BOCA RATON, Fla. – (April 10, 2019) – Florida Atlantic University righthanded pitcher Zach Schneider has been named as a finalist for the 2019 Senior CLASS Award® for college baseball, as just one of 10 players recognized in all of Division I.
Schneider continues to excel in the back end of the bullpen for the 23-9 Owls. In 13 relief outings, he has a 2-1 record with a 2.05 ERA, allowing just six earned runs in 26 1/3 innings, with 23 strikeouts versus only six walks. He ties for the Conference USA lead with seven saves, and against C-USA foes, he allowed just one earned run in 14 1/3 innings (a 0.63 ERA), with a 13:1 K:BB ratio.
Voting is now open at SeniorClassAward.com/vote/baseball_2019/. Fan balloting counts towards 1/3 of the total vote for the 10 finalists, and one candidate will be selected who best exemplifies the four C’s (community, classroom, character and competition). The winner will be announced during the 2019 College World Series in June.
Here are the 10 Senior CLASS Award® baseball finalists for 2019:
· Richard Cunningham, Baylor
· Bryce Fehmel, Oregon State
· Brock Hale, BYU
· Will Haueter, Northern Kentucky
· Justin Hayes, Norfolk State
· Gunner Leger, Louisiana
· Jake Mangum, Mississippi State
· Nic Ready, Air Force
· Luke Ritter, Wichita State
· Zach Schneider, FAU
About the Senior CLASS Award®
To be eligible for this prestigious award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence: community, classroom, character and competition. An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School®, the Senior CLASS Award® focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.
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Florida Atlantic University Athletics:
FAU Athletics is comprised of 21 intercollegiate teams involving 450 student-athletes that compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, indoor and outdoor track, volleyball, beach volleyball, cheer and dance. The Owls are a NCAA Division I-A (FBS) institution and compete in Conference USA and the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association (CCSA) (beach volleyball, men’s swimming). The Owls have been playing football since 2001 and are a perfect 3-0 in bowl games, the most recent being a 50-3 victory over Akron in the 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl. The dance team finished its 2014 season No. 8, nationally. FAU cheer won a national championship in 2016.
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University, with an annual economic impact of $6.3 billion, serves more than 30,000 undergraduate and graduate students at sites throughout its six county service region in southeast Florida. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering and Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University is placing special focus on the rapid development of critical areas that form the basis of its strategic plan: Healthy aging, biotech, coastal and marine issues, neuroscience, regenerative medicine, informatics, lifespan and the environment. These areas provide opportunities for faculty and students to build upon FAU’s existing strengths in research and scholarship. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
