Gordon Named NCBWA District Player of the Year

Lincoln  (www.Huskers.com) -- University of Nebraska third baseman Alex Gordon (Lincoln, Neb.) earned another honor on Sunday, as he was chosen the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) District VI Player of the Year.

Gordon, a first-team All-America selection by Sports Weekly and Collegiate Baseball Magazine, batted .365 with 18 homers and 75 RBIs during the 2004 season. He led the conference in on-base percentage (.493), slugging percentage (.754), walks (47), triples (five) and runs scored (64), while ranking in the top-10 in homers, total bases (159), RBIs (75) and doubles (18). The 6-foot-1, 215-pounder started all 59 games and played in 520 of 524 innings in the field, including every inning during league play, to help Nebraska set a team record with a .975 fielding percentage.

Gordon, who was chosen last month as the Big 12 Player of the Year, continues stretch of dominance of the NCBWA Award, as a Husker has been selected for the honor in each of the past five seasons. One of 10 finalists for the Xanthus Dick Howser Trophy, Gordon follows previous NCBWA Players of the Year Shane Komine (2000), Dan Johnson (2001), Jeff Leise (2002) and Matt Hopper (2003), as the award is chosen among Division I players in Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.