Hunter Morris Named A Golden Spikes Semifinalist

[AUSportTalk 4]

Hunter Morris was named a semifinalist for the 2010

Golden Spikes Award, it was announced on Tuesday by USA Baseball. Morris

is one of 30 players to be named a semifinalist.

Already named the 2010 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year and

placed on the Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist list, Morris helped lead

Auburn to a 40-19 record and a SEC Western Division Championship.

Heading into this weekend’s NCAA Regionals he leads the SEC in

slugging percentage (.752), hits (98), home runs (21) and total bases

(188), is third in batting average (.392) and triples (five), fourth

with 61 runs scored and 17 doubles and eighth in on base percentage.

Morris is one of three players from the SEC named a semifinalist,

joining Zach Cox of Arkansas and Drew Pomeranz of Ole Miss.

For the third year in a row, GoldenSpikesAward.com will be the online

home for the award. The Web site features content devoted exclusively to

the GAS, including news, voting history, past-winner photo galleries and

photographs and video highlights for the 2010 semifinalists. Fans can

follow online as the list of 30 players is narrowed to five finalists on

Tuesday, June 8, en route to the announcement of this year’s winner on

Tuesday, July 13.

The 2010 GSA will be awarded live at Major League Baseball’s All-Star

FanFest in Anaheim, Calif., as part of a production by MBL and MLBAM.

In 2007, USA Baseball instituted a new selection and balloting

procedure for the most prestigious award in amateur baseball, and it

will follow the same model again in 2010. After accepting nominations

from sports information directors across the country, a committee voted

to determine the 30 semifinalists. The names of the 30 semifinalists

will now be forwarded to a group of nearly 200 voters which will select

the five finalists and the eventual winner. Beginning today fans will

also be able to vote on the 2010 GSA by visiting GoldenSpikesAward.com

and selecting their favorite amateur player.

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Everyone needs to vote vote vote.......... Get to it Auburn fans and lets put Hunter in first place!!!!!!!!!!!!

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