Memphis junior pitcher Nolan Blackwood has been named to the initial Watch List for the 12th annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball, the association announced Monday.
Blackwood, who was already named as a preseason second team All-American by the NCBWA, is one of fifteen players on the watch list that recorded double digit saves last season.
The Southaven, Miss. product, set the program record for saves in a single season with 14 last year and finished with a microscopic 0.