National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association News

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With the second half of the 2025 collegiate regular season now underway, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) announced Wednesday that 56 of the nation's top relief pitchers have been named to the Midseason Watch List for the 20th annual Stopper of the Year award. Relief pitchers not included on the midseason list remain eligible to be considered as finalists for the award.

The defending national champion Tampa Spartans remain the number one team in this week’s NCBWA top 25 poll, which was released Wednesday afternoon. Tampa received all 20 first-place votes, earning the top spot for the sixth straight week.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game Headwear for the period ending April 20. Bowling Green senior infielder Gunner Antillon and Notre Dame sophomore catcher Carson Tinney were named National Co-Hitter of the Week, while UC Santa Barbara sophomore right-handed pitcher Jackson Flora and Kentucky senior right-handed pitcher Nic McCay were named National Co-Pitchers of the Week.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA polls with the NCBWA/D3baseball.com Division III Poll.

Texas and Clemson maintained the top two spots from last week while Oregon State reached a season-high No. 3 position. Previous No. 1 Tennessee is No. 4, while LSU holds down the No. 5 ranking. Streaking No. 10 West Virginia, NCAA-best current longest winning streak at 14 games, has the fewest setbacks of any Division I member at 34-4 overall. The Mountaineers climbed eight places from the April 14 survey.

The defending national champion Tampa Spartans remain the number one team in this week’s NCBWA top 25 poll, which was released Wednesday afternoon. Tampa received 18 of the 20 first-place votes, earning the top spot for the fifth straight week.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game Headwear for the period ending April 13. Oregon State junior infielder Avi Arquette was named National Hitter of the Week, while Fresno State junior right-handed pitcher Jack Anker and Michigan freshman right-handed pitcher Tate Carey were named National Co-Pitchers of the Week

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA polls with the NCBWA/D3baseball.com Division III Poll.

Texas becomes the fourth different squad – all from the Southeastern Conference – to rank No. 1 this spring in the survey. Clemson jumped to a season-high No. 2, while Tennessee, Arkansas and Georgia round out the top five, scrambled from last week after a whirlwind weekend of conference series activity.

Performances that saw five homers, a no-hitter, a record 17 strikeouts, 12 runs scored and four homers captured the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III honors for the week of March 24-30.

The defending national champion Tampa Spartans remain the number one team in this week’s NCBWA top 25 poll, which was released Wednesday afternoon. Tampa received 18 of the 20 first-place votes, earning the top spot for the fourth straight week.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game Headwear for the period ending April 6. Grand Canyon redshirt senior outfielder Michael Diaz was named National Hitter of the Week, while LSU sophomore left-handed pitcher Kade Anderson was named National Pitcher of the Week.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA polls with the NCBWA/D3baseball.com Division III Poll.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association has named its Dick Howser Trophy Players of the Month for March presented by The Game Headwear, tabbing Georgia infielder/outfielder Ryland Zaborowski its national hitter of the month and Florida State left-handed starter Joey Volini its national pitcher of the month.

Arkansas regained the No. 1 position for the second time in ’25 after sweeping four games and a Southeastern Conference series for the second week in succession to advance to 30-3 this spring. Texas moved up to a season-best No. 2 while LSU jumped from No. 5 to 3 ahead of Clemson at No. 4 (tying for its best ranking this year) and No. 5 Tennessee.

Performances that saw five homers, a no-hitter, a record 17 strikeouts, 12 runs scored and four homers captured the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III honors for the week of March 24-30.

The defending national champion Tampa Spartans remain the number one team in this week’s NCBWA top 25 poll, which was released Wednesday afternoon. Tampa received 13 of the 20 first-place votes, earning the top spot for the third straight week after being the unanimous number one team last week.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game Headwear for the period ending March 30. Texas sophomore outfielder Will Gasparino and Maryland redshirt sophomore designated hitter/first baseman Hollis Porter were named National Co-Hitters of the Week, while Louisiana sophomore right-handed pitcher JR Tollett was named National Pitcher of the Week.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA polls with the NCBWA/D3baseball.com Division III Poll.