Harvey Named to Golden Spikes Award Watch List |
Junior pitcher/DH Kris Harvey (Catawba, NC) was one of 40 players selected to the Golden Spikes Award Watch List on April 26, which goes to the nation's top collegiate baseball player. Former Tiger great Khalil Greene won the award in 2002. Earlier this season, Harvey was also selected to the Brooks Wallace Award watch list presented to the national player-of-the-year.
The versatile two-way player has an ACC-high 14 homers (including nine in ACC games), eight doubles, and 45 RBIs to go along with a .346 batting average in 41 games. He also is 5-2 with a 4.55 ERA as a starting pitcher, and has struck out 49 against 21 walks in 55.1 innings pitched over 10 starts. He is 15-3 on the mound in his career as well. Clemson's Taylor Harbin and Florida State's Bryan Henry Earn Weekly ACC Baseball Honors GREENSBORO, N.C. - Clemson's Taylor Harbin was named this week's Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Week, while Florida State's Bryan Henry earned ACC Pitcher of the Week accolades. Harbin, a freshman second baseman, went 5-for-5 with five runs scored, three home runs and eight RBIs on Saturday at NC State. He set a school record with 16 total bases in the game, as he also had a triple and single in the contest. The previous school record of 15 total bases stood for nearly 43 years. He also became the 11th Tiger in history to hit three homers in a game. The Travelers Rest, S.C., native, hit the three long balls on three-straight pitches, as his last two shots came on the first pitch of each at-bat. In five games during the week, he was 8-for-23 (.348) with seven runs scored, three home runs and 12 RBIs. Henry, a native of Tallahassee, Fla., led Florida State to wins over No. 5 Florida and No. 7 Miami last week. The sophomore pitched 15.1 innings over the two games, gave up three runs, struck out nine batters and issued just three walks. Versus Florida on Tuesday, he threw 7.1 innings, helping the Seminoles to a 4-2. Five days later, he threw eight innings of four hit ball and allowed only one run as Florida State downed Miami 13-1. Henry held the Hurricanes to just four hits and did not allow a single walk. It marked the eighth time in 10 appearances this season that Henry did not allow a free pass.
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