Broderick on NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List

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Junior closer Luke Broderick has been named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List, the organization announced Wednesday. The award is given to the top relief pitcher in Division I baseball each season.

Broderick is one of three Big Ten pitchers on the 56-player list, joined by Ethan Hedges of USC and Michigan State’s Tyler Horvath.

Broderick enters this weekend’s series at Maryland tied for sixth nationally and is one of 13 closers with at least nine saves on the season.

The junior holds a 2-1 record and nine saves with 27 strikeouts in 19.1 innings across 17 appearances this season.

Broderick is one save shy of reaching ninth on the single-season charts at Nebraska and becoming the 12th Husker reliever in program history to reach double-digit saves in a season.