Fresno State Athletics
Bins named to Buster Posey Award Watch List
4/2/2019 2:20:00 PM | Baseball
Fresno State junior catcher Carter Bins has been named to the Buster Posey Award Watch List, the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission announced on Tuesday.
Previously known as the Johnny Bench Award, the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award will continue to honor the nation's top division one collegiate catcher as voted on by head coaches and sports information directors and will be administered by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission.
"We were honored to have worked with Johnny Bench the last 19 years in celebrating the achievements of college catchers around the country," stated Bob Hanson, President/CEO of the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission. "Johnny was the best, so good in fact that he was drafted out of high school. We are extremely excited to re-brand the award for its twentieth anniversary and partner with Buster Posey who had a tremendous collegiate career at Florida State."
A native of Fairfield, Calif., Bins has started all 21 games behind the plate for the Diamond 'Dogs in 2019 while hitting .282 from the plate. He is currently tied for the team lead with 24 runs scored and has added 22 hits, 10 RBI, three stolen bases and has posted a .995 fielding percentage behind the plate while throwing out eight would-be base stealers. In his three-year Bulldog career, Bins has played in 125 games with 119 starts and has amassed 32 doubles and 15 home runs.
Seventy-nine catchers were nominated for the 2019 Buster Posey Award with the watch list will be narrowed down to the semifinalists, whom will be announced on Friday May 17. Ballots will be sent to the national voting panel at the end of May for a vote to determine the three finalists.
The finalists will be announced on Monday, June 3 with a final vote among the national committee occurring during the College World Series. All finalists will be brought to Wichita and the winner will be announced at the 22nd Annual Greater Wichita Sports Banquet on Thursday, June 27.
2019 Buster Posey Award Watch List
Michael Amditis SO MiamiÂ
Patrick Bailey SO NC State
Justin Bardwell SR Fordham
Colton Bender SO Quinnipiac
Carter Bins JR Fresno State
Jackson Campbell SO Belmont
Philip Clarke SO Vanderbilt
Chris Clayton SR Louisiana Tech
Daniel Cope JR Fullerton
Rob Dau SR U.S. Air Force Academy
Blake Davis SO UT Martin
Tyler Dietrich SR South Florida
Dillon Dingler SO Ohio State
Logan Driscoll JR George Mason
Jake Dunham JR Northern Illinois
Matthew Dyer JR Arizona
Cal Elvers JR Miami (OH)
Zac Fascia JR Purdue
Ryan Fineman SR Indiana
Jesse Forestell SR Western Michigan
Kaleb Foster SR Nevada
Paul Franzoni SO NJIT
Vito Friscia SR Hofstra
Nic Gaddis SR Jacksonville State
Santiago Garcia SO Alabama State
Jorge Gutierrez JR Lamar
Maverick Handley JR Stanford
Logan Harvey SR Wake Forest
Riley Helland SR San Francisco
Ryan Hernandez JR Saint Louis
Luke Horanski SR Virginia Tech
Jarrod Huber SR Stephen F. Austin
Mike Ionta GR Rider
Cooper Johnson JR Ole Miss
Nick Jones JR Eastern Michigan
Nick Kahle JR Washington
Sean Kelly SO Mount St. Mary's
Ryan Knernschield JR Eastern Illinois
William Krull JR Canisius
Justin Kunz SR Gardner Webb
Bryce Leasure JR The Citadel
Korey Lee JR California
A.J. Lewis JR Eastern Kentucky
Jake MacNichols JR Santa Clara
Gian Martellini SR Boston
David Martinez SR Austin Peay
Brandon Martorano JR North Carolina
Wyatt Mascarella SR St. John's
Brock Mathis SO Louisiana State
Chad McDaniel SO Missouri
Mason Meadows SO Georgia
Daniel Millwee SR High Point
Anthony Mulrine JR Samford
Will Olson SR UT Arlington
Casey Opitz SO ArkansasÂ
Jake Ortega SR CSU Bakersfield
Drake Osborn JR Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
Pedro Pages JR Florida Atlantic
Reynaldo Pastrana SR Marshall
Carter Perkins SR South Alabama
Matt Phipps JR Western Kentucky
Austin Pinorini SR Gonzaga
Luke Robinson JR Western Carolina
Michael Rothenberg SO Duke
Adley Rutschman JR Oregon State
C.J. Schaeffer SR Western Illinois
Kyle Schmidt SR Richmond
Pete Schuler SR Kent State
Garrett Scott JR Arkansas - Little Rock
Chase Sebby SR Ball State
Will Simoneit SR Cornell
Kyle Skeels JR Coastal Carolina
Dustin Skelton JR Mississippi State
Jayden Wakeham FR Northern Kentucky
Jake Washer JR Eastern Carolina
Kyle Wilkie JR Clemson
Braden Williams SR New Mexico State
Pat Winkel FR UConn
Harris Yett SR UNC Charlotte
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