Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Explained

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.

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.

+Player of the Year	Season	Player	Position	Team
1984		OF	Arizona State
1985		OF	Oklahoma State
1986		P
1987		1B
		3B	Oklahoma State
1988		P
1989		UT	Texas
		P
1990		OF
1991		P	Fresno State
1992		P
1993		UT	Texas
1994		UT
1995		UT
		OF	Cal State Fullerton
1996		P	Clemson
1997		OF
1998		OF
1999		UT
2000		P
2001		P	Southern California
2002		SS	Clemson
2003		2B
2004		P
2005		OF
2006		OF
		P
2007		P
		INF
2008		C	Florida State
2009		P
2010		P
2011		P	UCLA
2012		P
2013		3B
2014		3B/P	Kentucky
2015		OF	Arkansas
2016		P	Kent State
2017		1B/P	Louisville
		1B	Mississippi State
2018		1B/OF	Illinois
2019		C	Oregon State
2020		SS	New Mexico State
2021		RP	Arkansas
2022		1B	Texas
2023		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.

+Coach of the Year	Season	Coach	Team
1980		Arizona
1981		Arizona State
1982		Miami (FL)
1983		Texas
1984		Cal State Fullerton
1985		Miami (FL)
1986		Arizona
1987		Stanford
1988		Cal State Fullerton
1989
1990		Georgia
1991		Louisiana State
1992		Pepperdine
1993		Louisiana State
1994		Oklahoma
1995		Cal State Fullerton
1996		Louisiana State
		Florida
1997		Louisiana State
1998
		Southern California
1999		Miami (FL)
2000		Louisiana State
2001		Miami
2002		Texas
2003		Rice
2004		Cal State Fullerton
2005		Texas
2006		Oregon State
2007		Oregon State
2008		Fresno State
2009		Louisiana State
2010		South Carolina
2011		South Carolina
2012		Arizona
2013		UCLA
2014		Vanderbilt
2015		Virginia
2016		Coastal Carolina
2017		Florida
2018		Oregon State
2019		Vanderbilt
2020		Ole Miss
2021		Vanderbilt
2022		Ole Miss
2023		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.

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)

External links

• Collegiate Baseball website

Notes and References

1. Web site: About Collegiate Baseball Newspaper . Baseballnews.com . May 17, 2010.
2. Web site: Baseball News – Clemson moves into top 15 in both baseball polls . TigerNet.com . February 22, 2010 . May 17, 2010.
3. Web site: Rice No. 1, MSU 24th In Final Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Poll – Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletic Site . mstateathletics.com . May 17, 2010.
4. Web site: "Louisville Slugger's" Freshmen All-American Baseball Team . Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Inc. . June 9, 2010 . July 2, 2010.