WICHITA, Kan. – EKU's Will King was recently named to the watch list for the Buster Posey National Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, which honors the nation's top NCAA Division I catcher.
 
King is one of only three players from the ASUN Conference on the watch list.  The award was previously known as the Johnny Bench Award.
 
EKU has had a catcher on the award watch list eight times in the last 10 seasons.  A.J. Lewis was on the watch list in 2019 and 2020.  Alex Holderbach was one of the three finalist for the award in 2018.  Logan Starnes was on the watch list in 2016 and 2017.  Sean Hagen was on the watch list in 2013 and was a semifinalist in 2014.
 
King is hitting .258 with a team-best 20 RBIs on the season.  He has three home runs, eight doubles and eight walks.  The sophomore is sporting a .532 slugging percentage and a .352 on-base percentage.  He is tied for third in the ASUN Conference in RBIs.
 
The New York, New York native has a .992 fielding percentage, having made just one error in 129 chances.  He has thrown out three would be base stealers.
 
The initial watch list included 76 catchers from across the nation.  The list will be narrowed to the semifinalist on May 19, finalists on June 7 and the winner announced on June 29.