One Michigan State player is a nominee for college baseball’s highest award. Spartans left-handed pitcher Joseph Dzierwa was been named May 20 as one of 25 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award, given every year to college baseball’s top player. Dzierwa leads the Spartans in wins (eight), innings pitched (85u2154), strikeouts (98) and walk rate (2.2 per nine innings). He also has the lowest ERA (2.31) among qualified Big Ten pitchers and is one of three pitchers in the conference who has registered a complete game shutout this season.
That shutout came against the No.