Chris Shaw Voted 2018 Barney Nugent Award Winner

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Outfielder Chris Shaw was elected the 2018 Barney Nugent Award winner in a vote by his teammates, coaches and training staff earlier this morning.

The Barney Nugent Award, formerly known as the Harry K. Jordan Award, is named in honor of the Giants' former athletic trainer who worked for the Club from 1993 to 2003. This award is given in recognition of the player in his first big league camp whose performance and dedication in Spring Training best exemplifies the San Francisco Giants spirit, much like Nugent did in his time with San Francisco.
Shaw batted .235 (8-for-34) with three doubles, two home runs and five RBI in 20 games in his first big league camp. The 24-year-old hit .292 across two levels last season with 24 home runs and 79 RBI in 125 games with double-A Richmond and triple-A Sacramento en route to being named a MiLB.com Organizational All-Star for the third-consecutive year. The Boston College product has hit .280 with 57 home runs and 194 RBI in 303 games in his first three minor league seasons with the Giants. He was reassigned to minor league camp on Monday.
Barney Nugent was a trainer for the San Francisco Giants from 1993 through 2003. Prior to his time as a Major League trainer, he spent 16 seasons working his way up through the minor leagues. Nugent earned a Master's Degree in Physical Education with an Athletic Training Specialization from Indiana State University. He passed away on February 22, 2014 after an arduous eight month battle with cancer and is survived by his wife of 33 years, Denise. Nugent is remembered as a good friend and was a Giant through the very end of his life.
The following players have won the Barney Nugent Award:
                                    1988    Joe Kmak                   2003    Jason Ellisonu5:p
                                                Francisco Melendez   2004    Brian Dallimoreu5:p
                                    1989    James Steel                2005    Scott Munteru5:p
                                    1990    Eric Gunderson           2006    Derin McMainsu5:p
                                    1991    Mark Leonard             2007    Tim Lincecum u5:p
                                    1992    John Patterson            2008    Brian Bococku5:p
                                    1993    Greg Brummett           2009    Joe Martinezu5:p
                                    1994    J.R. Phillips                 2010    Darren Ford u5:p
                                    1995    Joe Rosselli                 2011    Brandon Belt u5:p
                                    1996    Marvin Benard            2012    Dan Otero u5:p
                                    1997    Dante Powell               2013    Brock Bond u5:p
                                    1998    Russ Ortiz                   2014    Mark Minicozzi u5:p
                                    1999    Damon Minor              2015    Matt Duffy u5:p
                                    2000    Ben Weber              2016    Trevor Brown u5:p
                                    2001    Pedro Feliz                  2017    Jae-Gyun Hwangu5:p
                                    2002    Felix Escalona            2018    Chris Shaw u5:p