Stopper of the Year Award explained

Stopper of the Year Award
Description:	Best relief pitcher in NCAA's Division I
Presenter:	National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
Country:	United States
Year:	2005
Holder:	Cade Denton, Oral Roberts

The Stopper of the Year Award was created in 2005 to honor college baseball's top relief pitcher. The award is administered and voted on by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. The current holder of the award is Cade Denton of the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles.

Past winners

Year

Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player	Name of the player
School	The player's college when he won the award
^	Player won the Rookie of the Year Award
§	Player also won the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy in the same year
	Player is active

Year!scope="col"

Name	School	Ref(s)
2005		Texas	^[1]
2006		Kansas
2007		Sam Houston State
2008		Georgia
2009		San Diego State
2010		Texas
2011		Texas
2012		Southeastern Louisiana	^[2]
2013		UCLA	^[3]
2014		Louisville
2015		UCLA	^[4]
2016		Miami	^[5]
2017		Louisville	^[6]
2018		Florida	^[7]
2019		UCLA	^[8]
2020	Not awarded
2021		Arkansas	^[9]
2022		Texas State	^[10]
2023		Oral Roberts	^[11]

See also

• List of college baseball awards

External links

• History and selection process

Notes and References

1. Web site: STOPPER OF THE YEAR. sportswriters.net. NCBWA. June 29, 2014.
2. News: Lopez Wins National Award, Named Stopper Of The Year By NCBWA. June 29, 2014. lionsports.net. June 15, 2012.
3. News: Vadeboncoeur. Josh. Louisville's Nick Burdi Named NCBWA Stopper of the Year. June 29, 2014. College Baseball Central. June 15, 2014.
4. Web site: UCLA baseball: David Berg named NCBWA Stopper of the Year. June 13, 2015. February 19, 2016.
5. Web site: Hurricanes’ Bryan Garcia named national Stopper of the Year at CWS after setting school career saves record Miami Herald. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160623095931/http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article84632177.html. 2016-06-23.
6. Web site: NCBWA . College World Series: Louisville's Lincoln Henzman named 2017 NCBWA Stopper of the Year . NCAA.com . June 17, 2017 . June 17, 2018.
7. Web site: UF closer Byrne named Stopper of the Year . GatorSports.com . June 16, 2018. June 17, 2018.
8. Web site: Powell Named 2019 NCBWA Stopper of the Year . UCLABruins.com . June 15, 2019 . September 1, 2019.
9. Web site: A 'wanted' man: Nation's best player doubted his place. June 19, 2021.
10. Web site: Texas State's Stivors Named NCBWA Stopper of the Year. June 17, 2022. June 19, 2023.
11. Web site: Oral Roberts' Denton wins 2023 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award. June 16, 2023. June 19, 2023.