Tate Ballestero Named to 2023 Buster Posey Award Watch List

NEW YORK (March 3, 2023) – St. John's catcher Tate Ballestero earned a spot on the 2023 Buster Posey Award Watch List, presented to the nation's top catcher by the Wichita Sports Commission, as announced by the organization on Friday.

The Morristown, N.J., native joined 64 other players on the list alongside two fellow BIG EAST plate protectors, Georgetown's Owen Carapellotti and Xavier's Matt DePrey,

Ballestero is coming off an All-BIG EAST Second Team selection in 2022 after hitting a team-high .333 with 35 RBIs, 18 doubles, two triples and three home runs. The redshirt junior has already driven in six runs through seven games this season, adding a two-bagger and a home run to his total.

The Red Storm's catcher is the first player to be selected on the list since Wyatt Mascarella during the 2019 season. Ballestero is also on a quest to be the first Johnnie since Troy Dixon in 2017 to reach the semifinals in voting.

The watch list will be narrowed down to the semifinalists, whom will be announced May 22, 2023. Ballots will be sent to the national voting committee at the end of May for a vote to determine the three finalists. The finalists will be announced June 6, 2023. A final vote among the national committee will occur during the College World Series. All finalists will be brought to Wichita and the winner will be announced on June 29, 2023.

2023 Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award Watch List
Diego Altamirano, JR South Alabama
Cole Andrews, SR Ohio State
Tate Ballestero, SR St. John's
Blake Barton, SO Belmont
Derek Berg, JR Army West Poiint
Gray Betts, SR Liberty
Julian Brock, JR Louisiana
Bryan Broecker, SO Michigan State
Devin Burkes, SO Kentucky
Connor Burns, JR Long Beach State
Michael Campagna, SR San Francisco
Burke Camper, JR Utah Valley
Michael Carico, JR Davidson
Owen Carapellotti, SO Georgetown
Josh Caron, SO Nebraska
John Cristino, SR Towson
Tyler Davis, JR Fresno State
Matt DePrey, JR Xavier
Dallas Duarte, SR Hawai'i
Matthew Ellis, SR Indiana
Cole Elvis, SR Kansas
Tomas Frick, JR North Carolina
Fernando Gonzalez, JR Georgia
Luke Hancock, SR Mississippi State
Calvin Harris, JR Ole Miss
Nick Hassan, JR Kennesaw State
Brandon Heidal, JR Oakland
McGwire Holbrook, JR Florida State
Henry Hunter, SO UAB
Cooper Ingle, JR Clemson
Adam Juran, JR Western Illinois
Cody Kelly, JR Missouri State
Will King, JR Eastern Kentucky
Tony Krueger, SR UMBC
Nate LaRue, SR Auburn
Bennett Lee, JR Wake Forest
Dayne Leonard, SR West Virginia
Luke Longo, SR NJIT
Travis Lott, JR The Citadel
JT Marr, SR College of Charleston
Ryan McCrystal, SO East Carolina
David Melfi, SR Wagner
Gustavo Nava Sanchez, SR Southern
Shane Paradine, SR Stony Brook
Jack Payton, JR Louisville
Ryan Proto, JR UMass Lowell
Nelson Rivera, JR South Florida
Julian Rojas, SR Radford
Eduardo Rosario, SR Nebraska-Omaha
Poncho Ruiz, JR San Diego State
Angel Saldivar, JR Cal State Bakersfield
Jason Schiavone, SO James Madison
Alex Smith, SR US Naval Academy
Ryan Snell, SR Lamar
Ryan Stafford, SO Cal Poly
Alex Stone, JR Duke
Evin Sullivan, SO Binghamton
Blake Sutton, R-JR High Point
Kyle Teel, JR Virginia
Jared Thomas, SR LMU
Anthony Tulimero, JR Houston
Tanner Tweedt, SR Abilene Christian
Nathan Waugh, JR Cornell
Jake Wright, SR Arkansas-Little Rock
Hernan Yanez, SR Incarnate Word

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