Our look at some of the top college baseball players in Division One baseball continues as head to the outfielders. Our previous lists have looked mainly at the top 11 at each position (plus a few others to watch), but sheer numbers dictate that we include more outfielders. On any given Saturday during the...
UConn Tabbed As Coaches’ Favorite… PROVIDENCE, R.I. – After winning a school-record 48 games and advancing to the NCAA Regionals for the first time since 1994, Connecticut has been chosen as the favorite to win the 2011 BIG EAST college baseball championship by the league’s 12 head coaches. The Huskies received nine of a...
UCLA Duo Heads Louisville Slugger Teams… Collegiate Baseball Newspaper has announced its 2011 Louisville Slugger Preseason All-American teams. UCLA pitchers Gerrit Cole and Trevor Bauer are the only teammates to be named first team All-Americans. The duo helped leads the Bruins to a runner-up finish at the 2010 College World Series. Bauer was 12-3...
A bit later than I intended, but I’m back with another Inside the Webb edition, and the latest round takes one last look inside the Big East where a coach is doing great things at his alama mater. Jim Penders knows what going to Omaha means. As a child, Penders heard stories of college...
Will Play For V FISU World Championship… Tokyo, Japan – Sonny Gray (Vanderbilt) scattered three hits over seven innings and George Springer (Connecticut) hit a grand slam as USA defeated host team Japan 4-2 in semi-final action at the V FISU World University Baseball Championships inside Yokohama Stadium Thursday night. With the win, USA...
Team USA Prevails In Extra Innings… Tokyo, Japan – Nick Ramirez’ (Cal State Fullerton) single in the 11th inning scored Ryan Wright (Louisville) from second base giving USA a thrilling 8-7 win over Chinese Taipei in pool play Sunday night at Meiji Jingu Stadium. The game took two tie-break extra-innings to produce a winner,...
Gray Sets USA FISU Strikeout Record In Win… Tokyo, Japan – Sonny Gray (Vanderbilt) struck out a career-best 14 batters setting a new USA FISU single-game record as the Collegiate National Team (CNT) used the 15-run rule after five innings to record its first win at the V FISU World University Championships Friday afternoon...
O’Brien Homers In Win… Taipei, Taiwan – Pete O’Brien (Bethune-Cookman) hit his fourth home run of the season and drove in two runs to help the Collegiate National Team (CNT) snap its two-game skid against Chinese-Taipei Tuesday with a 6-3 victory at Hsinchuang Field. With the win Team USA improves to 10-2 on its...
Plays Japan Wednesday Night At Rosenblatt… PAPILLION, NE — George Springer (Connecticut) collected two hits and drove in three runs, while Brett Mooneyham (Stanford) scattered three hits over five innings to pace Team USA to an 8-4 win over the Omaha Diamond Spirit of the MINK League Tuesday night at E.A. Fricke Field. With...
Here’s a look at the official Division One NCAA baseball statistics leaders in selected categories. Stats are through games played on 5/16/10. BATTING AVERAGE Minimum 3.0 Plate Appearances Per Game & Minimum 120 Plate Appearances 1. Justin Howard-New Mexico .466 2. Keith Werman-Virginia .456 3. Chad Oberacker-Tennessee Tech .451 3. D.J. Leonard-Bethune-Cookman .451 5....