Savery named C-USA male athlete of the year

Postseason honor
Savery named C-USA male athlete of the year

SPECIAL TO THE RICE NEWS

Rice baseball player Joe Savery was named the male 2006-07 Conference USA (C-USA) Athlete of the Year, league commissioner Britton Banowsky announced on June 11. Savery is the third baseball player to win in the four-year history of the award.

SAVERY

Savery, a pitcher and first baseman, shined as one of the top two-way performers in the country this season, earning consensus first team All-America honors.

Savery, the 2007 Player of the Year for C-USA baseball, was among the four finalists for the 2007 Dick Howser Trophy given to college baseball’s top player. He led the Owls in batting average (.356), hits (98) and total bases (139), and had 19 doubles, six home runs and 60 RBI in 70 games played. In working double-duty on the mound, the Houston native from nearby Lamar High School tied for the C-USA lead in victories, with an 11-1 record, a 2.99 ERA and 61 strikeouts to go along with an opponents’ batting average of .242.

He was selected in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft last month and was the nineteenth player selected overall. Savery’s versatile talents helped earn Rice a second straight trip to the College World Series where the team finished third in the nation.

The award is based solely on athletic achievement during an academic year and the winners are determined through a vote by the league’s Directors of Athletics.

–Courtesy of Conference USA