Bates and Marshall Make NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List

Forty players have been named to the initial watch list for the sixth annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball.At the conclusion of the regular season, the Division I national saves leader and four other relief pitching standouts will be selected as finalists and released Wednesday, June 2, prior to start of NCAA regional tournament competition.

Colin Bates - North Carolina, Naperville, Illinois and Eric Marshall - TCU, Barrington, Illinois are two of the forty NCAA Division I pre-season stopper of the year watch list.