DALLAS - North Florida righty reliever Stephen Halstead was named to the National Collegiate Baseball Writer's Association Preseason Stopper of the Year Watch List as released by the national outlet Thursday, Feb. 16.

Halstead is one of 81 Division I pitchers nationwide to be tabbed to the list, with 21 conferences having at least one representative on the squad. 

The UNF righty picked up his second such honor after being listed on the squad during the 2022 season. He joins former southpaw Eddie Miller, giving UNF three such listings in the past four campaigns. 

Halstead is also the lone preseason honoree from the ASUN Conference on the list. The senior is entering his third season with North Florida, touting a 3.07 ERA, six saves, four wins and 60 strikeouts in 55.2 innings. 

Last year he went 3-4 across a team-high 21 appearances, earning five saves over 32 innings despite missing a chunk of the early season due to injury. 

UNF opens the year tomorrow with the first of three games against Murray State.
 

Following is the complete preseason watch list:

• Matt Ager, UC Santa Barbara, So.
• Jordy Allard, Northeastern, Gr.
• Peter Allegro, Portland, Gr.
• John Armstrong, Auburn, So.
• Cade Austin, South Carolina, R-So.
• John Bakke, Morehead State, Gr.
• Christian Becerra, Cal, So.
• Carter Benbrook, UC Santa Barbara, R-Jr.
• Ryan Brown, Oregon State, R-So.
• Ryan Bruno, Stanford, Jr.
• Cam Clark, Towson, Gr.
• Jack Collins, Binghamton, Sr.
• Kirby Connell, Tennessee, Sr.
• Blake Corsentino, Kansas State, Jr.
• Sean Culkin, James Madison, R-Jr.
• Brandon Decker, Oakland, Jr.
• Cade Denton, Oral Roberts, Jr.
• Zach DeVito, Georgia, So.
• Nate Dohm, Mississippi State, Jr.
• Jack Dougherty, Ole Miss, Jr.
• Jay Driver, Harvard, Jr.
• Triston Dixon, Texas State, Sr.
• German Fajardo, Kansas State, Jr.
• Ben Ferrer, Oregon State, Jr.
• Jack Findlay, Notre Dame, So.
• Bennett Flynn, Davidson, Sr.
• Kyle Greenler, Georiga, Sr.
• Alex Goff, Samford, Sr.
• Chase Grillo, Washington State, Jr.
• Stephen Halstead, North Florida, Sr.
• Nate Hardman, Evansville, Sr.
• Jared Hart, Illinois State, Sr.
• Kiernan Higgans, Virginia Tech, Gr.
• Ryan Higgins, Duke, So.
• Carson Hobbs, Samford, Jr.
• Max Huffling, Abilene Christian, Jr.
• Chase Isbell, Auburn, Sr.
• Luke Jewett, UCLA, So.
• Will Johnston, Texas A&M, Jr.
• Jacob King, UC Irvine, R-Jr.
• Sam Klein, Ball State, Jr.
• Trevor Long, Arizona, Jr.
• Nick Maldonado, Vanderbilt, Sr.
• Alden Mathes, Richmond, R-Jr.
• Reid McLaughlin, BYU, Sr.
• Nolan McLean, Oklahoma State, Jr.
• Jakob Meyer, Evansville, Sr.
• Jarrett Miller, Morehead State, Gr.
• Kyle Miller, Southeast Missouri, Jr.
• Simon Miller, UTSA, Jr.
• Camden Minacci, Wake Forest, So.
• Josh Molerus, Oregon, Sr.
• Braden Montgomery, Stanford, So.
• Mason Nichols, Ole Miss, So.
• Aaron Nixon, Mississippi State, So.
• Jack Pawloski, Massachusetts, Gr.
• William Privette, Charleston, Jr.
• Blake Purnell, Florida, R-So.
• Nik Pry, North Carolina, Sr.
• Dalton Rhadans, Georgia, Sr.
• River Ridings, TCU, Jr.
• Zane Robbins, Eastern Illinois, Sr.
• Andrew Ronne, East Tennessee State, So.
• Garrett Saylor, East Carolina, Sr.
• Thomas Schultz, Vanderbilt, Sr.
• Camden Sewell, Tennessee, Gr.
• Daniel Shafer, UTSA, Jr.
• Noah Short, West Virginia, Sr.
• Jonah Smith, UAB, Gr.
• Noah Stants, Oakland, Sr.
• Matthew Steidl, Southern Illinois, Sr.
• Luke Stephens, Wofford, Sr.
• Jett Thielke, Belmont, Jr.
• Jay Thompson, Georgia Southern, Sr.
• Brady Tygart, Arkansas, So.
• Crawford Wade, Wake Forest, Jr.
• Andrew Walters, Miami (Fla.), Jr.
• Holden Wilder, Wofford, Jr.
• Jay Woolfolk, Virginia, So.
• Garrett Wright, TCU, Jr.
• Jack Zalasky, Sacramento State, Sr.