CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – No. 29 Texas State will be the top seed in the 2009 Southland Conference Baseball Tournament when it begins Wednesday at Whataburger Field in Corpus Christi, Texas. The Bobcats claimed their third regular-season championship and their first outright title last weekend after finishing the regular season with a 38-14 overall record and 24-7 mark in conference play.
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Rice third baseman Anthony Rendon became the first player in Conference USA history to be named Freshman of the Year and Player of the Year in the same season to headline the league’s top individual awards, as announced on Tuesday in Hattiesburg, Miss., the site of the 2009 Conference USA Baseball Championship. Southern Miss sophomore right-hander Todd McInnis was named the league’s Pitcher of the Year, while Newcomer of the Year honors went to East Carolina junior right-hander Chris Heston. The Keith LeClair Coach of the Year award returned to the East Carolina family, as Pirate head coach Billy Godwin won the award that is named for the former ECU skipper who courageously battled ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) before his passing in 2006. Voting was done by a panel consisting of each head coach, each team’s sports information director and a media representative from each city. Read the rest of this entry »
Kent Matthes named SEC Player of the Year (Courtesy of Alabama Media Relations)
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Alabama outfielder Kent Matthes was selected 2009 SEC Baseball Player of the Year, LSU’s Louis Coleman was named SEC Pitcher of the Year and Florida first baseman Preston Tucker and LSU reliever Matty Ott were named SEC Co-Freshmen of the Year by a vote of the league’s 12 head baseball coaches. The coaches also tabbed LSU skipper Paul Mainieri as SEC Coach of the Year. Ben Jones of Auburn was named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Read the rest of this entry »
Courtesy: Big12Sports.com
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IRVING, Texas—J.T. Wise (Oklahoma) and A.J. Morris (Kansas State) highlight the 2009 Phillips 66 All-Big 12 Baseball Awards as Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Year, respectively, it was announced on Tuesday. Kansas’ David Narodowski has been named the top newcomer, while Garrett Buechele (Oklahoma) is the Freshman of the Year. Brad Hill of Kansas State has earned Coach of the Year accolades.
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Brodie Greene, Brett Parsons and Aaron Daab are ready to lead the Bombers to a TCL Championship
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Bryan-College Station, TX (May 18, 2009) –
The Brazos Valley Bombers announced today the acquisition of three Texas A&M Aggies who they believe will provide an immediate boost to the teams’ title hopes. Brodie Greene, Brett Parsons and Aaron Daab will undoubtedly supply the team with a home town advantage, as well as tournament-level experience and outstanding playing ability.
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CLEARWATER, Fla. – Louisville third baseman Chris Dominguez became just the second player in BIG EAST history to repeat as BIG EAST Player of the Year as he took home the conference’s top individual honor Monday in advance of the 2009 BIG EAST Baseball Championship at Bright House Field. Read the rest of this entry »
Austin Ross and the Tigers take on Vanderbilt in the first round of the SEC Tournament. (LSU Media Relations Photo)
The top 8 SEC teams collide in Hoover this week with a conference tournament championship and automatic bid to the NCAA tournament on the line. The LSU Tigers find themselves as the top overall seed, posting a 20-10 record in SEC play and winning the tie-breaker over co-champion Ole Miss. Florida, the SEC East champs, earned the two seed. Ole Miss, who finished tied with LSU for the league’s best record, will be the 3 seed. Alabama will meet South Carolina in the 4/5 matchup. Read the rest of this entry »
Mike Rooney
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CAA BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK:
Mike Rooney, UNC Wilmington
Jr., SS, Cary, N.C./Cary
Rooney batted .556 with six runs scored and five RBI in UNCW’s four games last week. In the Seahawks’ two victories at Old Dominion that clinched a CAA Tournament berth, the junior shortstop went 8-for-10 and scored four times. Rooney is batting .331 for the season.
CAA BASEBALL Co-PITCHER OF THE WEEK:
Rob Kumbatovic, Hofstra
Jr., RHP, Hillsborough, N.J./Hillsborough
Kumbatovic allowed just four singles and no runs over seven innings as Hofstra blanked William & Mary 3-0 on Saturday. The junior right-hander fanned four and combined with Jeff Guthridge for the Pride’s first shutout since 2007. He earned his team-high fourth win. Read the rest of this entry »
The College Baseball Blog ran a Live Chat on May 18th discussing the 2009 Conference Tourneys throughout the country. Next week, we will be running a chat on May 25th to discuss the 2009 NCAA Tournament brackets. Read the rest of this entry »
FRISCO, Texas – Texas State first baseman Paul Goldschmidt was named the Southland Conference Player of the Year by a vote of league coaches and sports information directors, the Southland Conference office announced Monday in conjunction with the release of its all-conference teams.
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Sean Yost became the first Husker to toss a nine-inning complete game shutout since 2000.Courtesy: Scott Bruhn/NU Media Relations
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IRVING, Texas—Buck Afenir (Kansas) and Sean Yost (Nebraska) have been tabbed the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week, for games of May 11-17 in voting by a panel of media covering the conference. Both student-athletes receive the accolade for the first time in their careers.
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Northwestern State junior Chase Lyles received national merits after hitting .789 and four homeruns.-Courtesy: Southland.org
FRISCO, Texas – Northwestern State second baseman Chase Lyles has been named the Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week and Stephen F. Austin righty Erich Lehmann has been named the Southland Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday.
2012 CBD All-American Teams Announced
Top 100 Countdown: 1. Mark Appel (Stanford)
Top 100 Countdown: 2. Mike Zunino (Florida)
Top 100 Countdown: 3. Deven Marrero (Arizona State)
Top 100 Countdown: 4. Michael Roth (South Carolina)
