The way infielder Logan Pierce sees it, the Trojans of Troy University have a simple policy:
“We’re not a bunting team. We’re not just trying to move guys over, we want to score.”
And score they have. 23 games into the season, the Trojans have crossed the plate 191 times, second only to South Alabama in the Sun Belt Conference (SBC). They lead the conference in team batting average, slugging, and on-base percentage. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM NCBWA RELEASE
MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its National Player of the Week awards for the period ending February 17 today. Troy junior outfielder Danny Collins was named National Hitter of the Week, while Georgia Tech senior right-handed pitcher Buck Farmer was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference each week and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
NEW ORLEANS – The Florida Atlantic Owls have been tabbed as the preseason favorites to win the 2013 Sun Belt Conference baseball title, the league announced on Monday.
FAU won the SBC regular season title in 2012 behind a 32-22 overall record and a 19-8 record in SBC play. This season, the Owls return six starters from that squad and four starting pitchers, including 2013 All-SBC Preseason selections pitcher Austin Gomber and first baseman Mark Nelson. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily continues our countdown to the start of the 2013 college baseball season by checking in on the Top 100 Players in the country. We will be providing one player per day until we reach number 1.
We continue the countdown today at number 83 Danny Collins from Troy University. The 6’2 205 pound junior infielder from Niceville High School in Niceville, Florida. He was a three year letter winner at Niceville hitting .420 with five homers with 27 RBI as a junior while hitting .390 with six homers and 30 RBI as a senior. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
TROY, Ala. – The Troy baseball team will play 33 home games at Riddle-Pace Field, including 15 of the first 20 games of the season, as head coach Bobby Pierce announced the schedule for the 2013 season on Thursday. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM NECBL RELEASE
Laconia third baseman Danny Collins and North Adams pitcher Matt Longfield claimed the NECBL’s Player and Pitcher of the Week for the period ending on Saturday, July 14th. Read the rest of this entry »
The Troy Trojans have struggled at the plate during the first two weeks of the season scoring only five runs in their previous three games. Before last night’s game against Samford, the team got together and tried to warm up the bats. I guess they did as they hammered Samford 13-6. You can check out the ritual below. Read the rest of this entry »
This is the second part of our two part 2012 Sun Belt Preview. You can check out the first part by clicking here.
Louisiana- Lafayette: 31-27; 18-12
After finishing third in the conference last season, the Ragin’ Cajuns are ready for another strong year, although may have trouble due to the loss of key players Taylor Hubbell, T. J. Geith and Joey Satriano. Read the rest of this entry »
College Baseball Daily has put together with our large staff of College Baseball writers our first annual All-American Team. You can check out the full team below. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
NEW ORLEANS – The Panthers of FIU and the Trojans of Troy have been tabbed as the preseason favorites to win the 2012 Sun Belt Conference baseball title in a vote of the league’s head coaches.
FIU, which finished second overall in the standings in 2011, returns five starters to an offense that led the SBC in batting average, home runs and runs scored. The Panthers finished last season 20-9-1 in conference play. FIU received four first-place votes from the coaches and finished with 93 points. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM NCBWA RELEASE
WICHITA, Kan. – One of the youngest groups in the decade-plus history of selections, the 12th annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association preseason All-America team has a strong element of 2011 NCAA World Series returnees and loads of exceptional 2012 season sophomores and juniors.
After back-to-back NCAA titles for South Carolina and numerous defections to the professional ranks in ‘11, the 2012 projected team may be a mini-view of the NCAA World Series next June. Read the rest of this entry »
FROM CBD NEWS SOURCE
The 2012 Troy baseball schedule headlined by two matchups with SEC schools, Auburn and Alabama, as well as a conference schedule that features home series with Louisiana-Monroe, South Alabama, Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, and Middle Tennessee was released on Monday by tenth-year Head Coach Bobby Pierce. Read the rest of this entry »
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