Feb. 15, 2010

Eric Harrington, Ricky Testa, Brian Taylor and Tyler Link were recognized as award winners Saturday night at the 22nd annual Lamar University Baseball Reunion Banquet.

Harrington and Testa were co-winners of the Harold Kincaid Award for outstanding pitching performance during the 2009, while Taylor and Link shared the Al Vincent outstanding hitter award.

Harrington, a right-hander from Port Neches-Groves, compiled an 8-1 record and 3.01 earned run average during his freshman season. He hurled two, complete-game shutouts and struck out 63 batters and walked 26 in 83 2/3 innings.

Testa, a senior right-hander from Mesquite, posted an 8-3 record with a 4.13 ERA and one save. He led the Cardinals with 84 strikeouts with and walked 23 batters in 76 1/3 innings.

Taylor, senior second baseman from Cedar Park, led the Cardinals in hitting with a .371 average. He pounded out a club-high 88 hits, tied for the team lead in home runs with seven and drove in a team-high 59 runs.

Link, a senior from Houston, was second on the team with a .369 batting average, and he scored a school record 73 runs. He matched Taylor's seven homers, drove in 40 runs, drew a team-high 47 bases on balls and stole a team-best 15 bases on 17 attempts.