Collegiate Baseball Newspaper

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Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (also known as Collegiate Baseball Magazine and Collegiate Baseball) was an American publication based in Arizona that considered itself the "voice of amateur baseball" and was published for over 40 years. The publication gave out several awards: Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year, Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year, and Collegiate Baseball All-Americans.^{[citation needed]}

It was published twice a month from January until June, and then once each in September and October.^[1]

The "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll was college sports' oldest baseball poll.^[2][3] A ranking of the top 30 teams was released prior to the season, weekly throughout the season, and after the conclusion of the College World Series. It started with the 1957 college baseball season.^[2][3] The publication has ceased operation as of November 2023.

Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year

The Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year award was given to the best player in NCAA Division I. It was first awarded in 1984.^{[citation needed]}

Player of the Year

Season	Player	Position	Team
1984	Oddibe McDowell	OF	Arizona State
1985	Pete Incaviglia	OF	Oklahoma State
1986	Greg Swindell	P	Texas
1987	Marteese Robinson	1B	Seton Hall
	Robin Ventura	3B	Oklahoma State
1988	Andy Benes	P	Evansville
1989	Scott Bryant	UT	Texas
	Ben McDonald	P	Louisiana State
1990	Mike Kelly	OF	Arizona State
1991	Bobby Jones	P	Fresno State
1992	Lloyd Peever	P	Louisiana State
1993	Brooks Kieschnick	UT	Texas
1994	Ryan Jackson	UT	Duke
1995	Todd Helton	UT	Tennessee
	Mark Kotsay	OF	Cal State Fullerton
1996	Kris Benson	P	Clemson
1997	J. D. Drew	OF	Florida State
1998	Kevin Mench	OF	Delaware
1999	Jason Jennings	UT	Baylor
2000	Kip Bouknight	P	South Carolina
2001	Mark Prior	P	Southern California
2002	Khalil Greene	SS	Clemson
2003	Rickie Weeks	2B	Southern
2004	Jered Weaver	P	Long Beach State
2005	Shane Robinson	OF	Florida State
2006	Kellen Kulbacki	OF	James Madison
	Wes Roemer	P	Cal State Fullerton
2007	David Price	P	Vanderbilt
	Tony Thomas, Jr.	INF	Florida State
2008	Buster Posey	C	Florida State
2009	Stephen Strasburg	P	San Diego State
2010	Chris Sale	P	Florida Gulf Coast
2011	Trevor Bauer	P	UCLA
2012	Nick Petree	P	Missouri State
2013	Kris Bryant	3B	San Diego
2014	A. J. Reed	3B/P	Kentucky
2015	Andrew Benintendi	OF	Arkansas
2016	Eric Lauer	P	Kent State
2017	Brendan McKay	1B/P	Louisville
	Brent Rooker	1B	Mississippi State
2018	Bren Spillane	1B/OF	Illinois
2019	Adley Rutschman	C	Oregon State
2020	Nick Gonzales	SS	New Mexico State
2021	Kevin Kopps	RP	Arkansas
2022	Ivan Melendez	1B	Texas
2023	Paul Skenes	P	LSU

Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year

The Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year award was given to the best coach in NCAA Division I. It was first awarded in 1980.^{[citation needed]}

Coach of the Year

Season	Coach	Team
1980	Jerry Kindall	Arizona
1981	Jim Brock	Arizona State
1982	Ron Fraser	Miami (FL)
1983	Cliff Gustafson	Texas
1984	Augie Garrido	Cal State Fullerton
1985	Ron Fraser	Miami (FL)
1986	Jerry Kindall	Arizona
1987	Mark Marquess	Stanford
1988	Larry Cochell	Cal State Fullerton
1989	Dave Snow	Long Beach State
1990	Steve Webber	Georgia
1991	Skip Bertman	Louisiana State
1992	Andy Lopez	Pepperdine
1993	Skip Bertman	Louisiana State
1994	Larry Cochell	Oklahoma
1995	Augie Garrido	Cal State Fullerton
1996	Skip Bertman	Louisiana State
	Andy Lopez	Florida
1997	Skip Bertman	Louisiana State
1998	Mike Batesole	Cal State Northridge
	Mike Gillespie	Southern California
1999	Jim Morris	Miami (FL)
2000	Skip Bertman	Louisiana State
2001	Jim Morris	Miami
2002	Augie Garrido	Texas
2003	Wayne Graham	Rice
2004	George Horton	Cal State Fullerton
2005	Augie Garrido	Texas
2006	Pat Casey	Oregon State
2007	Pat Casey	Oregon State
2008	Mike Batesole	Fresno State
2009	Paul Mainieri	Louisiana State
2010	Ray Tanner	South Carolina
2011	Ray Tanner	South Carolina
2012	Andy Lopez	Arizona
2013	John Savage	UCLA
2014	Tim Corbin	Vanderbilt
2015	Brian O'Connor	Virginia
2016	Gary Gilmore	Coastal Carolina
2017	Kevin O'Sullivan	Florida
2018	Pat Casey	Oregon State
2019	Tim Corbin	Vanderbilt
2020	Mike Bianco	Ole Miss
2021	Tim Corbin	Vanderbilt
2022	Mike Bianco	Ole Miss
2023	Jay Johnson	LSU

