Broadway Named To Two Watch Lists
4/29/2005 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
April 29, 2005
FORT WORTH, Texas - TCU right-handed pitcher Lance Broadway is one of 64 collegiate baseball players to be named to the USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award and Xanthus-Dick Howser trophy watch list released late Thursday. The award goes to the nation's top collegiate baseball player. Earlier this season, Broadway was placed on the Roger Clemens Award watch list, an award that is handed out to the top collegiate pitcher in the nation.
Broadway has emerged as one of the country's most productive pitchers this spring, tying for the national lead in victories with nine. He put together a streak of 35 1/3 consecutive innings without allowing an earned run earlier in the year and currently owns a 2.38 ERA, second-best in C-USA. The Grand Prairie native has fanned a league-best 90 batters this season, while walking just 24. He was named Conference USA Pitcher of the Week and NCBWA Proline Cap National Player of the Week, following a dominating performance against then-No. 5 Rice. He pitched a complete game, allowing an unearned run on three hits and striking out eight.
Three other Conference USA players have been placed on the Xanthus-Dick Howser Trophy watch list. Joining Broadway are Tulane utility players, Micah Owings and Brian Bogusevic and Southern Miss catcher Brad Willcutt. The only other Conference USA player on the Golden Spikes watch list is Bogusevic.
As part of their continuing efforts to salute amateur baseball excellence, USA Baseball - in partnership with the Major League Baseball Players Association - will hand out the 2005 Golden Spikes Award - "Amateur Baseball's Most Prestigous Honor" - in July. Recognized as one of the most revered awards in amateur sport, the presentation of the Golden Spikes Award also underscores the commitment of USA Baseball and Major League baseball players to support the development of baseball from the grassroots level.
The Xanthus-Dick Howser Trophy, given in memory of the former Florida State University All-America shortstop and major league player and manager who died of brain cancer in 1987, is regarded by many as college baseball's most prestigious award. Criteria for consideration for the trophy include performance on the field, leadership, moral character and courage, qualities that were exemplified by Dick Howser's life.
The membership of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) will choose the Dick Howser Trophy based on three rounds of voting. The 2005 winner will be announced at the College World Series in Omaha on Friday, June 17 at 9:30 a.m. CDT
