The finalists for the 2017 Josh Willingham Award have been determined. The Josh Willingham Award is annual honor presented to DII college baseball’s most valuable player. The award is to bestowed upon a player who not only excels on the field, but in the dugout, clubhouse and practice field as well, and leads his team…
Month: May 2017
2017 Brett Tomko Award Finalists Named
The finalists for the 2017 Brett Tomko Award have been determined. The Brett Tomko Award is an honor presented to DII baseball’s pitcher of the year. The annual award is given to a college baseball pitcher whose on the field performance is deemed the most outstanding at the Division II level. In 1995, Brett Tomko had a…
2017 Tino Martinez Award Finalists Named
The finalists for the 2017 Tino Martinez Award have been determined. The award honors DII baseball’s most outstanding player and is named after the former University of Tampa Spartan, Olympian and MLB All-Star, Tino Martinez. Martinez is a former University of Tampa Spartan, United States Olympian, first round draft pick and MLB All-Star. While playing for…
DII, NAIA, DIII Rankings: May 17 – With Postseason Predictions
Postseason play for NAIA is well underway and their D-II and D-III counterparts will have their first pitches thrown soon. From here on out and decisions as to who is best will be made on the field. The regionals are set and the seedings have been determined. Whoever advances from here on out will be…
DII, NAIA, DIII Rankings: May 10
This week marks the end of the regular season for college baseball’s DII, NAIA and DIII divisions. While the preseason rankings were determined using projections, assumptions and intuition, the updated rankings below were conceived based multiple months of on the field action as opposed to a spreadsheet or an educated hunch. These schools have provided…
DII, NAIA, DIII Rankings: May 3
For a number of NAIA teams, when the final out was made in last weekend’s games, it signified the end of their school’s season. For the teams who weren’t fortunate enough to tally as many wins as they hoped and qualify for the postseason, there are no more games remaining on their schedule. Likewise, the…