CONWAY, SC —Senior Steven Carter (Windsor, Ontario/St. Anne’s) is one of 40 college pitchers who made the Roger Clemens Award Watch List, it was announced today (Feb. 27).

The list is comprised of all Division I pitchers who were named as pre-season All-Americans by either Baseball America or Collegiate Baseball (as Carter was), 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. Additional nominees will be added to the ballot based on notable performances and rankings in the NCAA statistical rankings.

Carter has started off 2004 with a 2-0 record and a 4.91 earned-run-average. In 11 innings, Carter has struck out six batters, while walking only one. Carter was a preseason all-America selection by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA. He needs only five wins to become the school’s and Big South’s all-time winningest pitcher. Carter was the 2003 Big South Tournament Most Valuable Player and his 280 career strikeouts are fourth on the school’s all-time strikeouts list.

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 six Cy Young Awards, emblematic as the top pitcher in his league.

Coastal faces Kent State University Saturday, Feb. 28, in the Baseball at the Beach Tournament at 1:30 p.m., at Coastal Federal Field.

Roger Clemens Award Watch List
Randy Beam, Florida Atlantic
Eric Beattie, Tampa
Jason Bolinski, Richmond
Zane Carlson, Baylor
Brent Carter, Alabama
Steven Carter, Coastal Carolina
Joey Charron, Tulane
J.D. Cockroft, Miami (Fla.)
Joey Devine, North Carolina State
Thomas Diamond, New Orleans
Matt Durkin, San Jose State
Will Fenton, Washington
Adam Gold, California
Stephen Head, Mississippi
J.P. Howell, Texas
Phillip Humber, Rice
Clayton Jerome, TCU
Chris Lambert, Boston College
Mark McCormick, Baylor
Dustin Miller, Cal.St. Fullerton
Jeff Niemann, Rice
Chris Neisel, Notre Dame
Justin Orenduff, Virginia Commenwealth
Micah Owings, Georgia Tech
Mike Pelfrey, Wichita State
David Purcey, Oklahoma
Glen Perkins, Minnesota
Steven Register, Auburn
Michael Rogers, North Carolina State
Mark Romanczuk, Stanford
Ryan Schroyer, San Diego State
Jeremy Sowers, Vanderbilt
Vern Sterry, North Carolina State
Huston Street, Texas
Wade Townsend, Rice
Jason Urquidez, Arizona State
Justin Verlander, Old Dominion
Jered Weaver, Long Beach State
Wes Whisler, UCLA
Jason Windsor, Cal. St. Fullerton