NCBWA 2012 Season News

Southeastern Louisiana relief pitcher Stefan Lopez is the 2012 recipient of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association's Stopper of the Year Award, the NCBWA announced Friday in Omaha.

Stony Brook head coach Matt Senk, whose 22nd edition literally "shocked the world (and the whole baseball community)" by advancing to the 66th annual NCAA Division I College World Series for the first time in school history, is the fifth recipient of the 2012 National College Baseball Writers Association Coach of the Year Award.

Florida junior catcher Mike Zunino is the 26th recipient of the Dick Howser Trophy, presented by Easton Foundations, as college baseball's player of the year. The presentation was made Friday morning as part of a news conference at TD Ameritrade Park with several other 2012 national honors being denoted.

Kallunki, Rhymes, Zunino tabbed for college baseball's top honor

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

Forty-five players have been named to the midseason watch list for the eighth 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 eighth 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 Wednesday.