Illinois State Redbird Baseball's Long Named to Stopper of the Year Watch List

Illinois State university's Kenny Long was named to the mid season Stopper of the Year watch list for the National Collegiate Writers Association's Stopper of the Year Award.

Long leads the Redbirds with a 1.40 ERA and seven saves in 25 and 2/3rds innings pitched.  Kenny also has 24 strikeouts with only five walks.

Kenny is a senior from Fox River Grove Illinois.

Illinois Baseball Players on the 2012 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Watch List

Baseball players from Illinois on the National College Baseball Writers Association 2012 Stopper of the Year Watch List.  The following players are on the short list of 45 total relief pitchers from across the nation.


Senior Kyle Glancy from Northern Illinois, Kyle had 12 saves in 24 appearances in 2011.  Glancy attended Oak Park River Forest HS and lives in Oak Park Illinois.

Senior Kenny Long from Illinois State, Kenny recorded 15 saves and had a 0.92 ERA last season.  Kenny went to Dundee Crown HS and lives in Fox River Grove Illinois.

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.