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Morgan named to national watch list
3/10/2022 3:00:00 PM | Baseball
WICHITA, Kan. - Fresno State redshirt junior catcher Zach Morgan has been named to the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List, the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission announced on Thursday.
Sixty-seven catchers were nominated for the award by their schools which is given annually to the top division one collegiate catcher. The list will be updated to include other candidates until May 4.
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Through 13 games, Morgan is hitting a robust .415 from the plate to rank second in the Mountain West and leads the club in hits (22), doubles (7), at-bats (53), total bases (29) and slugging percentage (.547). Behind the plate, Morgan has started all 13 games with a .978 fielding percentage.
Morgan is the lone catcher from the Mountain West named to the initial watch list and it is the second straight season the 'Dogs have had a catcher on the watch list after Zach Presno was a member of the list in 2021.
A native of Stockton, Morgan is in his fourth season as a Bulldog after redshirting the 2019 season, he saw action in 15 games in the COVID-19 shortened season in 2020 and played in 43 of the 'Dogs 45 games last season.
The watch list will be narrowed down to the semifinalists which will be announced May 19 while three finalists will be announced June 7 and the award will be presented on June 29.
2022 Buster Posey Award Watch List
Silas Ardoin, R-SO, Texas
Gray Betts, JR, Liberty
Thomas Bramley, SR, Mount St. Mary's
Colin Burgess, JR, South Carolina
Connor Burns, SO, Long Beach State
Peter Burns, SR, Boston College
Ross Cadena, SR, Wichita State
Michael Campagna, SO, San Francisco
Jackson Campbell, SR, Belmont
Mike Caruso, SR, Fairfield
Cam Cerruto, SR, Army West Point
Connor Charping, SR, Western Michigan
Troy Claunch, SR, Texas A&M
Jorge Corona, SO, Louisiana Tech
Alex Crump, SR, Murray State
Angelo D'Acunto, SR, Holy Cross
Adam Dapkewicz, JR, Georgetown
Mitchell Dickson, JR, Abilene Christian
Hayden Dunhurst, JR, Mississippi
Cole Elvis, SR, California
Tomas Frick, SO, North Carolina
Fernando Gonzalez, SO, Georgia
Bryce Grizzaffi, SO, Southeastern Louisiana
Garret Guillemette, SO, Southern California
Nick Hassan, SO, Kennessaw State
Kaden Hollow, SO, Dixie State
Ty Hooks, SO, Winthrop
Kody Huff, Jr, Stanford
Cade Hunter, SO, Virginia Tech
Jerry Huntzinger, SR, Xavier
Ryan Johnson, JR, Pepperdine
Dylan Judd, JR, Massachusetts
Dominic Keegan, SR, Vanderbilt
Will King, SO, Eastern Kentucky
David LaManna, SR, Notre Dame
Ryan Leitch, SO, Marshall
Sam Loda, SR, Central Connecticut State
Hunter May, JR, Alabama State
Mike Mazzara, SR, Canisius
Thomas McCaffrey, SO, UC Irvine
Nolan Metcalf, SR, Kansas
Zach Morgan, JR, Fresno State
Jimmy Obertop, JR, Michigan
Kevin Parada, SO, Georgia Tech
Shane Paradine, JR, Stony Brook
Caleb Pendleton, SO, Florida Atlantic
Taj Porter, R-SR, Southern
Ryan Proto, SO, UMass Lowell
Cam Redding, JR, Saint Louis
Keaton Rice, SR, Bradley
Caleb Ricketts, JR, San Diego
Maxwell Romero, Jr., JR, Miami
George Rosales, SR, Fairleigh Dickinson
Alonzo Rubalcaba, SR, Kentucky
JC Santini, Grad, Northwestern
Drew Sims, SR, Utah Valley
Ryan Snell, JR, Lamar
Chase Stanke, SR, Minnesota
Matt Suggs, JR, UNCW
Daniel Susac, SO, Arizona
Dominic Tamez, JR, Alabama
Logan Tanner, SO, Mississippi State
Justin Taylor, JR, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Kyle Teel, SO, Virginia
Jared Thomas, JR, Loyola Marymount
Brendan Tinsman, JR, Wake Forest
Cason Tollett, FR, Arkansas State
Humberto Torres, SO, Gardner-Webb
John Tuccillo, SR, Bryant
Anthony Tulimero, SO, Houston
Michael Turner, SR, Arkansas
Collin Villegas, JR, Cal Poly
Matt Wood, JR, Penn State
Jake Wright, JR, Arkansas-Little Rock
Jake Wyandt, SR, Auburn
Hernan Yanez, JR, Incarnate Word
Sixty-seven catchers were nominated for the award by their schools which is given annually to the top division one collegiate catcher. The list will be updated to include other candidates until May 4.
