DALLAS, Tx. – On Friday afternoon the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association released the list of semifinalists for the 2021 Dick Howser Trophy, presented by The Game Headware.
 
Mason McWhorter and Nick Jones were both selected for the semifinalist list. Georgia Southern was one of six programs in the country to have multiple players on the list. The other five universities were Arkansas, Vanderbilt, East Carolina, Mississippi State and Texas.
 
Georgia Southern was the only Sun Belt program to have nominees for the award and the two Eagles are a part of 41 players, represented by 33 schools. 
 
Balloting was done by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association in conjunction with the Dick Howser Trophy Committee and the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce.  The award, given to the top player in collegiate baseball, is based on two rounds of national voting. 
 
This is the 34th year of the Dick Howser Trophy. The finalists will be announced on Thursday, June 10. Due to COVID-19 protocols at TD Ameritrade Stadium in downtown Omaha, the home of the College World Series for the ninth year, the announcement of this year's winner will be done via Zoom. The winner will be unveiled on MLB Network and then, a press conference with the winner will be held after the announcement is made. The date and time for the announcement will be released in the near future.
 

2021 DICK HOWSER TROPHY SEMIFINALISTS

 
Pos. Name, School
Tanner Allen, OF, Mississippi State
Jacob Berry, DH, Arizona
Ryan Bliss, SS, Auburn
Enrique Bradfield Jr., OF, Vanderbilt
Wes Clarke, DH, South Carolina
Henry Davis, C, Louisville
Cade Doughty, 3B, LSU
Christian Encarnacion-Strand, 3B, Oklahoma State
Judd Fabian, OF, Florida
Jaden Fein, OF, San Diego State
Jonathan Fincher, SP, Louisiana Tech
Christian Franklin, OF, Arkansas
Will Frizzell, OF, Texas A&M
Dominic Hamel, SP, Dallas Baptist
Tyler Hardman, 1B, Oklahoma
Nick Jones, RP, Georgia Southern
Jace Jung, 2B, Texas Tech
Niko Kavadas, 1B, Notre Dame
Austin Knight, 3B, Charlotte
Kevin Kopps, RP, Arkansas
Bennett Lee, C, Tulane
Jack Leiter, SP, Vanderbilt
Tyler Locklear, 3B, VCU
Ethan Long, OF, Arizona State
Ty Madden, SP, Texas
Mason McWhorter, OF, Georgia Southern
Ivan Melendez, DH, Texas
Matt Mikulski, SP, Fordham
Ryan Miller, SP, NC Central
Matheu Nelson, C, Florida State
Connor Norby, 2B, East Carolina
Carson Palmquist, RP, Miami
Kumar Rocker, SP, Vanderbilt
Jake Rucker, 3B, Tennessee
Phillip Sikes, OF, TCU
Landon Sims, RP, Mississippi State
Brady Slavens, 1B, Arkansas
Trey Sweeney, SS, Eastern Illinois
Trenton Jamison, 3B, Alabama State
Carter Trice, 2B, Old Dominion
Gavin Williams, SP, East Carolina
Aaron Zavala, OF, Oregon