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FROM ABCA RELEASE
OMAHA, Neb. – The American Baseball Coaches Association announced the ABCA/Rawlings Sporting Goods All-American teams on Wednesday, June 17.

Among the First Team honorees are six players participating in this year’s College World Series including Arizona State starting pitcher Mike Leake, LSU starting pitcher Louis Coleman, Arizona State catcher Carlos Ramirez, UNC first baseman Dustin Ackley, ASU outfielder Jason Kipnis and Virginia utility player Danny Hultzen. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 All-Americans, ABCA, Alabama, Arizona State, Army, Ball State, Boston College, Cal State Fullerton, College of Charleston, Dallas Baptist University, East Carolina, Elon, Florida International, Florida State, Fresno St., George Mason, Georgia, Georgia Tech, Indiana, Kansas, Kansas State, Louisville, Loyola-Marymount, LSU, Manhattan, Miami (FL), Middle Tennessee, Minnesota, Missouri, Missouri State, New Mexico, New Mexico St., Ohio, Ohio State, Oklahoma, Pittsburgh, Sacramento St., San Diego State, Stetson, Texas, Texas State, Towson, UC-Irvine, UNC, Virginia, Western Kentucky

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
MAAC Player of the Week
Mike McCann, Manhattan
Sophomore, OF, 5-10/175, Belle Harbor, N.Y./Archbishop Molloy

McCann hit .750 (12-14), drove in eight RBI and blasted two home runs, leading the Jaspers to four wins last week. He posted a 1.438 slugging percentage and .810 on-base percentage. McCann began the week batting 2-for-4 with two RBI in a 11-4 victory at BIG EAST member Seton Hall on Wednesday. He notched three doubles and knocked in four RBI in a doubleheader sweep at Saint Peter’s on Saturday. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Fairfield, MAAC, MAAC Players of the Week, Manhattan, Rider

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Texas A&M 8 Wright State 5

Sophomores Caleb Shofner and Brooks Raley had four hits each on Sunday afternoon as No. 1 Texas A&M rallied for an 8-5 win over Wright State and a series sweep before 3,207 fans at Olsen Field.
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Tags: Baylor, Big 12, Big West, Conference USA, Gonzaga, Horizon League, Illinois-Chicago, Kansas, Louisiana-Lafayette, MAC, Manhattan, Memphis, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Pacific, Summit League, Sun Belt, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech, UT-Pan American, WAC, West Coast, Western Illinois, Wright State

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With the Baseball Season finally here-here are the match ups on the teams in the Big 12. Baylor will be hosting Pacific in a 3 game series at the Baylor Ball Park. The Kansas Jayhawks will be taking part in the Service Academies Spring Classic, Millington, TN. Kansas State will be headed to Houston, Texas to take on Houston Cougars in a weekend series. Missouri is headed to the Grand Canyon Classic in Phoenix, Ariz where they will be playing Nevada and Gonzaga. Nebraska will be traveling to Louisiana-Lafayette in a four game set.
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Tags: Baylor, Big 12, BYU, Gonzaga, Houston, Kansas, Kansas State, Manhattan, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas, Texas AM, Texas Tech, Western Illinois

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCE
Edison, N.J. – Canisius College is the team to beat in the 2009 MAAC baseball season, according to a preseason poll voted on by the league’s head coaches.

Canisius finished with 81 points in the poll, while Rider University finished second (66). Manhattan College placed third with 58 points. Marist College and Siena College tied for fourth place (53), followed by Fairfield University (30), Niagara University (29), Saint Peter’s College (19), and Iona College (12). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2009 Preseason Conference Poll, 2009 Preseason Teams, Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, MAAC, Manhattan, Marist, Niagara, Rider, Saint Peter's, Siena

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Since we are awaiting the start of the 2009 College Baseball season, I thought I would start a weekly segment with users sending us questions about interesting topics. I will select about five questions every week to be posted with answers on Tuesday morning. You can send us your questions for next week by clicking here. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Alaskan Summer League, California Collegiate league, Canisius, Cape Cod League, MAAC, Manhattan, NECBL, Rider, Southern Conference, Texas Collegiate League, Transfers, Valley Baseball League, Western Carolina

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FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
The CBB is committed to our loyal readers in bringing the very best in College Baseball Coverage. We have come across six more 2009 Schedules: Manhattan College, Florida State, Jacksonville University, Kansas State, UC Santa Barbara, Winthrop.

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Tags: 2009 Schedules, ACC, Atlantic Sun, Big 12, Big South, Big West, Florida State, Jacksonville, Kansas State, MAAC, Manhattan, Stetson, UC-Santa Barbara, Winthrop

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The NYCBL season is ended on Saturday when the Brockport Riverbats edged the Glen Falls Golden Eagles 3-2 in the deciding game of the NYCBL Championship series. John McGraw of the NYCBL has been nice enough to send us links to the End of the Season Awards. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Canisius, MAAC, Manhattan, NYCBL

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FROM NYCBL RELEASE
NYCBL East Division Player of the Week: Mark Onorati (Manhattan), Amsterdam
Mark Onorati batted .500 (8-for-16) and drove in a league-high 11 runs in four games for the Mohawks. He smashed two home runs, scored five runs, stole two bases, collected 15 total bases and recorded a .939 slugging percentage. Onorati had three multi-hit and four multi-RBI games. He tallied at least one hit in all four games and homered in back-to-back contests against Glens Falls and Bennington. Onorati currently leads the league with 16 runs scored and 15 RBI. Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: Columbia, Division 2, MAAC, Manhattan, NJCAA, NYCBL, Pima CC, Players of the Week, West Chester

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FROM CONFERENCE RELEASE
EDISON, N.J. – Canisius College is the top choice to win it all during the 2008 MAAC baseball season, according to a preseason poll voted on by the league’s head coaches.

Canisius finished with 71 points in the poll, four points ahead of second-place Manhattan College (67). Marist College placed third with 66 points. Fairfield University and Siena College tied for fourth place (50), followed by Rider University (36), Saint Peter’s College (34), Iona College (19), and Niagara University (12). Read the rest of this entry »

Tags: 2008 Conference Preview, Canisius, Fairfield, Iona, MAAC, Manhattan, Marist, Niagara, Rider, Saint Peter's, Siena

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We continue to get 2009 Recruiting Classes into the offense. Click on the respective school for the full article.

Manhattan
Siena
Texas Pan-American
Northern Illinois
St. Bonaventure
Jacksonville

Tags: Atlantic 10, Jacksonville, MAAC, MAC, Manhattan, Northern Illinois, Siena, Southland Conference, St. Bonaventure, Sun Belt, Texas Pan-American

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The MAAC coaches have picked Lemoyne to win the MAAC conference this year. Bobby Blevins is expected to led Lemoyne to the conference title as he was picked as the preseason pitcher of the year. Matt Rizzotti was picked as the MAAC preseason player of the year. He will have a tough time repeating what Manhattan did in the NCAA tournament last year when the Jaspers knocked off Nebraska and San Francisco before bowing out to Miami.

Full release from the MAAC available here.

Tags: Lemoyne, MAAC, Manhattan