Watch List

WICHITA, KANSAS – The Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission added five catchers to the official watch list for the 2015 Johnny Bench Award, presented by Baseball Savings. Brennan Morgan was among the five that was most recently added to the prestigious award.

Morgan is among 80 catchers from across the country who is nominated on the official watch list for the 2015 award, given annually to the top division one collegiate catcher.

Morgan, a 6-4 junior from Peachtree, Georgia, joined the Owls in 2013 and has taken over the primary role behind the dish in 2015. He is currently hitting .274 with seven doubles, one triple and three home runs. He has 17 runs batted in to rank third on the team.

The watch list will be updated until May 4 to include other candidate. The list will be narrowed to the semifinalists on May 14 and ballots will be mailed to the national voting panel at the end of May to determine three finalists. The three finalists will be invited to Wichita, Kansas and the winner will be announced during the 18th Annual Greater Wichita sports Banquet on June 25.

The award is named in honor of Bench, the former Cincinnati Reds great and Hall of Fame member who was a two-time National League Most Valuable Player (1970 and 1972), World Series MVP (1976), 14-time All-Star and 10-time Gold Glove winner.

Below is a full list of the 2015 candidates through March 24:

Riley Adams    FR University of San Diego
Dylan Alexander   SO California State University, Northridge
Max Andresen    SR Miami University
Jake Atkinson    FR Utah Valley University
Aaron Barnett    SO Pepperdine University
Danny Bermudez   JR Western Carolina University
John Bormann    SR University of  Texas at San Antonio
Austin Bossart    SR University of Pennsylvania
Ben Breazeale    SO Wake Forest University
Cassidy Brown    SO Loyola Marymount University
Shaun Chase    SR University of Oregon
Andrew Clow    SR Mount St. Mary's University
Gavin Collins    SO Missisippi State University
Nick Collins    JR Georgetown University
Zack Collins    SO University of Miami
Danny De La Calle   SR Florida State University
R.J. Devish    JR Rutgers University
Dustin Dhanani    SR Alabama A&M University
Roger Diaz    SR Grambling State University
Nick Dini    SR Wagner College
Chris Eades    JR Southeastern Louisiana University
Cody Gaertner    JR Ohio University
Charles Galiano    JR Fordham University
Mitch Ghelfi    JR University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Roger Gonzalez    JR Winthrop University
Aaron Gretz    SR Ohio State University
Chase Griffin    SR Georgia Southern University
Brad Hartong    SR Indiana University
Parker Hills    SR Lafayette College
Ryan Hissey    JR College of William & Mary
A.J. Kennedy    JR California State University, Fullerton
Tyler Lawrence    SO Murray State University
Steven Leonard    JR Campbell University
Stuart Levy    SR Arkansas State University
Tanner Lubach    SR University of Nebraska
Charlie Madden    SO Mercer University
Kevin Martir    JR University of Maryland
Jon Mayer    JR Bucknell University
Patrick Mazeika    JR Stetson University
Max McDowell    JR University of Connecticut
Adam McGinnis    SO Western Illinois University
Matt Menard    SO Baylor University
Ryan Messex    SR Western Kentucky University
Dominic Miroglio SO University of San Francisco
Scott Mitchell    JR Southeast Missouri State University
Brennan Morgan JR   Kennesaw State University
Sean Murphy    SO Wright State University
Chris Okey    SO Clemson University
Brian Olson    SR Seattle University
Arden Pabst  SO  Georgia Institute of Technology
Gunner Pollman SO  California State University, Sacramento
 Josh Reavis    SR Radford University
John Clay Reeves   SR Rice University
Austin Rei    JR University of Washington
Ian Rice     JR University of Houston
Jarett Rindfleisch   SO Ball State University
Daniel Rizzie    JR Xavier University
Joey Roach    JR Georgia State University
Chris Robinson    SR Morehead State University
Jake Rogers    SO Tulane University
Mike Rosenfeld    SR Duke University
Daniel Salters    JR Dallas Baptist University
Tyler Sanchez    JR St. John's University
Kade Scivicque    SR Louisiana State University
Nick Sebastian    SR New York Institute of Technology
Brian Serven    SO Arizona State University
Evan Skoug    FR Texas Christian University
Will Smith    SO University of Louisville
Josh Spano    SR High Point University
Garrett Stubbs    SR University of Southern California
Brett Sunde    JR Western Michigan University
Robert Swenson   SR Chicago State University
Nick Thurman   JR  University of Louisiana-Lafayette
Cameron Toole    JR McNeese State University
Josh Treff    JR Northeastern University
Erik VanMeetren   SR University of Nevada - Las Vegas
Taylor Ward    JR Fresno State University
Travis Watkins    SO East Carolina University
Samm Wiggins    SR Houston Baptist University
Matt Winn    SR Virginia Military Institute