Ross Hales (Texas A&M) and Greg Folgia (Missouri)-Courtesy: Big12Sports.com
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Greg Folgia (Missouri) and Ross Hales (Texas A&M) have been named the Phillips 66 Big 12 Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for games of May 4-10 in voting by a panel of media covering the conference. Folgia earns the accolade for the second time of his career, both in 2009, while Hales receives the honor for the first time.
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FROM NCBWA RELEASE
DALLAS – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA Division I polls for the 12th year with its 2009 weekly surveys. Weekly polls will be circulated from Feb. 23-June 25 following the NCAA World Series in Omaha, Neb. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
JOEL BLAKE, SOUTH DAKOTA STATE
SO., LANGELY, BRITISH COLUMBIA/LETHBRIDGE COLLEGE
Blake captures Player of the Week honors after leading SDSU with a .611 average in a four-game series win over IPFW. The sophomore had 11 hits, seven doubles, six runs, six RBI and a home run. He also drew one walk and only struck out once in 18 at-bats. Blake doubled in every game against the Mastodons, including hitting two doubles in each of the last three contests. Read the rest of this entry »
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – BYU senior designated hitter Michael Bowen and San Diego State junior righthander Stephen Strasburg have been named the Mountain West Conference Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Junior second baseman Adam Duvall of Louisville was named the BIG EAST Player of the Week after his strong offensive showing against No. 25 Ohio State and conference rival St. John’s. Senior righthanded pitcher Keith Cantwell of Seton Hall was named the BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week following his complete game victory over Rutgers. This is the second time this season Cantwell has received the honor. Read the rest of this entry »
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FRISCO, Texas – UTSA second baseman Ryan Hutson has been named the hitter of the week while a Sam Houston State duo – Sean Weatherford and Gillaume Duguay – have been named the Southland Co-Pitchers of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
Caleb Graham
After helping lead Memphis to its first Conference USA series victory of the season, freshman IF Jacob Wilson has been named the Conference USA Hitter of the Week. The Pitcher of the Week honor is being shared by Southern Miss sophomore RHP Todd McInnis and UCF senior Caleb Graham, both of whom pitched gems on the road this past weekend.
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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
NEW ORLEANS – Troy’s Trevor Tyre and Arkansas State’s Andy Ferguson have been named the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, as decided on by the league’s member institutions. Read the rest of this entry »
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MAC East Division Player of the Week
Brandon Besl, Ohio, 3B
Senior, Cincinnati, Ohio (Oak Hills)
In the three-game series at Miami over the weekend, Besl went 10-for-15 with two doubles, four home runs, six RBIs and eight runs scored. He tallied his first multi-homer game of the year Friday (and second of his career) with two round-trippers, while collecting at least three hits and a homer in every game at Miami. Besl tallied two multi-RBI games at Miami and scored at least two runs each game over the weekend. For the week, the senior totaled 27 bases and had an on-base percentage of .583. He had just six homers entering the week, but finished the week with 10 on the year. Besl also extended his hitting streak to a career-long 15 games with at least one hit in all five games this week. The Bobcats took two of three at Miami over the weekend, the third straight year Ohio’s won the series with the RedHawks. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Brennon Martin
Half of the league’s teams were in action in the city of Houston this weekend, with the results impacting the conference race. Rice moved one step closer to a fourth consecutive regular season C-USA title by taking two of three games from UCF. Second place East Carolina entered the weekend with a one game lead over third place Houston as the teams met at Cougar Field and the Pirates extended that lead with a two games to one series victory over the Cougars. Read the rest of this entry »
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Gardner-Webb senior outfielder Daniel Cooke (Charlotte, N.C.) and Coastal Carolina sophomore Cody Wheeler (Spotsylvania, Va.) have been named the Choice Hotels Player of the Week and New Balance Pitcher of the Week, respectively, for games played May 4-10, it was announced today by the League office. Read the rest of this entry »
Here are some of the best links from around the nation for today.
The first article talks about Alabama being right on the heels of LSU in the SEC standings. The Crimson Tide are only a 1/2 game back of the Tigers. The next article comes from Press Register which has an article from columnist Tommy Hicks who says that there are no place for steriods in college baseball because of the metal bats. The Daily Item out of Sunbury PA has a good article about Bucknell’s season ending against Lafayette in the Patriot League Tournament. Andy Gardiner of USA Today looks at UNC freshman Levi Michael who is living out a dream by playing for the Tar Heels. The final article comes from Austin-American Statesman which discusses Astros Lance Berkman’s goals of being the Texas Longhorns manager after his playing career. Read the rest of this entry »
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)
