NCBWA Release | April 28, 2016 College baseball: NCBWA Announces Midseason Stopper of the Year Watch List Share GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Forty players have been named to the Midseason Watch List for the 12th annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball, the association announced Thursday. VCU junior Sam Donko, the national saves leader with 15, highlights the 2016 Midseason Watch List, while seven players have 11 saves with four weeks left in the regular season. Penn State senior Jack Anderson has 10 saves and a 0.65 ERA in 41.1 innings, Washington senior Troy Rallings has 11 saves and a 0.78 ERA in 21 appearances spanning 46 innings, while Clemson junior Pat Krall is 6-1 with a 0.79 ERA in 45.2 innings across 19 appearances, UCSB sophomore Kyle Nelson is a perfect 6-0 with a 1.07 ERA and Jacksonville State redshirt sophomore Justin Hoyt has 10 saves and has not yielded any earned runs in 17 appearances. The Southeastern Conference led the way with five players on this year’s Midseason Watch List, Conference USA and the Pacific-12 each had four honorees and the Atlantic Coast Conference had three. A total of 20 different conferences were represented. The NCBWA will announce five finalists for the 2016 Stopper of the Year – the Division I national saves leader and four other relief pitching standouts – on Wednesday, June 8, prior to the start of NCAA Super Regional competition. The NCBWA's All-America Committee will select the winner, with this year's recipient to be announced during the 2016 College World Series. Texas hurler J. Brent Cox won the inaugural Stopper of the Year Award in 2005, with Don Czyz of Kansas claiming the honor in 2006 and Luke Prihoda of Sam Houston State winning it in 2007. Georgia’s Joshua Fields topped the field in 2008, San Diego State’s Addison Reed grabbed the honor in 2009 and Texas’ Chance Ruffin earned the honor in 2010. The Longhorns’ Corey Knebel won in 2011, with Southeastern Louisiana's Stefan Lopez picking up the honor in 2012. UCLA’s Berg was crowned the winner in 2013, Louisville’s Nick Burdi took home the 2014 honor and Berg became the award's first two-time winner in 2015. The NCBWA, founded in 1962, presents the Dick Howser Trophy to the nation's top player. It also selects All-America Teams for all Divisions, a Division I Freshman All-American team, Division I and III Players of the Week, Division I District Players of the Year and Division III Players of the Year. 2016 NCBWA Midseason Stopper of the Year Watch List Pitcher School Class Conference Jack Anderson Penn State Sr. Big Ten Shaun Anderson Florida Jr. Southeastern Adam Atkins Louisiana Tech Sr. Conference USA Tyler Beardsley Sacramento State Sr. Western Athletic Andrew Beckwith Coastal Carolina Jr. Big South Ben Bowden Vanderbilt Jr. Southeastern Tyler Buffett Oklahoma State Jr. Big 12 Thomas Burrows Alabama Jr. Southeastern Bobby Dalbec Arizona Jr. Pacific-12 Sam Donko VCU Jr. Atlantic 10 Seth Elledge Dallas Baptist So. Missouri Valley Max Engelbrekt Oregon State R.-Jr. Pacific-12 Bryan Garcia Miami (FL) Jr. Atlantic Coast David Gerber Creighton Jr. Big East Matthew Gorst Georgia Tech Jr. Atlantic Coast Kade Granier Southeastern Louisiana So. Southland Thomas Hackimer St. John’s Sr. Big East Justin Hoyt Jacksonville State R-So. Ohio Valley Jimmy Johnson Lamar Jr. Southland Pat Krall Clemson Jr. Atlantic Coast Max Kuhns Santa Clara Jr. West Coast Troy Montemayor Baylor So. Big 12 Dylan Moore Louisiana So. Sun Belt Eddie Muhl George Washington Jr. Atlantic 10 Kyle Nelson Cal Santa Barbara So. Big West Stephen Nogosek Oregon Jr. Pacific-12 Conner O’Neil CSUN Jr. Big West Glenn Otto Rice So. Conference USA Cameron Ragsdale Florida Atlantic Jr. Conference USA Troy Rallings Washington Sr. Pacific-12 Iannick Remillard Canisius Sr. Metro Atlantic Athletic Josh Reagan South Carolina Jr. Southeastern Chris Rivera Long Beach State Fr. Big West Nick Sandlin Southern Miss Fr. Conference USA Wil Sellers Gardner-Webb R-So. Big South Walker Sheller Stetson Jr. Atlantic Sun Wyatt Short Ole Miss Jr. Southeastern Will Stillman Wofford Sr. Southern Ryan Thomas Marist Jr. Metro Atlantic Athletic Brady Womacks Oral Roberts Jr. Summit Bryan Young Missouri State Jr. Missouri Valley 2022 Men's College World Series field of 64 predictions about 10 days before selections We are about 10 days away from Selection Monday and the DIBaseball crew is back with their latest predictions for the field of 64. READ MORE NCAA Video Vault: The hidden-ball trick you have to see twice Miami pulled off one of the all-time great hidden-ball tricks in the 1982 Men's College World Series. READ MORE 8 for Cary: A region-by-region look at the 2022 DII baseball championship The 2022 DII baseball championship is upon us. Let's take a look at each region and try to figure out the eight that make it to Cary, N.C. READ MORE