OMAHA, Neb. — National home run leader Ivan Melendez of Texas won the Dick Howser Trophy on Friday as the outstanding player in college baseball.
Melendez’s 32 home runs are most in Division I since 2003. He leads the nation with 94 RBI and an .886 slugging percentage.
The junior from El Paso, Texas, is the fourth Longhorn to win the Howser Trophy. The other Texas players who have won it are Brooks Kieschnick (1992-93), Scott Bryant (1989) and Taylor Jungmann (2011).
Melendez ranked first in the Big 12 conference in batting average (.432), homers (14) and RBIs (32).
Melendez also has been named national player of the year by Collegiate Baseball newspaper and Perfect Game, and is a consensus All-American.
The other Howser Trophy finalists were Oregon State pitcher Connor Hjerpe, Tennessee third baseman Trey Lipscomb, Georgia Tech catcher Kevin Parada and Clemson third baseman Max Wagner.
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