Starling Selected To Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Watch List

FORT WORTH, Texas – East Carolina senior infielder Jacob Starling is one of 52 players who have earned inclusion on the 2024 Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award Watch List.

The award, created by the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation, was open to nominations from all Division I baseball programs in the country. The BBNCSA is based on performance at the plate, academics, and personal integrity.

Starling led East Carolina in runs scored (60), hits (75) and walks drawn (44) a season ago while pacing the American Athletic Conference and ranking 97th nationally in walks drawn. He also finished third in the league in runs scored as well as first in total plate appearances (299) and second in at bats (241).

The Pirates' everyday second baseman batted .310 (26-for-84) in AAC play with 22 runs scored, four doubles, four home runs, 15 RBI, 14 walks drawn and five stolen bases. He went 8-for-25 (.320) in the conference tournament before posting a .278 batting average (5-for-18) in the NCAA Charlottesville Regional. Starling also topped the squad with 27 multi-hit games while also turning in 14 multi-RBI efforts - including a six-RBI explosion in ECU's 17-4 victory over Indiana at the Keith LeClair Classic.

The winner of the BBNCSA will be announced in June and honored at a gala in the fall at the Fort Worth Club. Texas Tech's Hunter Hargrove won the initial BBNCSA in 2017. Dallas Baptist's Devlin Granberg took home the honor in 2018 with Texas Tech's Josh Jung winning the award in 2019. Connor Norby from East Carolina University won the BBNCSA in 2021 with Ivan Melendez from the University of Texas taking home the award in 2022. 2023's winner was LSU's outfielder Dylan Crews.

2024 Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Watch List
Ethen Anderson, Junior, Virginia
Travis Bazzana, Junior, Oregon State
Kevin Bazzell, Sophomore, Texas Tech
Porter Brown, Graduate Student, Texas
Daniel Bucciero, Sophomore, Fordham
Devin Burkes, Junior, Kentucky
Robbie Burnett, Junior, UNC Asheville
Cam Cannarella, Sophomore, Clemson
Ian Cleary, Graduate Student, Oakland
Charlie Condon, Sophomore, Georgia
Emilio Corona, Senior, Arizona
Blake Cyr, Sophomore, Miami
Carson DeMartini, Junior, Virginia Tech
Daniel Dickerson, Sophomore, Utah Valley
Jack Frank, Senior, Michigan State
Bruce Frederick, Senior, Towson
Murf Gray, Sophomore, Fresno State
Elijah Hainline, Junior, Oregon State
Parks Harber, Senior, North Carolina
Jack Hay, Senior, Alabama State
Vance Honeycutt, Junior, North Carolina
Logan Hugo, Junior, Eastern Michigan
Jake Hyde, Senior, Georgetown
Grant Jay, Sophomore, Dallas Baptist
Gavin Kash, Junior, Texas Tech
Caden Kendle, Senior, UC Irvine
Nick Kurtz, Junior, Wake Forest
Jake LaViolette, Sophomore, Texas A&M
Tyler MacGregor, Graduate Student, Northeastern
Anthony Martinez, Sophomore, UC Irvine
Cole Messina, Junior, South Carolina
Braden Montgomery, Junior, Texas A&M
Malcolm Moore, Sophomore, Stanford
Garrett Pennington, Graduate Student, NC State
Ethen Petry, Sophomore, South Carolina
Mitchell Sanford, Junior, UNO
Jacob Starling, Senior, East Carolina
Zack Stewart, Sophomore, Missouri State
Alex Stove, Senior, Duke
Cade Sullivan, Senior, Western Michigan
Devin Taylor, Sophomore, Indiana
Bennett Thompson, Junior, Oregon
Brock Tibbitts, Junior, Indiana
Payton Tolle, Junior, TCU
Cason Tollett, Junior, Arkansas State
Miguel Useche, Senior, UNO
Mitch Voit, Sophomore, Michigan
Jacob Walsh, Junior, Oregon
JJ Wetherholt, Junior, West Virginia
Mason White, Sophomore, Arizona
Tommy White, Junior, LSU
Slade Wilks, Senior, Southern Miss

Starling Selected To Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Watch List

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