FROM NCBWA RELEASE

Stephen Strasburg was named National Pitcher of the Week after his fifteen strikeout performance against BYU.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA)­ released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending March 22, today. East Carolina junior designated hitter Kyle Roller was named National Hitter of the Week, while San Diego State’s junior right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg 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 CBB NEWS SOURCE
PHILADELPHIA (3/24/09) – Temple senior Jamie Abercrombie (Ambler, PA / Hatboro-Horsham) and Saint Joseph’s sophomore Dominic Favazza (Ocean Pines, MD / Stephen Decatur) have been named the Philadelphia Big 5 Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, in voting conducted by the head coaches and sports information offices. Read the rest of this entry »

PHILADELPHIA (5/12/08) – Saint Joseph’s senior Jeremy Jakubowski (Jarrettsville, MD / Calvert Hall) and Villanova senior Bill Hoffman (Hopewell Junction, NY/Our Lady of Lourdes) have been named the Philadelphia Big 5 Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, in voting conducted by the schools’ head coaches and sports information offices. Read the rest of this entry »

Aaron Luna of Rice was named the Player of the Week and Ryan Belanger of Southern Miss was named the Pitcher of the Week for Conference USA. Aaron Luna led Rice by batting .467 (7 for 15) with four RBI’s and six runs scored. Ryan Belanger went eight innings striking out seven and only walking run to pick up a 7-1 Southern Miss victory over a hot hitting Georgia Southern team.

Conference USA Release
Rice Release
Southern Miss Release

Conference USA has also released their notebook for week ending on February 25th which can be read here.

From the NCBWA PRESS RELEASE

DALLAS - The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released the Pro-Line Athletic National Player of the Week awards for the period ending Feb. 18, today. Louisiana Tech sophomore outfielder Jericho Jones was named National Hitter of the Week, while UC Riverside junior right-hander James Simmons 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.

Jones, a sophomore from Corinth, Texas, hit .650 (13-20) in five games as Louisiana Tech extended its winning streak to eight in a row.  He had a total of 16 RBIs, three home runs, three doubles, one triple, was walked twice and scored 11 runs during the week.  Jones began the week with a 4-for-5 performance, driving in three and scoring three runs against Arkansas-Pine Bluff.  In Saturday's second game against McNeese State, Tech trailed 10-1 in the seventh inning when Jones hit a three-run homer, his second of the game.  In the eighth, he hit a two-run double as the Bulldogs went on to win 15-13.  For the game, he was 3-for-5 with six RBIs and three runs.  On Sunday, he went 2-for-3 with four more RBIs to help seal the sweep for the Bulldogs.

In his first Friday-night start of the season, Simmons tossed a four-hit complete game and tied the UC Riverside Division I record with 15 strikeouts in the 3-0 win over San Francisco.  His 15 strikeouts top his previous career high of 10, achieved three times last season, and ties Chris Smith's five-year old school record.  In his first complete game, the 6-4 right-hander faced just four batters over the minimum and threw 128 pitches, 95 for strikes.  The Norco, Calif., native, who allowed just one runner to reach second, improved to 3-0 on the season and lowered his ERA to 0.45.

With this week's honor, Simmons automatically is named to the watch list for Roger Clemens Award, given to the national collegiate pitcher of the year, sponsored by the Greater Houston Baseball Organization.

Fort Worth-based Pro-Line Athletic supplies the official cap to more than 100 Division I college teams and official uniforms and team wear to six Division 1 college teams. This is the third season Pro-Line has sponsored the NCBWA's Players of the Week. The sponsorship provides for plaques to be awarded to each of the weekly winners and other promotional consideration. For more information about Pro-Line, visit their Web site at: www.prolineathletic.com.

Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. For more information about the NCBWA, visit the association's official Web site, www.ncbwa.com.

For more information, contact NCBWA Assistant Executive Director Mike Montoro (601-266-5947, michael.montoro@usm.edu).

Robert Woodard of UNC and Greg Miclat were named Pitcher and Player of the Week for the ACC for the week ending on February 19th. Robert Woodard had a brilliant performance in his first start of the season lasting 7.2 innings while only giving up one hit. He retired the first 20 batters in the game and also struck out seven hitters. He picked up the victory in the 11-0 victory over Seton Hall on Friday evening. He also picked up a national award when he was named to Collegiate Baseball’s Louisville Slugger National Players of the Week.

Greg Miclat of UVA had a solid weekend in which he hit .900 over two victories over George Washington. He also picked up four stolen bases in those games.

ACC Release
UVA Release
UNC Release

Zach Brown was named the Southern Conference Player of the Week for the week ending February 19th. He hit .400 during The Crab House Shootout presented by Trademark Properties. He led The Citadel to victories over Richmond and South Carolina.

The Citadel Press Release

The NCBWA has released their National Players of the Week for the period ending on February 11th. Pedro Alvarez was named the Player of the Week with an outstanding weekend in Houston at the Minute Maid College Classic. He went 7-14 in a 3 game sweep over Rice, Baylor, and Arizona State. Charlotte left-handed pitcher Spencer Steedley was named the National Pitcher of the Week after pitching a complete game shutout with 13 strikeouts and no walks in a 8-0 victory. He did not allow any runners past second base and scattered seven hits.

Press Release from NCBWA
Charlotte Release
Vandy Release

Conference USA has also released their player and pitcher of the week respectively. The pitcher of the week was Ryan Berry of Rice who pitched six shutout innings against Baylor on Saturday while only allowing three hits and a walk. Jimmy Cesario of University of Houston was named the Player of the Week because he went 8-12 last week in four games.

C-USA Players of the Week
Rice Release
Houston Release
C-USA Notebook for February 12th

Tony Thomas Jr. and Kevin Biringer were recently named ACC Player of the week and Pitcher of the Week. Tony Thomas Jr. led the Seminoles in a three game sweep over UNC-Asheville by going 8-11 on the weekend and having a slugging percentage of 1.00 and he also stole three bases. Kevin Biringer faced 15 batters on the weekend and struck out five in those five innings of work. Both UMD and FSU will be in action this weekend with the Terps heading to UCF and FSU will be hosting Hofstra.

ACC Release
Terps Release
FSU Release

The Loyola Marymount Lions will host the Trojans of USC on Tuesday at 2 pm in a battle of the LA area. Eric Farris of LMU was recently named West Coast Conference player of the week after going 8 for 14 in the three game sweep of Sacramento State. Farris was a standout player this past summer in the Cape Cod Baseball League.

USC Game Notes
LMU Game Notes
Farris named POW for the West Coast Conference