Brewer's 2011 first round draft pick Taylor Jungmann is the 25th Dick Howser Award winner. The award is given to college baseball's Player of the Year.
Jungmann was picked by the Brewers with the 12th overall pick in the First-Year Player Draft. His 13-3 record and 1.60 ERA tops all starters.
The Howser Trophy is named after Dick Howser, a former Florida State All-American shortstop, Major League shortstop with three teams, and manager for two teams. As manager of the New York Yankees he led the team to the ALCS where they lost three straight games, getting fired shortly after that. He then went on to manage the Kansas City Royals where he had a lot of success. In 1985, Howser guided the Royals to their first and only World Series title, defeating the St. Louis Cardinals in seven games. He died two years later of a brain tumor.
The Brewers are looking forward to hopefully signing a contract with the young pitcher in the upcoming weeks.
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