CHAPEL HILL – North Carolina seniors Gage Gillian and Caden O'Brien have been named to the 2022 Stopper of the Year Preseason Watch List, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) announced on Thursday.
The Tar Heels were one of seven programs to have multiple players named to the list. In all, 66 players were named to the initial watch list for the 17th annual Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I Baseball.
Gillian arrived at Carolina in the fall of 2019 from Walters State College where he struck 106 batters in 70 inning pitched with a 1.