Long Beach State University Athletics
Weaver Completes Sweep of National Awards
7/15/2004 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Weaver Sweeps National Awards HOUSTON, TX-- Long Beach State All-American RHP Jered Weaver (Simi Valley) can truly close the book on a remarkable 2004 campaign, after winning the inaugural Roger Clemens Award, given to college's top pitcher. Eight national awards later, Weaver, as if there was any doubt, is the nation's top player in 2004. This is the fifth time over the last six seasons that a player has swept all of the major awards, as Weaver joins Rickie Weeks (2003), Khalil Greene (2002), Mark Prior (2001) and Jason Jennings (1999), as previous unanimous honorees. Prior and Jennings are the only other pitchers, as the Clemens Award is in its first season of existence, after being known as the Smith Award since its inception in 1988. Weaver, with a new shorter haircut, accepted the award from Roger Clemens in Houston, TX. The other finalists were JP Howell of Texas and Rice's Wade Townsend. The new award is intended to become college's version of the Cy Young Award, an honor that Clemens has captured six times in his Hall of Fame career. Weaver went 15-1 with a 1.62 ERA in 2004, striking out 213, while walking just 21. Only five pitchers previously in NCAA history had struck out more batters in a season than Long Beach State's all-time leader in strikeouts, wins and innings pitched. Weaver finished the season tied for first in the nation in wins and strikeouts, and second in ERA. SOME HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2004
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