COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M juniors Mark Ecker and Ryan Hendrix were named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award Preseason Watch List, the NCBWA announced Monday. The duo were among the 70 players named to the initial watch list for the 12th presentation of the award given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball.
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Ecker was the Aggies' team leader in saves in 2015 with eight. He posted a 1-2 record with a 2.45 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 33.0 innings of work. He was named to the Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America released by Collegiate Baseball in December.
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Hendrix pitched in 23 games as a sophomore, logging a 6-4 record with five saves and a 3.66 ERA. He registered 69 strikeouts in 59.0 innings. In his 18 games out of the bullpen in 2015, Hendrix was 5-2 with five saves, a 0.73 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 37.0 innings. He was tabbed to the D1Baseball.com Preseason All-America team in January.
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Texas A&M is coming off a 2015 campaign in which they finished 50-14, the highest win total for the Aggies since 1999. They extended their school-record string of consecutive NCAA Championship appearances to nine seasons and claimed their seventh overall NCAA Regional title. The Maroon and White started the 2015 season with an SEC-record 24-game win streak.
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Rob Childress' Aggies begin the 2016 season on February 19 as they host the Hofstra Pride in a three-game series on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.
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Ecker was the Aggies' team leader in saves in 2015 with eight. He posted a 1-2 record with a 2.45 ERA and 36 strikeouts in 33.0 innings of work. He was named to the Louisville Slugger Preseason All-America released by Collegiate Baseball in December.
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Hendrix pitched in 23 games as a sophomore, logging a 6-4 record with five saves and a 3.66 ERA. He registered 69 strikeouts in 59.0 innings. In his 18 games out of the bullpen in 2015, Hendrix was 5-2 with five saves, a 0.73 ERA and 39 strikeouts in 37.0 innings. He was tabbed to the D1Baseball.com Preseason All-America team in January.
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Texas A&M is coming off a 2015 campaign in which they finished 50-14, the highest win total for the Aggies since 1999. They extended their school-record string of consecutive NCAA Championship appearances to nine seasons and claimed their seventh overall NCAA Regional title. The Maroon and White started the 2015 season with an SEC-record 24-game win streak.
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Rob Childress' Aggies begin the 2016 season on February 19 as they host the Hofstra Pride in a three-game series on Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park.