Marietta Tops D3baseball.com Rankings…

Preseason 2012 NCWBA/D3baseball.com Top 25

# School (1st) Record Pts Prev.
1 Marietta (25) 47-4 625 1
2 Chapman 37-13 579 2
3 Kean 42-11 559 3
4 Linfield 33-11 496 9
5 Cortland State 36-10 481 13
6 UW-Whitewater 37-13 455 4
7 Chris. Newport 39-7 445 14
8 UW-Stevens Pt. 34-10 357 15
9 Salisbury 34-14 351 6
10 Heidelberg 36-13 348 11
11 Alvernia 38-9 321 16
12 Eastern Conn. 34-13 304 20
13 Buena Vista 34-18 284 7
14 St. Scholastica 37-7 276 12
15 W. New England 42-11 274 10
16 Keystone 38-12 215 5
17 Carthage 32-12 207 17
18 Wheaton (Mass.) 32-12 196 22
19 Thomas More 29-9 185 rv
20 Redlands 30-13 170 rv
21 Shenandoah 37-7 152 8
22 Trinity (Texas) 34-13 106 19
23 Texas-Tyler 33-8 105 18
24 Tufts 27-9-1 72 21
25 Birm.-Southern 30-9 56 –

Also receiving votes: Rowan 49, St. Thomas 45, Piedmont 44, Adrian 41, Johns Hopkins 39, Concordia-Austin 35, Coe 31, Illinois Wesleyan 24, Aurora 24, Cal Lutheran 21, Concordia (Ill.) 20, North Park 16, Hardin-Simmons 15, St. John Fisher 11, Washington U. 9, Southern Maine 8, New Jersey 8, La Roche 7, MIT 7, Randolph-Macon 5, Amherst 5, Anderson 5, Misericordia 4, Augustana 4, Neumann 4, Pomona-Pitzer 4, Bridgewater State 4, Webster 3, Rhodes 3, Louisiana College 2, Penn State-Altoona 2, Huntingdon 1, Wheaton (Ill.) 1, Endicott 1, Frostburg State 1, Case Western Reserve 1, Rhode Island College 1, Brockport State 1.

Marietta No. 1 In NCAA Div. III COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER Pre-Season Poll

West Florida Tops Collegiate Baseball Newspaper’s Rankings…

West Florida No. 1 in NCAA Div. II COLLEGIATE BASEBALL NEWSPAPER Pre-Season Poll

SLIPPERY ROCK, Pa. – Mount Olive College pitcher Carter Capps, Cameron University outfielder Chase Larsson and University of West Florida head coach Mike Jeffcoat headlined the list of players who received National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Division II All-America honors.

Eastern Connecticut State University outfielder Jim Schult (Sr., Wappingers Falls, N.Y./John Jay) has been named National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Division III “Position Player of the Year,” while Marietta College’s Brian Gasser (Jr., New Philadelphia, Ohio/Indian Valley) earned that organization’s NCAA Division III “Pitcher of the Year” honors.

Schult was named the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association “Player of the Year” and first-team All-Little East Conference with a .392 batting average, 56 runs scored, 19 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs, 64 RBI, a .711  slugging percentage, a .478 on-base percentage and 20-of-21 stolen bases.  He received two first-place votes and four second-place votes from a panel of sports information directors.  Gasser, who received five first-place votes and three second-place votes, was named “D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year” and the Ohio Athletic Conference “Pitcher of the Year” with a 13-0 record, a 1.09 earned run average, 2.51 walks per nine innings, 8.62 strikeouts per nine innings and a .157 opponent-batting average.

Position Players in order of voting

New England Region

Jim Schult

Outfielder

Eastern Connecticut State University

Sr., Wappingers Falls, N.Y./John Jay

Named the New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association “Player of the Year” and first-team All-Little East Conference with a .392 batting average, 56 runs scored, 19 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs, 64 RBI, a .711  slugging percentage, a .478 on-base percentage and 20-of-21 stolen bases.

Mideast Region

John Snyder

Outfielder

Marietta College

Sr., Altoona, Pa./Altoona

Named “D3baseball.com” first-team All-America and the Ohio Athletic Conference “Player of the Year” with a .460 batting average (thru regional play), 44 runs scored, 20 doubles, two triples, four home runs, 58 RBI, a .681 slugging percentage, a .533 on-base percentage and 13-of-20 stolen bases.

Central Region

Brandon Rogalski

Outfielder

Washington University (Mo.)

Jr., Mount Pleasant, S.C./Wando

Named “D3baseball.com” first-team All-America and first-team All-University Athletic Association with a .438 batting average, 49 runs scored, 20 doubles, five triples, six home runs, 60 RBI, a .722 slugging percentage, a .470 on-base percentage and 28-of-31 stolen bases.