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Through 13 games, Morgan is hitting a robust .415 from the plate to rank second in the Mountain West and leads the club in hits (22), doubles (7), at-bats (53), total bases (29) and slugging percentage (.547). Behind the plate, Morgan has started all 13 games with a .978 fielding percentage.
Morgan is the lone catcher from the Mountain West named to the initial watch list and it is the second straight season the 'Dogs have had a catcher on the watch list after Zach Presno was a member of the list in 2021.
A native of Stockton, Morgan is in his fourth season as a Bulldog after redshirting the 2019 season, he saw action in 15 games in the COVID-19 shortened season in 2020 and played in 43 of the 'Dogs 45 games last season.
The watch list will be narrowed down to the semifinalists which will be announced May 19 while three finalists will be announced June 7 and the award will be presented on June 29.
2022 Buster Posey Award Watch List
Silas Ardoin, R-SO, Texas
Gray Betts, JR, Liberty
Thomas Bramley, SR, Mount St. Mary's
Colin Burgess, JR, South Carolina
Connor Burns, SO, Long Beach State
Peter Burns, SR, Boston College
Ross Cadena, SR, Wichita State
Michael Campagna, SO, San Francisco
Jackson Campbell, SR, Belmont
Mike Caruso, SR, Fairfield
Cam Cerruto, SR, Army West Point
Connor Charping, SR, Western Michigan
Troy Claunch, SR, Texas A&M
Jorge Corona, SO, Louisiana Tech
Alex Crump, SR, Murray State
Angelo D'Acunto, SR, Holy Cross
Adam Dapkewicz, JR, Georgetown
Mitchell Dickson, JR, Abilene Christian
Hayden Dunhurst, JR, Mississippi
Cole Elvis, SR, California
Tomas Frick, SO, North Carolina
Fernando Gonzalez, SO, Georgia
Bryce Grizzaffi, SO, Southeastern Louisiana
Garret Guillemette, SO, Southern California
Nick Hassan, SO, Kennessaw State
Kaden Hollow, SO, Dixie State
Ty Hooks, SO, Winthrop
Kody Huff, Jr, Stanford
Cade Hunter, SO, Virginia Tech
Jerry Huntzinger, SR, Xavier
Ryan Johnson, JR, Pepperdine
Dylan Judd, JR, Massachusetts
Dominic Keegan, SR, Vanderbilt
Will King, SO, Eastern Kentucky
David LaManna, SR, Notre Dame
Ryan Leitch, SO, Marshall
Sam Loda, SR, Central Connecticut State
Hunter May, JR, Alabama State
Mike Mazzara, SR, Canisius
Thomas McCaffrey, SO, UC Irvine
Nolan Metcalf, SR, Kansas
Zach Morgan, JR, Fresno State
Jimmy Obertop, JR, Michigan
Kevin Parada, SO, Georgia Tech
Shane Paradine, JR, Stony Brook
Caleb Pendleton, SO, Florida Atlantic
Taj Porter, R-SR, Southern
Ryan Proto, SO, UMass Lowell
Cam Redding, JR, Saint Louis
Keaton Rice, SR, Bradley
Caleb Ricketts, JR, San Diego
Maxwell Romero, Jr., JR, Miami
George Rosales, SR, Fairleigh Dickinson
Alonzo Rubalcaba, SR, Kentucky
JC Santini, Grad, Northwestern
Drew Sims, SR, Utah Valley
Ryan Snell, JR, Lamar
Chase Stanke, SR, Minnesota
Matt Suggs, JR, UNCW
Daniel Susac, SO, Arizona
Dominic Tamez, JR, Alabama
Logan Tanner, SO, Mississippi State
Justin Taylor, JR, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
Kyle Teel, SO, Virginia
Jared Thomas, JR, Loyola Marymount
Brendan Tinsman, JR, Wake Forest
Cason Tollett, FR, Arkansas State
Humberto Torres, SO, Gardner-Webb
John Tuccillo, SR, Bryant
Anthony Tulimero, SO, Houston
Michael Turner, SR, Arkansas
Collin Villegas, JR, Cal Poly
Matt Wood, JR, Penn State
Jake Wright, JR, Arkansas-Little Rock
Jake Wyandt, SR, Auburn
Hernan Yanez, JR, Incarnate Word
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