Vanderbilt's David Price Named 2007 Dick Howser Trophy Winner

June 15, 2007 — David Price, the most prolific student-athlete in Vanderbilt baseball history and one of the top hurlers in Southeastern Conference annals, has been selected as the 21st annual recipient of the Dick Howser Trophy.

The St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce and National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) selected Price in a vote of over 300 members of the NCBWA and Dick Howser Trophy committee prior to Friday’s announcement at the Omaha Press Club.

A 6-6, 225-pound junior from Murfreesboro, Tenn., for Coach Tim Corbin’s Commodores, the consensus All-America left-hander led the SEC in five different pitching categories and was dominant in almost every start for his ’07 squad. He led Vandy to a school-record-season victories’ total at 54-13 overall and is the Commodores’ first men’s athletics national player of the year in any sport.

Price was chosen as the first player in the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (VU’s first-ever initial draft selection) and ended the year at 11-1 overall with 194 strikeouts in 133 1/3 innings pitched (13.1 strikeouts every nine frames). He did not lose a decision in his 17 starts and struck out 10 or more batters in 12 of those first 17 appearances. Price also had a career-high 17 strikeouts in the opening round of the NCAA Nashville Regional in nine innings against Austin Peay. He also fanned 15 LSU hitters in a key late-season conference victory.

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