SP, Navy
Charley Gould, 1B, William & Mary
Logan Gray, 3B, Austin Peay
Ryan Howell, 2B, Nevada
Tyler Jay, RP, Illinois
Kevin Kaczmarski, OF, Evansville
Alex Lange, SP, LSU
Grayson Long, SP, Texas A&M
Nate Mondou, 2B, Wake Forest
Preston Morrison, SP, TCU
Chris Robinson, C, Morehead State
Melvin Rodriguez, 2B, Jackson State
Kade Scivicque, C, LSU
Mike Shawaryn, SP, Maryland
Dansby Swanson, SS, Vanderbilt
Matt Thaiss, C, Virginia
David Thompson, 3B Miami
Zander Wiel, 1B, Vanderbilt
Carl Wise, 3B, College of Charleston
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