West Region

Kyle Felix

Catcher

Trinity University (Texas)

Sr., Woodside, Calif./Bellarmine College Prep

Named “D3baseball.com” second-team All-America and first-team All-Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference with a .365 batting average, 51 runs scored, 24 doubles, 14 home runs, 61 RBI, a .729 slugging percentage, a .443 on-base percentage and 14-of-17 stolen bases.

Midwest Region

Cody Koback

Outfielder

Wisconsin-Stevens Point

Jr., Plover, Wis./Stevens Point Area

Named “D3baseball.com” second-team All-America and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s “Position Player of the Year” with a .424 batting average, 71 runs scored, 11 doubles, seven triples, eight home runs, 47 RBI, a .701 slugging percentage, a .516 on-base percentage and 16-of-18 stolen bases.

South Region

Drew Leachman

Outfielder

Birmingham-Southern College

Sr., Mobile, Ala./McGill Toolen Catholic

Named the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference’s “Offensive Player of the Year” with a .451 batting average, 60 runs scored, 16 doubles, two triple, four home runs, 44 RBI, a .648 slugging percentage, a .521 on-base percentage and 18-of-20 stolen bases.

Mid-Atlantic Region

Michael Pascarella

Second Base

Pittsburgh-Bradford

Fr., Bradford, Pa./Bradford

Named the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference “Player of the Year” and “Rookie of the Year” with a .464 batting average, 45 runs scored, six doubles, six triples, six home runs, 32 RBI, a .791 slugging percentage, a .558 on-base percentage and six-of-seven stolen bases.

New York Region

David Kinney

Third Base

Clarkson University

Jr., Mexico, N.Y./Mexico

Named the Liberty League’s “Player of the Year” with a .403 batting average, 39 runs scored, 19 doubles, two triples, six home runs, a .669 slugging percentage, a .460 on-base percentage and 16-of-16 stolen bases.

Position Players

Pitchers

Mideast Region

Brian Gasser

Marietta College

Jr., New Philadelphia, Ohio/Indian Valley

Named “D3baseball.com Pitcher of the Year” and the Ohio Athletic Conference “Pitcher of the Year” with a 13-0 record, a 1.09 earned run average, 2.51 walks per nine innings, 8.62 strikeouts per nine innings and a .157 opponent-batting average.

West Region

Brian Rauh

Chapman University

So., Lake Forest, Calif./Laguna Hills

Named “D3baseball.com” first-team All-America  and All-Independents “Pitcher of the Year” with an 11-0 record, a 1.71 earned run average, 2.37 walks per nine innings, 10.77 strikeouts per nine innings and a .176 opponent-batting average…the 2010 NCBWA national “pitcher of the year.”

Mid-Atlantic Region

Brendan Close

Moravian College

Jr., Bethlehem, Pa./Freedom

Named “D3baseball.com” first-team All-America and the Landmark Conference “Pitcher of the Year” with a 10-0 record, seven complete games, four shutouts, a 1.00 earned run average, 0.56 walks per nine innings, 11.17 strikeouts per nine innings and a .176 opponent-batting average.

South Region

Greg Van Sickler

Shenandoah University

Sr., Stephenson, Va./Wood

Named “D3baseball.com” first-team All-America and USA South Athletic Conference “Player/Pitcher of the Year” with an 11-1 record, a 1.81 earned run average, 1.00 walks per nine innings, 8.34 strikeouts per nine innings and a .267 opponent-batting average…2010 NCBWA South Region “Pitcher of the Year.”

Midwest Region

Luke Westphal

Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Jr., Clintonville, Wis./Clintonville

Named “D3baseball.com” second-team All-America and the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference’s “Pitcher of the Year” with a 7-0 record, a 1.34 earned run average, five complete games, 2.09 walks per nine innings, 9.55 strikeouts per nine innings and a .184 opponent-batting average.

Central Region

Jason Pankau

Illinois Wesleyan University

Sr., Elmhurst, Ill./York

Named “D3baseball.com” third-team All-America and the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin’s “pitcher of the year” with an 8-2 record, a 1.53 earned run average, 1.33 walks per nine innings, 9.10 strikeouts per nine innings and a .203 opponent batting average…2010 NCBWA Central Region “Pitcher of the Year.”

New England Region

Corey Batista

Bridgewater State University

Jr., Fall River, Mass./Bishop Connolly

Named the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference “Pitcher of the Year” and first-team All-New England Intercollegiate Baseball Association with a 7-3 record, a 1.78 earned run average, 1.91 walks per nine innings, 10.07 strikeouts per nine innings and a .227 opponent-batting average.

