Ryan Schroyer is one of 40 collegiate pitchers nominated for the 2004 Roger Clemens Award.

Feb. 28, 2004

HOUSTON - San Diego State senior relief specialist Ryan Schroyer is among a group of 40 hurlers who are included in the first Roger Clemens Award Watch List.

The list is comprised of all Division I pitchers who were named as pre-season All-Americans by either Baseball America or Collegiate Baseball, in addition to those pitchers who have been honored so far this season as National Pitchers of the Week by the National College Baseball Writers Association. Weekly winners of the writer's award will be added to the list until the close of the first round of voting at the end of April. Additional nominees will be added to the ballot based on notable performances and rankings in the NCAA statistical rankings.

This season, Schroyer has made seven appearances as SDSU's closer, compiling a record of 1-1 with three saves and a 2.31 earned run average. He has struck out 14 in 11.2 innings while walking only three.

Schroyer came to SDSU after three seasons at Arizona State and was named a third team 2004 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American by Collegiate Baseball. Last year, he compiled a record of 5-2 with nine saves and a 1.53 earned run average for the Sun Devils and was selected in the 11th round by the Minnesota Twins in last June's major league draft.

In its inaugural year, The Roger Clemens Award will be presented to the nation's top college pitcher at the conclusion of a gala dinner in Houston on July 15. All Division I head baseball coaches will take part in the voting for the honor, in addition to a selected panel of national media and all past winners of the Rotary Smith Award, which was retired after the 2003 dinner by the committee that is sponsoring the Clemens Award.

The award was named after future Hall of Famer Roger Clemens, who began his march to stardom while leading the University of Texas to the College World Series title in 1983. As a professional, Clemens has won over 300 games, fanned over 4,000 hitters and won and six Cy Young Awards, emblematic as the top pitcher in his league. The Roger Clemens Award is the only award of its kind, honoring the finest pitchers in college baseball.