''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''

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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

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in NCAA Division I. It was first awarded in 1980.

Collegiate Baseball All-Americans

The ''Collegiate Baseball''

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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 –

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(RHP, Florida Atlantic) *2006 – Alex Wilson (RHP, Winthrop) *2007 – Ryan Berry (RHP, Rice) *2008 – Chris Hernandez (LHP, University of Miami) *2009 –

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(RHP, UCLA) *2010 – Matt Purke (LHP, Texas Christian) *2011 –

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(RHP, Texas) *2012 –

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(LHP, N.C. State) *2013 – Thomas Eshelman (RHP, Cal St. Fullerton) *2014 –

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(RHP, Ball State) *2015 –

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(RHP, LSU) *2017 – SP

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(RHP, St. John's); RP Kenyon Yovan (RHP, Oregon) *2018 – SP Patrick Fredrickson (RHP, Minnesota); RP Max Meyer, (RHP, Minnesota) *2019 – SP

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(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),

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(RHP Notre Dame),

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(2B, California) *1999 – James Jurries (2B, Tulane),

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(3B, Georgia Tech), Blair Varnes (RHP, Florida State) *2000 – Kevin Howard (3B, Miami), Zane Carlson (RP, Baylor),

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(2B, Louisiana State) *2001 –

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(LHP, Louisiana State),

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(1B, Wake Forest) *2002 –

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(RHP, Rice), Vincent Sinisi (1B, Rice), Darryl Lawhorn (1B, East Carolina) *2003 – Mark Romanczuk (LHP, Stanford),

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(LHP, Minnesota),

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(Southern California), Stephen Head (Mississippi) *2004 –

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(LHP, Alabama),

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(RHP, Washington), Blair Erickson (U.C. Irvine) *2005 –

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(Rice) *2006 – Pedro Alvarez (3B, Vanderbilt) *2007 –

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(1B, North Carolina) *2008 – Ryan Lockwood (OF, South Florida) *2009 –

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(3B, Rice) *2010 – Jeremy Baltz (OF, St. John’s) *2012 –

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(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 –

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(Clemson), Kevin Strohschein (Tennessee Tech) *2017 –

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(DH/RHP, Saint Mary's), Braden Shewmake (2B, Texas A&M) *2018 –

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(1B, Arizona State), Ryan Ward (OF, Bryant)

References

External links

''Collegiate Baseball'' website
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