LAFAYETTE-Louisiana's Ragin' Cajuns senior right-handed pitcher Kevin Ardoin has been added to the 2005 Brooks Wallace Award Watch List, as announced Tuesday by the College Baseball Foundation. It is the second time the watch list has been revised since its original release date on November 24, 2004.

Ardoin is one of 38 student-athletes added to the revised list and joins teammate and senior third baseman Dallas Morris who was one of the original 58 student-athletes named to the list in November.

The Eunice, La., native leads the Cajuns in 14 different pitching categories, including wins (four), earned run average (0.98), strikeouts (30) and innings pitched (27 2/3 innings). Ardoin is currently fifth all-time on the school's strikeout list and needs just seven more to tie current Colorado Rockies pitcher Scott Dohmann (245) for fourth all-time.

Earlier this season, Ardoin was named the Sun Belt Conference Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 14 after his seven-inning, one-hit performance in the Cajuns' 10-0 season opening win over Louisiana Tech. In that game, Ardoin took a no-hitter into the seventh before it was broken up, striking out eight batters with one walk.

Florida International pitcher David Asher, added in the revised list released Tuesday, is the only other player from the Sun Belt Conference featured on the watch list.

The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to the national college baseball player of the year. Cal State Fullerton's Kurt Suzuki received the Brooks Wallace Award in 2004. The Wallace Watch will be trimmed to 12 semi-finalists by Tuesday, May 24, 2005.

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