NCBWA 2011 Season News

Texas relief pitcher Corey Knebel is the 2011 recipient of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's Stopper of the Year Award, the NCBWA announced Tuesday at the College World Series.

Texas junior pitcher Taylor Jungmann is the recipient of the 25th annual Dick Howser Trophy, presented by Easton Foundations, as college baseball's player of the year. The presentation was made Tuesday morning as part of a news conference at TD Ameritrade Park, with several other 2011 national honors being awarded as well.

After his team was scheduled to be discontinued after the 2011 season, California head coach David Esquer led the Golden Bears to the program's first appearance at the NCAA College World Series since 1992, while earning him the National Coach of the Year Award presented by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

Five of college baseball's top relief specialists have been selected as finalists for the seventh annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, the NCBWA announced Tuesday.

Forty-six players have been named to the midseason watch list for the seventh annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball, as announced by the association Thursday.

Forty-five players have been named to the initial watch list for the seventh annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball, as announced by the association Tuesday.