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J.T. Wise wins 2009 Johnny Bench Award (Courtesy of Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission)

WICHITA, KANSAS – Another successful Greater Wichita Sports Banquet has come to a close for the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission. The 12th annual event featured Johnny Bench, former Cincinnati Reds catcher and Hall of Famer, as he presented the Coleman Company-Johnny Bench Award to University of Oklahoma catcher, J.T. Wise. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
STARKVILLE, Miss. – Several candidates for the prestigious Dick Howser Trophy highlight the 14th Annual Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association All-America Team announced Wednesday.

The 2009 Pro-Line Athletic/NCBWA All-America Team includes eight now-consensus selections, and such Howser Trophy semifinalists as NCAA World Series-bound 1B Dustin Ackley of North Carolina and Arizona State pitcher Mike Leake, along with fellow luminaries pitchers Kyle Bellamy of Miami (Fla.), A.J. Morris of Kansas State, and Stephen Strasburg of San Diego State, and Johnny Bench Award finalist catcher J.T. Wise of Oklahoma. Read the rest of this entry »

FROM NCBWA RELEASE
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – Florida first baseman Preston Tucker and Florida State left-handed starting pitcher Sean Gilmartin have been named the 2009 Pro-Line Athletic National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association’s Freshman Hitter and Pitcher of the Year recipients, as announced by the organization today. Read the rest of this entry »

The Major League Baseball Draft takes place today at 6pm Eastern time. The first day of the draft consists of Round One, Compensation Round A, Round Two, Round Three and Compensation Round B. All these rounds will be shown in its entirety on the MLB Network. The College Baseball Blog has done a ton of articles on the Top College Baseball Players in the nation and also attended two of the top High School All-American games last summer. Read the rest of this entry »

Alex White is a 6-3 200 pound right handed pitcher out of the University of North Carolina. He entered the season as the second or third best right handed college pitcher. He had an up and down season as he went 8-4 with a 4.13 ERA in 15 starts. He ended up striking out 109 batters in his 98 innings of work. Read the rest of this entry »

Dustin Ackley is widely considered the best available college bat available in the 2009 MLB Draft. Ackley is a 6′1 184 pound first baseman right now who could get moved to the outfield at the next level. He currently has a .412 average with 22 homers and 70 RBI. Ackley is also a solid baserunner as he has 13 stolen bases in 17 attempts. I have included a video of Dustin’s swing from a Boston College and North Carolina game this season. Read the rest of this entry »

Mike Minor is a 6′4 195 pound left handed starting pitcher from Vanderbilt University. He entered the 2009 SEC season as the Commodores number 1 starter where he went 6-6 with a 3.90 ERA.

Yes, those numbers are not that great but he had an outstanding summer with the USA National Team including two victories over the eventual Cuban Olympic Team. He finished the summer with a 3-0 record and a 0.75 ERA in six appearances including five starts. Read the rest of this entry »

Stephen Strasburg (Andrew Huse, Daily Aztec Photo)

Stephen Strasburg is expected to be the number 1 selection on June 9th by the Washington Nationals in one of the worst kept secrets in sports history. I have heard from several sources that Strasburg’s agent/adviser Scott Boras is going to ask the Nationals for 50 million dollars. Read the rest of this entry »

(photo by Don Kohlbauer, San Diego News Network)

TUCSON, Ariz. — The Louisville Slugger NCAA Division I All-American baseball teams and National Player of The Year were announced today by Collegiate Baseball newspaper.

The 17-man first team, chosen by performances up to regional playoffs and picked by the staff of Collegiate Baseball newspaper, features 13 conference players or pitchers of the year, including:
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FROM COLLEGE BASEBALL FOUNDATION
LUBBOCK, Texas – The finalists for the Brooks Wallace Award, honoring the nation’s top shortstop, have been selected by the College Baseball Foundation. The finalist watch list is sponsored by Mizuno.

“It was a very tough decision,” said Raymond Richardson, College Baseball Awards Show chairman and CBF Trustee. “All five of these players are standouts.” Read the rest of this entry »

Peter Gammons of ESPN wrote an interesting article recently about UNC’s Dustin Ackley being the second best player in the 2009 MLB Draft. He has shown throughout his collegiate career to be one of the most potent bats but the question is whether or not he is the second best player in the country after Strasburg? What do you say? Read the rest of this entry »

I made the trip to the North Carolina and Boston College game on May 14th. The main reason for the trip was to get a look at UNC stud righthander Alex White who was ranked as the third best player in the country before the season by me. (Full Article).Boston College sent number 3 starter John Leonard to the hill. Leonard entered the game with a 1-3 record and an ERA of 7.84. Read the rest of this entry »