''Collegiate Baseball Newspaper'' (also known as ''Collegiate Baseball Magazine'' and ''Collegiate Baseball'') was an American publication based in

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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

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. It started with the 1957

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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

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Division I. It was first awarded in 1984.

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.

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

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''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 –

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(3B, Rice) *2010 – Jeremy Baltz (OF, St. John’s) *2012 – Michael Conforto (OF, Oregon State) *2013 –

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(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)

References

External links

''Collegiate Baseball'' website
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