STANFORD, Calif. – Stanford catcher Charlie Saum has been named to the Buster Posey Award Midseason Watchlist, the Wichita Sports Commission announced.
Saum is one of 56 Division I catchers to earn a spot on the watch list, including one of four from the Atlantic Coast Conference. The award has been presented annually to the nation's most outstanding catcher since 2000; it was previously known as the Johnny Bench Award until renaming it after the famous Florida State and San Francisco Giants catcher, Buster Posey, in 2019.
A native of Thousand Oaks, Calif., Saum has scored 24 runs and driven in 16 while compiling five doubles and four home runs so far this season. He has started 32 of a possible 37 games for the Cardinal behind the plate, while starting as Stanford’s designated hitter in four more.
Stanford has garnered the Buster Posey Award once in program history, with Ryan Garko earning the honor in 2003. Malcolm Moore was a semifinalist for the award a year ago.
2025 Buster Posey Award Midseason Watch List
Name, School
Adam Agresti, St. John's
Jackson Bessette, UIC
Caden Bodine, Coastal Carolina
Brooks Bryan, Troy
Rob Butler, Rhode Island
Cole Campbell, NJIT
Jack Collins, Cal Poly
Trevor Conley, Austin Peay
Tyler Cotten, Saint Peter's
Will Cresswell, Washington State
Cardel Dick, Omaha
Irvin Escobar, Bethune-Cookman
Owen Estabrook, Columbia
Frankie Ferrentino, Merrimack
Rylan Galván, Texas
Parker Goff, BYU
JD Gregson, Incarnate Word
Adonys Guzman, Arizona
Jake Harvey, Nevada
Ryder Helfrick, Arkansas
Luke Heyman, Florida
Ross Highfill, Mississippi State
Nick Hollifield, UAB
Henry Hunter, Georgia
Ike Irish, Auburn
Jacob Jarrell, Clemson
Grant Jay, Dallas Baptist
Noah Jouras, Davidson
Matt Klein, Louisville
Steven Lancia, UTRGV
Talmadge LeCroy, South Carolina
Andreaus Lewis, Manhattan
Johnny Luetzow, Santa Clara
Bear Madiak, Kansas State
Grant Mangrum, McNeese
Weber Neels, Minnesota
Aidan Paradine, Siena
Cannon Peebles, Tennessee
Lucas Pringle, Charleston Southern
Nick Quagliato, Fairleigh Dickinson
Zach Ramppen, San Francisco
Charlie Saum, Stanford
Vinny Saumell, UA Pine Bluff
Logan Sauve, West Virginia
Evan Sipe, San Diego State
Max Soliz Jr., Kansas
Rylen Stockton, UNC Asheville
Justin Stransky, Fresno State
Jonah Sutton, Memphis
Ethan Swidler, Lafayette
Xavier Urlich, Wagner
Will Vierling, Murray State
Ashby Vinning, Saint Peter's
Wilson Weber, Oregon State
Brody Williams, Kent State
Macon Winslow, Duke