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Feb. 24, 2005

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – University of Virginia baseball player Casey Lambert (Harrisonburg, Va./St. Anne’s Belfield) has been named to the initial watch list for the 2005 National Stopper of the Year Award, sponsored by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Lambert is one of 30 Division I closers from across the nation in the running for the first-year award.

Last season (2004), Lambert tied the UVa school record for most saves in a single season with eight as a true first-year. He turned in a mark of 4-1 with a 2.54 ERA and stuck out 40 batters through 60.1 innings of work to go along with his eight saves last year. This season (2005), Lambert has already recorded three saves in three appearances and has struck out five batters in 2.1 innings of work.

At the end the 2005 regular season, the Division I leader in saves and four other relief pitching standouts will be selected as the award’s finalists. These finalists will be released June 1, just prior to the beginning of NCAA regional play. From the list of finalists, the NCBWA’s All-America Committee will select a winner. The inaugural winner will be announced on June 8, two days prior to the beginning of NCAA Super Regional action.

The NCBWA, founded in 1962, presents the Xanthus-Dick Howser Trophy to the nation’s top player. It also selects a Division I All-America Team, Division I and III Players of the Week, Division I District Players of the Year and Division III Players of the Year.

2005 NCBWA STOPPER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST

Player 		Class 	RHP/LHP 	UniversityByron Binda 	Sr. 	RHP 		Coastal CarolinaRichard Boothe 	Sr. 	RHP 		Eastern MichiganSteve Cogswell 	Sr. 	RHP 		Georgia SouthernJ. Brent Cox 	Jr. 	RHP 		TexasJohn Cronin 	Sr. 	RHP 		RichmondJoey Devine 	Jr. 	RHP 		N.C. StateBlair Erickson 	So. 	RHP 		UC-IrvineTrey Fausnaugh 	So. 	RHP 		Ohio StateDerek Feldkamp 	Jr. 	RHP 		MichiganJohn Gaub 	So. 	LHP 		MinnesotaBrian Halford 	Jr. 	RHP 		LouisvilleCraig Hansen 	Jr. 	RHP 		St. John'sBrett Harker 	So. 	RHP 		College of CharlestonJay Heafner 	Jr. 	RHP 		DavidsonBrad Kilby 	Sr. 	LHP 		San Jose StateCasey Lambert 	So. 	LHP 		VirginiaMick Lefort 	Sr. 	RHP 		Rhode IslandDarren O'Day 	Jr. 	RHP 		FloridaBrian Pellegrini 	So. 	RHP 		St. BonaventureAnthony Rea 	Sr. 	RHP 		Santa ClaraKevin Rhodes 	Jr. 	RHP 		East CarolinaDerek Roach 	So. 	LHP 		Wichita StateAdam Simon 	Jr. 	RHP 		UCLADarek Stanfield 	Sr. 	RHP 		AkronWill Startup 	Jr. 	LHP 		GeorgiaMatt Swanson 	Sr. 	RHP 		CaliforniaJon Wilson 	Jr. 	RHP 		WinthropRobert Woodard So. 	RHP 		North CarolinaAbe Woody 	Jr. 	RHP 		BaylorZechry Zinicola	So.	RHP		Arizona State

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