March 17, 2009
ATLANTA -
Yellow Jacket senior Jason Haniger has been named to the Watch List for the 2009 Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award, the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission announced Tuesday.
"It's a great privilege to represent Georgia Tech on this list," Haniger said prior to Tuesday's game at Kennesaw State. "I am also humbled to be considered for this prestigious award and honored to be mentioned among this list of great college catchers.
Forty-four catchers were nominated for the award by their coaches, and the list will be narrowed to ten semifinalists May 14, 2009. The finalists will be announced June 3, 2009 prior to the NCAA Super Regionals and Major League Draft, with the winner being announced at the 12th Annual Greater Wichita Sports Banquet June 26, 2009.
"What an honor for Jason," head coach Danny Hall said. "And he's very deserving. He has been underrated for all that he brings to this team, but I'm happy that the Coleman Company has recognized him for his hard work."
The recognition comes two years after Matt Wieters was a finalist for the same award. The former Tech All-American has gone on to become one of the top prospects in the minor leagues after being selected in the first round of the 2007 MLB Draft by the Baltimore Orioles.
The honor is the latest in a list of awards for Haniger, who just last week learned that he was the only baseball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference to receive an 2009 ACC Postgraduate Scholarship.
Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award Watch List
Buck Afenir SR, University of Kansas
Billy Alvino SR, High Point University
Jeff Arnold JR, University of Louisville
Brett Basham SR, University of Mississippi
Matt Behren SR, University of Northern Illinois
Dan Benedetti SR, St. John's University
Griffin Benedict SR, Georgia Southern University
Dan Burkhart SO, Ohio State University
Ryan Cisterna SR, University of Arkansas
Nick Criaris SR, Florida Atlantic Universiity
David Doss SR, University of South Alabama
Aaron Dudley JR, The University of Toledo
Scott Dunwoody SR, University of Dayton
Jeffrey Farnham SR, New Mexico State University
Stephen Flora SR, Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
Taylor Freeman JR, McNeese State
Micah Gibbs SO, Louisiana State University
Andrew Giobbi JR, Vanderbilt University
Jason Haniger SR, Georgia Tech
Bryan Holaday JR, Texas Christian University
Errol Hollinger SR, Liberty University
Richard Jones JR, The Citadel
Mark Kelly SR, Southern Illinois University
Reid Kraiser SR, UNC Asheville
Greg Lagreid SR, Washington State University
Ryan Lipkin JR, University of San Francisco
Myckie Lugbauer JR, Univesity of Maine
Tommy Medica JR, Santa Clara University
Marc Mimeault SR, Georgia State University
Mike Murray JR, Wake Forest University
Rafael Neda SO, University of New Mexico
Jeff Nolet, SR, University of Vermont
Bryce Nugent SO, Marist College
Joe Oliveira SR, University of the Pacific
Ryan Ortiz JR, Oregon State University
John Parham SR, Cal State Northridge
Josh Phegley JR, Indiana Univeristy
Brandon Romans SR, University of Central Florida
Tony Sanchez JR, Boston College
Tobias Streich SO, West Virginia University
Dallas Tarleton SR, Elon University
Michael Thomas JR, Southern University
John Turk JR, The University of Akron
Matt Williams SR, Duke University
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