The 2009 NCAA Division I baseball season play of
college baseball
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in the United States, organized by the
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) at the
Division I level, began on February 20, 2009. The season progressed through the regular season, many conference tournaments and championship series, and concluded with the
2009 NCAA Division I baseball tournament and
2009 College World Series. The College World Series, which consisted of the eight remaining teams in the NCAA tournament, was held in its annual location of
Omaha, Nebraska
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, at
Rosenblatt Stadium. It concluded on June 24, 2009, with the final game of the best of three championship series.
LSU
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defeated
Texas
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two games to one to claim their sixth championship.
Realignment
New programs
Five new programs joined Division I for the 2009 season. Three programs,
Bryant,
North Dakota
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, and
SIU Edwardsville, joined from
Division II.
The two other Division I members,
Oregon
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and
Cal State Bakersfield, were new varsity baseball programs.
Dropped programs
Hawaii-Hilo, which had competed as a
Division I independent, dropped to
Division II.
Conference changes
The
Big South Conference
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added two new members.
Gardner–Webb, previously of the
Atlantic Sun Conference, and
Presbyterian
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, previously a
Division I independent, both joined the conference.
Two conferences add a single member.
Oregon
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's new program joined the
Pacific-10 Conference.
left the
Ohio Valley Conference
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to join the
Southern Conference
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.
Four schools became Division I independents−
Bryant, from the
Division II Northeast-10 Conference;
North Dakota
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, from the Division II
North Central Conference;
SIU Edwardsville, from the Division II
Great Lakes Valley Conference; and
Cal State Bakersfield, in its first season of varsity intercollegiate baseball.
Preseason rankings
After a 49–19 season in
2008, the
LSU Tigers were ranked #1 prior to the season. Defending
World Series champion Fresno State was ranked #19.
Conference standings
Key
College World Series
The 2009 season marked the sixty third NCAA baseball tournament, which culminated with the eight team
College World Series
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. The College World Series was held in
Omaha, Nebraska
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. The eight teams played a double-elimination format, with
LSU
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claiming their sixth championship with a two games to one series win over
Texas
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in the final.
Bracket
Award winners
All-American teams
Major player of the year awards
*
Dick Howser Trophy:
Stephen Strasburg,
San Diego State
*''
Baseball America'':
Stephen Strasburg,
San Diego State
*''
Collegiate Baseball'':
Stephen Strasburg,
San Diego State
*
American Baseball Coaches Association
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:
Mike Leake,
Arizona State
*
Golden Spikes Award Stephen Strasburg,
San Diego State
Major coach of the year awards
*
American Baseball Coaches Association
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:
Paul Mainieri,
LSU
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*''
Baseball America'':
Paul Mainieri,
LSU
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*
''Collegiate Baseball'' Coach of the Year:
Paul Mainieri,
LSU
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Other major awards
*
Johnny Bench Award (Catcher of the Year):
J. T. Wise,
Oklahoma
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*''
Baseball America'' Freshman Of The Year:
Anthony Rendon
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,
Rice
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References
Warrennolan StandingsArchived
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NCAA-Baseball.comArchived
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