Collegiate Baseball All-Americans

See also: College Baseball All-America Team

The Collegiate Baseball All-Americans award was given to the best players at various positions in NCAA Division I. It was first awarded in 1981.^{[citation needed]}

Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-Americans

Louisville Slugger's Freshmen All-American Baseball Team

See footnote^[4]

Collegiate Baseball Freshman Pitcher of the Year

Beginning in 2016, the magazine began awarding honors to freshman starting pitchers and freshman relief pitchers.

• 2005 – Mickey Storey (RHP, Florida Atlantic)
• 2006 – Alex Wilson (RHP, Winthrop)
• 2007 – Ryan Berry (RHP, Rice)
• 2008 – Chris Hernandez (LHP, University of Miami)
• 2009 – Trevor Bauer (RHP, UCLA)
• 2010 – Matt Purke (LHP, Texas Christian)^[4]
• 2011 – Corey Knebel (RHP, Texas)
• 2012 – Carlos Rodon (LHP, N.C. State)
• 2013 – Thomas Eshelman (RHP, Cal St. Fullerton)
• 2014 – Zach Plesac (RHP, Ball State)
• 2015 – Alex Lange (RHP, LSU)
• 2017 – SP Sean Mooney (RHP, St. John's); RP Kenyon Yovan (RHP, Oregon)
• 2018 – SP Patrick Fredrickson (RHP, Minnesota); RP Max Meyer, (RHP, Minnesota)
• 2019 – SP Tyler Thornton (RHP, St. Mary’s); SP J. T. Ginn (RHP, Mississippi St.)

Collegiate Baseball Freshman Player of the Year

Before 2005, there was not a specific award known as the "Freshmen Pitcher of the Year." Rather, there were multiple Players of the Year awarded each season.

• 1998 – Hayden Gliemmo (LHP, Auburn), Aaron Heilman (RHP Notre Dame), Xavier Nady (2B, California)
• 1999 – James Jurries (2B, Tulane), Mark Teixeira (3B, Georgia Tech), Blair Varnes (RHP, Florida State)
• 2000 – Kevin Howard (3B, Miami), Zane Carlson (RP, Baylor), Mike Fontenot (2B, Louisiana State)
• 2001 – Lane Mestepey (LHP, Louisiana State), Jamie D'Antona (1B, Wake Forest)
• 2002 – Philip Humber (RHP, Rice), Vincent Sinisi (1B, Rice), Darryl Lawhorn (1B, East Carolina)
• 2003 – Mark Romanczuk (LHP, Stanford), Glen Perkins (LHP, Minnesota), Jeff Clement (Southern California), Stephen Head (Mississippi)
• 2004 – Wade LeBlanc (LHP, Alabama), Tim Lincecum (RHP, Washington), Blair Erickson (U.C. Irvine)
• 2005 – Joe Savery (Rice)
• 2006 – Pedro Alvarez (3B, Vanderbilt)
• 2007 – Dustin Ackley (1B, North Carolina)
• 2008 – Ryan Lockwood (OF, South Florida)
• 2009 – Anthony Rendon (3B, Rice)
• 2010 – Jeremy Baltz (OF, St. John’s)^[4]
• 2012 – Michael Conforto (OF, Oregon State)
• 2013 – Alex Bregman (SS, Louisiana State)
• 2014 – Jake Noll (2B, Florida Gulf Coast)
• 2015 – Brendan McKay (Louisville), J. J. Schwarz, (Florida)
• 2016 – Seth Beer (Clemson), Kevin Strohschein (Tennessee Tech)
• 2017 – Kevin Milam (DH/RHP, Saint Mary's), Braden Shewmake (2B, Texas A&M)
• 2018 – Spencer Torkelson (1B, Arizona State), Ryan Ward (OF, Bryant)

See also

• Baseball awards § U.S. college baseball