SPARTANURG, S.C. – Wofford baseball player Matt Milburn is one of 46 players named to the initial watch list for the Pitcher of the Year Award presented by the National College Baseball Hall of Fame as released on Thursday.

Milburn, a junior from Dallas, Texas, leads the Southern Conference with an 8-0 record and is tied for third in the nation with eight wins. He leads the conference in innings pitched with 67 1/3 and also leads in ERA at 2.67. Milburn is also sixth in the league with 55 strikeouts and a .243 opponent’s batting average. For his career, he has a 15-9 overall record and 172 strikeouts.

Milburn is the lone representative on the list from the Southern Conference. Others from the state of South Carolina on the list are: Matthew Crownover (Clemson), Taylor Clarke (College of Charleston), and Austin Kerr (Coastal Carolina).

The award, sponsored by Diamond, will be presented on June 29 in Lubbock as part of the annual Night of Champions.

For more information on the Pitcher of the Year Award or the College Baseball Hall of Fame's Night of Champions, visit www.collegebaseballhall.org.