Collegiate Baseball Newspaper

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper (also known as Collegiate Baseball Magazine and Collegiate Baseball; commonly abbreviated CB) 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.

The "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll was college sports' oldest baseball poll. 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. 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 Evansville 1989 UT Texas P Louisiana State 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 Cal State Fullerton 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 Florida2018 Oregon State 2019 Vanderbilt 2020 Ole Miss 2021 Vanderbilt 2022 Ole Miss 2023 LSU

Collegiate Baseball All-Americans

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

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) 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) 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)

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References

External links Collegiate Baseball website