New York Region

Justin D’Amato

St. John Fisher College

Fr., Canandaigua, N.Y./Canandaigua Academy

Named the Empire 8 Athletic Conference “Pitcher of the Year” with a 9-2 record, a 3.25 earned run average, 2.73 walks per nine innings, 10.78 strikeouts per nine innings and a .227 opponent-batting average.
Pitchers

Final Regular Season Poll Of 2011…

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Rk School (first) Last Rec. Pts
1 Marietta (25) 1 38-3 625
2 Christopher Newport 2 39-5 598
3 Kean 3 36-8 556
4 Shenandoah 4 34-5 544
5 Linfield 5 31-9 525
6 UW-Stevens Point 7 32-8 487
7 St. Scholastica 6 35-5 480
8 Cortland State 8 33-8 446
9 Chapman 12 29-11 347
10 Heidelberg 9 33-11 344
11 Texas-Tyler 11 33-6 340
12 UW-Whitewater 10 32-11 321
13 Alvernia 15 35-7 274
14 Tufts 16 26-7-1 260
15 Adrian 13 31-9 226
16 Trinity (Texas) 17 33-11 213
17 Eastern Connecticut 14 32-11 192
18 Western New England 21 38-9 165
19 Wheaton (Mass.) 20 29-10 150
20 Carthage 22 29-10 145
21 Redlands 19 29-11 136
22 Rowan 23 30-11-1 135
23 Concordia (Ill.) 18 37-8 126
24 Thomas More 24 28-7 123
25 Keystone – 32-10 83

Dropped Out: No. 25 North Park.

Also receiving votes: Coe 75, Salisbury 31, Concordia-Austin 26, Pomona-Pitzer 26, Hardin-Simmons 17, Brandeis 16, New Jersey 14, North Park 12, Penn State-Altoona 10, Amherst 9, Case Western Reserve 8, Brockport State 6, UW-Oshkosh 6, Frostburg State 5, Illinois Wesleyan 4, Penn State-Behrend 4, Ramapo 4, Hamline 3, St. Thomas 2, Augustana 2, La Roche 2, Piedmont 2.

2011 Field Of 48 To Conclude In Cary, NC…

The championship provides for eight regional sites – six sites will host six teams, the West region will host four teams and the South region will host eight teams.  All regionals are double-elimination tournaments and will be played at on-campus sites May 19-23.  Regional champions will advance to the double-elimination championship finals May 28-June 4 at the USA Baseball National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina.  The finals will be hosted by Mount Olive College and the town of Cary, North Carolina.

Twenty conferences receive automatic qualification into the 2011 championship.  Each conference and its automatic qualifier are listed below:

(NCAA Release)

In the 2010 championship, Southern Indiana captured its first national championship title with a 6-4 victory against UC San Diego.

This year marks the 44th annual championship, and the third consecutive year that the finals have been held in Cary, North Carolina.

Week 11, 2011

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Rk School (first) Last Rec. Pts
1 Marietta (25) 1 35-3 625
2 Christopher Newport 2 39-5 574
3 Kean 5 35-7 558
4 Shenandoah 4 34-5 551
5 Linfield 3 31-9 519
6 St. Scholastica 6 32-5 470
7 UW-Stevens Point 8 30-8 462
8 Cortland State 7 33-8 447
9 Heidelberg 9 31-9 402
10 UW-Whitewater 10 29-9 368
11 Texas-Tyler 11 33-6 350
12 Chapman 14 29-11 324
13 Adrian 15 31-7 301
14 Eastern Connecticut 13 29-9 274
15 Alvernia 12 33-7 230
16 Tufts 18 24-7-1 205
17 Trinity (Texas) 19 33-11 203
18 Concordia (Ill.) 22 32-7 178
19 Redlands 17 29-11 147
20 Wheaton (Mass.) 16 29-10 146
21 Western New England 25 38-9 140
22 Carthage 20 26-10 112
23 Rowan 23 30-11-1 91
24 Thomas More 24 25-7 85
25 North Park – 29-10 48

Dropped Out: No. 21 UW-Oshkosh.

No. Also receiving votes: Keystone 43, UW-Oshkosh 38, Illinois Wesleyan 36, Amherst 33, Coe 28, Concordia-Austin 21, Pomona-Pitzer 20, Salisbury 18, Piedmont 13, Hardin-Simmons 13, Case Western Reserve 13, Augustana 11, Keene State 8, New Jersey 7, Moravian 4, Haverford 3, Penn State-Behrend 2, Bethany Lutheran 2, Johns Hopkins 2.

Week 10, 2011