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 Senior Tyler Sexton has been selected as a national candidate for the 2008 Lowe's Senior Class Award. |
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March 20, 2008
Cullowhee, N.C. - Western Carolina senior left-hander Tyler Sexton has been selected as one of 30 national candidates for the 2008 Lowe's Senior Class Award in the baseball division. He is one of 16 pitchers up for the honor and the only representative from the Southern Conference on the list.
Sexton was a preseason second team All-Southern Conference selection prior to the 2008 season. The High Point, N.C., native posted an 8-3 record a season ago to rank fifth in the league in wins, making 16 starts and finishing with a 4.45 earned run average. He paced the Catamounts with 83 strikeouts which also ranked fifth in the SoCon.
Also last season, Sexton was a two-time SoCon TIAA-CREF Student-Athlete of the Week and was named to the First Team ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District III team.
An acronym for "Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School," the award was launched in 2001 to honor attributes of college basketball seniors who fulfill their entire athletic eligibility and pursue their degree. Since that time, Lowe's, an official corporate partner of the NCAA, has expanded the award to include other NCAA sports including baseball.
This marks the second year for the baseball division of the Lowe's Senior CLASS Award, with Univ. of Alabama infielder Emeel Salem named the inaugural winner in 2007.
From the list of 30 nominees, a national media committee will select 10 finalists for the award in mid-April. Those 10 names will be placed on the official ballot for a nationwide vote that will include coaches, media and fans. The award will announced and recognized at the 2008 Men's College World Series in Omaha, Neb.
Western Carolina opens SoCon play this weekend with a three-game set against the Georgia Southern Eagles in Statesboro, Ga. Game one is set for 7:00 pm Friday evening at J.I. Clements Stadium. Each game of the conference-opening series will be broadcast by the Catamount Sports Network and can be heard locally on WWCU-FM, Power 90dot5 in Cullowhee or online at www.WWCUFM.com.
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