Norton Earns Top Awards For Cape League Accomplishments

STORRS, Conn. – Tim Norton (Pascoag, R.I.), an incoming senior to the University of Connecticut baseball team, has already made a name for himself in Husky blue and white, but this summer, he has caught attention in maroon and white as a member of the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Norton was recently named to the 2005 Baseball America Cape Cod League Top-30 Prospect list. He was also the only player in the Cape League to receive two end-of-season awards. He was the recipient of the John Claffey New England Top Prospect Award and the B.F.C Whitehouse Award.

Norton was ranked 29th in the Baseball America Cape Cod Prospect list. He was one of 18 BIG EAST players that participated in the nation’s premier amateur summer wood bat league. Norton was chosen to represent his team in the 2005 CCBL All-Star game and was named the league’s first Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Week.
The John J. Claffey Award, named after the late Cape League administrator and advocate, goes out to the top prospect of a New England College and/or one who lives in the New England region. Norton finished second in the league in strikeouts with 77, while compiling an outstanding 5-1 record and a 1.77 era in a team-leading 61 innings pitched.

For his efforts, he also received the B.F.C Whitehouse Outstanding Pitcher Award. He shared this accomplishment with Andrew Miller, a member of the Chatham A’s and a student-athlete at North Carolina.

In 2005, Norton recorded a 2.62 ERA for the Huskies in Big East Conference action, ranking him fifth in the league. He was named Big East Pitcher of the Week May 23 and pitched one scoreless inning out of the bullpen in the 2005 NEIBA College All-Star game played at Fenway Park.