Mike Leake named semifinalist for Pitcher of the Year Award


<p> Arizona State University junior right hander <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/leake_mike00.html">Mike Leake</a> has been named a semifinalist for the Pitcher of the Year Award. The award is presented by the College Baseball Foundation. Leake was the only pitcher from the Pac-10 among the 15 semifinalists.</p><separator></separator><p>Leake (Fallbrook, Calif.) is 12-1 with a 1.47 ERA for the Sun Devils. He leads the Pac-10 in victories, strike outs (104) and innings pitcher (97.2) and he has also tossed four complete games. Leake was recently named an ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District VIII selection for the second consecutive year. He was the 2008 Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year and a semifinalist for the Roger Clemens Award.</p><separator></separator><p> Pitcher of the Year Award Semifinalists</p><separator></separator><p> <a href="http://thesundevils.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/leake_mike00.html">Mike Leake</a>, Arizona State</p><separator></separator><p> Deck McGuire, Georgia Tech</p><separator></separator><p> Eric Arnett, Indiana</p><separator></separator><p> A.J. Morris, Kansas State</p><separator></separator><p> Louis Coleman, Louisiana State</p><separator></separator><p> Kyle Bellamy, Miami</p><separator></separator><p> Buddy Baumann, Missouri State</p><separator></separator><p> Daniel Calhoun, Murray State</p><separator></separator><p> Alex Wimmers, Ohio State</p><separator></separator><p> Mark Serrano, Oral Roberts</p><separator></separator><p> Addison Reed, San Diego State</p><separator></separator><p> Stephen Strasburg, San Diego State</p><separator></separator><p> Austin Wood, Texas</p><separator></separator><p> Brooks Raley, Texas A&amp;M</p><separator></separator><p> Daniel Bibona, UC Irvine <!-- STORY AD BEGINS HERE --></p>