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'''''Collegiate Baseball Newspaper''''' (also known as '''''Collegiate Baseball Magazine''''' and '''''Collegiate Baseball''''') was an American publication based in [[Arizona]] that considered itself the "voice of [[Amateur baseball in the United States|amateur baseball]]" and was published for over 40 years. The publication gave out several awards: ''Collegiate Baseball'' Player of the Year, ''Collegiate Baseball'' Coach of the Year, and ''Collegiate Baseball'' All-Americans.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

It was published twice a month from January until June, and then once each in September and October.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballnews.com/aboutcbn/aboutcbn.htm |title=About Collegiate Baseball Newspaper |publisher=Baseballnews.com |access-date=May 17, 2010}}</ref>

The "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll was college sports' oldest baseball poll.<ref name="thetigernet1">{{cite web|url=http://www.thetigernet.com/view/story.do?id=8437 |title=Baseball News – Clemson moves into top 15 in both baseball polls |publisher=TigerNet.com |date=February 22, 2010 |access-date=May 17, 2010}}</ref><ref name="mstateathletics1">{{cite web|url=http://www.mstateathletics.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=16800&ATCLID=930015 |title=Rice No. 1, MSU 24th In Final Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Poll – Mississippi State University Bulldogs Official Athletic Site |publisher=mstateathletics.com |access-date=May 17, 2010}}</ref> A ranking of the top 30 teams was released prior to the season, weekly throughout the season, and after the conclusion of the [[College World Series]]. It started with the 1957 [[college baseball]] season.<ref name="thetigernet1"/><ref name="mstateathletics1"/> The publication has ceased operation as of November 2023.

==Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year==
The ''Collegiate Baseball'' [[Player of the Year]] award was given to the best [[baseball positions|player]] in [[NCAA]] [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]]. It was first awarded in 1984.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
|+Player of the Year
! scope="col" | Season
! scope="col" | Player
! scope="col" | Position
! scope="col" | Team
|-
| 1984
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Oddibe|McDowell}}
| OF
| [[1984 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team|Arizona State]]
|-
| 1985
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Pete|Incaviglia}}
| OF
| [[1985 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team|Oklahoma State]]
|-
| 1986
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Greg|Swindell}}
| P
| {{cbsb link|year=1986|team=Texas Longhorns|title=Texas}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1987
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Marteese|Robinson}}
| 1B
| {{cbsb link|year=1987|team=Seton Hall Pirates|title=Seton Hall}}
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Robin|Ventura}}
| 3B
| [[1987 Oklahoma State Cowboys baseball team|Oklahoma State]]
|-
| 1988
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Andy|Benes}}
| P
| [[1988 Evansville Purple Aces baseball team|Evansville]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1989
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Scott|Bryant}}
| UT
| [[1989 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Ben|McDonald}}
| P
| {{cbsb link|year=1989|team=LSU Tigers|title=Louisiana State}}
|-
| 1990
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Mike|Kelly|Mike Kelly (outfielder)}}
| OF
| {{cbsb link|year=1990|team=Arizona State Sun Devils|title=Arizona State}}
|-
| 1991
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Bobby|Jones|Bobby Jones (right-handed pitcher)}}
| P
| [[1991 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team|Fresno State]]
|-
| 1992
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Lloyd|Peever}}
| P
| {{cbsb link|year=1992|team=LSU Tigers|title=Louisiana State}}
|-
| 1993
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Brooks|Kieschnick}}
| UT
| [[1993 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]
|-
| 1994
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Ryan|Jackson|Ryan Jackson (first baseman)}}
| UT
| {{cbsb link|year=1994|team=Duke Blue Devils|title=Duke}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1995
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Todd|Helton}}
| UT
| {{cbsb link|year=1995|team=Tennessee Volunteers|title=Tennessee}}
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Mark|Kotsay}}
| OF
| [[1995 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]]
|-
| 1996
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Kris|Benson}}
| P
| [[1996 Clemson Tigers baseball team|Clemson]]
|-
| 1997
! scope="row"| {{sortname|J. D.|Drew}}
| OF
| {{cbsb link|year=1997|team=Florida State Seminoles|title=Florida State}}
|-
| 1998
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Kevin|Mench}}
| OF
| {{cbsb link|year=1998|team=Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens|title=Delaware}}
|-
| 1999
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Jason|Jennings}}
| UT
| {{cbsb link|year=1999|team=Baylor Bears|title=Baylor}}
|-
| 2000
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Kip|Bouknight}}
| P
| {{cbsb link|year=2000|team=South Carolina Gamecocks|title=South Carolina}}
|-
| 2001
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Mark|Prior}}
| P
| [[2001 USC Trojans baseball team|Southern California]]
|-
| 2002
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Khalil|Greene}}
| SS
| [[2002 Clemson Tigers baseball team|Clemson]]
|-
| 2003
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Rickie|Weeks}}
| 2B
| {{cbsb link|year=2003|team=Southern Jaguars|title=Southern}}
|-
| 2004
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Jered|Weaver}}
| P
| {{cbsb link|year=2004|team=Long Beach State Dirtbags|title=Long Beach State}}
|-
| 2005
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Shane|Robinson|Shane Robinson (baseball)}}
| OF
| {{cbsb link|year=2005|team=Florida State Seminoles|title=Florida State}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Kellen|Kulbacki}}
| OF
| {{cbsb link|year=2006|team=James Madison Dukes|title=James Madison}}
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Wes|Roemer}}
| P
| [[2006 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007
! scope="row"| {{sortname|David|Price|David Price (baseball)}}
| P
| {{cbsb link|year=2007|team=Vanderbilt Commodores|title=Vanderbilt}}
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Tony|Thomas, Jr.|Tony Thomas (baseball)|nolink=1}}
| INF
| {{cbsb link|year=2007|team=Florida State Seminoles|title=Florida State}}
|-
| 2008
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Buster|Posey}}
| C
| [[2008 Florida State Seminoles baseball team|Florida State]]
|-
| 2009
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Stephen|Strasburg}}
| P
| {{cbsb link|year=2009|team=San Diego State Aztecs|title=San Diego State}}
|-
| 2010
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Chris|Sale}}
| P
| {{cbsb link|year=2010|team=Florida Gulf Coast Eagles|title=Florida Gulf Coast}}
|-
| 2011
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Trevor|Bauer}}
| P
| [[2011 UCLA Bruins baseball team|UCLA]]
|-
| 2012
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Nick|Petree}}
| P
| {{cbsb link|year=2012|team=Missouri State Bears|title=Missouri State}}
|-
| 2013
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Kris|Bryant}}
| 3B
| {{cbsb link|year=2013|team=San Diego Toreros|title=San Diego}}
|-
| 2014
! scope="row"| {{sortname|A. J.|Reed}}
| 3B/P
| [[2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team|Kentucky]]
|-
| 2015
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Andrew|Benintendi}}
| OF
| [[2015 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team|Arkansas]]
|-
| 2016
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Eric|Lauer}}
| P
| [[Kent State]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Brendan|McKay|Brendan McKay (baseball)}}
| 1B/P
| [[2017 Louisville Cardinals baseball team|Louisville]]
|-
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Brent|Rooker}}
| 1B
| [[2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team|Mississippi State]]
|-
| 2018
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Bren|Spillane}}
| 1B/OF
| [[2018 Illinois Fighting Illini baseball team|Illinois]]
|-
| 2019
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Adley|Rutschman}}
| C
| [[2019 Oregon State Beavers baseball team|Oregon State]]
|-
| 2020
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Nick|Gonzales}}
| SS
| [[New Mexico State University|New Mexico State]]
|-
| 2021
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Kevin|Kopps}}
| RP
| [[2021 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team|Arkansas]]
|-
| 2022
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Ivan|Melendez}}
| 1B
| [[2022 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]
|-
| 2023
! scope="row"| {{sortname|Paul|Skenes}}
| P
| [[2023 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]
|}

==Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year==
The ''Collegiate Baseball'' Coach of the Year award was given to the best [[manager (baseball)|coach]] in NCAA Division I. It was first awarded in 1980.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
|+Coach of the Year
! Season
! Coach
! Team
|-
| 1980
| {{sortname|Jerry|Kindall}}
| [[1980 Arizona Wildcats baseball team|Arizona]]
|-
| 1981
| {{sortname|Jim|Brock}}
| [[1981 Arizona State Sun Devils baseball team|Arizona State]]
|-
| 1982
| {{sortname|Ron|Fraser}}
| [[1982 Miami Hurricanes baseball team|Miami (FL)]]
|-
| 1983
| {{sortname|Cliff|Gustafson}}
| [[1983 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]
|-
| 1984
| {{sortname|Augie|Garrido}}
| [[1984 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]]
|-
| 1985
| {{sortname|Ron|Fraser}}
| [[1985 Miami Hurricanes baseball team|Miami (FL)]]
|-
| 1986
| {{sortname|Jerry|Kindall}}
| [[1986 Arizona Wildcats baseball team|Arizona]]
|-
| 1987
| {{sortname|Mark|Marquess}}
| [[1987 Stanford Cardinal baseball team|Stanford]]
|-
| 1988
| {{sortname|Larry|Cochell}}
| [[1988 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]]
|-
| 1989
| {{sortname|Dave|Snow}}
| {{cbsb link|year=1989|team=Long Beach State Dirtbags|title=Long Beach State}}
|-
| 1990
| {{sortname|Steve|Webber}}
| [[1990 Georgia Bulldogs baseball team|Georgia]]
|-
| 1991
| {{sortname|Skip|Bertman}}
| [[1991 LSU Tigers baseball team|Louisiana State]]
|-
| 1992
| {{sortname|Andy|Lopez}}
| [[1992 Pepperdine Waves baseball team|Pepperdine]]
|-
| 1993
| {{sortname|Skip|Bertman}}
| [[1993 LSU Tigers baseball team|Louisiana State]]
|-
| 1994
| {{sortname|Larry|Cochell}}
| [[1994 Oklahoma Sooners baseball team|Oklahoma]]
|-
| 1995
| {{sortname|Augie|Garrido}}
| [[1995 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1996
| {{sortname|Skip|Bertman}}
| [[1996 LSU Tigers baseball team|Louisiana State]]
|-
| {{sortname|Andy|Lopez}}
| [[1996 Florida Gators baseball team|Florida]]
|-
| 1997
| {{sortname|Skip|Bertman}}
| [[1997 LSU Tigers baseball team|Louisiana State]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998
| {{sortname|Mike|Batesole}}
| {{cbsb link|year=1998|team=Cal State Northridge Matadors|title=Cal State Northridge}}
|-
| {{sortname|Mike|Gillespie|Mike Gillespie (baseball coach)}}
| [[1998 USC Trojans baseball team|Southern California]]
|-
| 1999
| {{sortname|Jim|Morris}}
| [[1999 Miami Hurricanes baseball team|Miami (FL)]]
|-
| 2000
| {{sortname|Skip|Bertman}}
| [[2000 LSU Tigers baseball team|Louisiana State]]
|-
| 2001
| {{sortname|Jim|Morris}}
| [[2001 Miami Hurricanes baseball team|Miami]]
|-
| 2002
| {{sortname|Augie|Garrido}}
| [[2002 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]
|-
| 2003
| {{sortname|Wayne|Graham}}
| [[2003 Rice Owls baseball team|Rice]]
|-
| 2004
| {{sortname|George|Horton|George Horton (baseball)}}
| [[2004 Cal State Fullerton Titans baseball team|Cal State Fullerton]]
|-
| 2005
| {{sortname|Augie|Garrido}}
| [[2005 Texas Longhorns baseball team|Texas]]
|-
| 2006
| {{sortname|Pat|Casey|Pat Casey (baseball)}}
| [[2006 Oregon State Beavers baseball team|Oregon State]]
|-
| 2007
| {{sortname|Pat|Casey|Pat Casey (baseball)}}
| [[2007 Oregon State Beavers baseball team|Oregon State]]

|-
| 2008
| {{sortname|Mike|Batesole}}
| [[2008 Fresno State Bulldogs baseball team|Fresno State]]
|-
| 2009
| {{sortname|Paul|Mainieri}}
| [[2009 LSU Tigers baseball team|Louisiana State]]
|-
| 2010
| {{sortname|Ray|Tanner}}
| [[2010 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team|South Carolina]]
|-
| 2011
| {{sortname|Ray|Tanner}}
| [[2011 South Carolina Gamecocks baseball team|South Carolina]]
|-
| 2012
| {{sortname|Andy|Lopez}}
| [[2012 Arizona Wildcats baseball team|Arizona]]
|-
| 2013
| {{sortname|John|Savage|John Savage (baseball)}}
| [[2013 UCLA Bruins baseball team|UCLA]]
|-
| 2014
| {{sortname|Tim|Corbin}}
| [[2014 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team|Vanderbilt]]
|-
| 2015
| {{sortname|Brian|O'Connor|dab=baseball coach}}
| [[2015 Virginia Cavaliers baseball team|Virginia]]
|-
| 2016
| {{sortname|Gary|Gilmore|dab=baseball}}
| [[2016 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers baseball team|Coastal Carolina]]
|-
| 2017
| {{sortname|Kevin|O'Sullivan|dab=baseball}}
| [[2017 Florida Gators baseball team|Florida]]
|-
|2018
| {{sortname|Pat|Casey|dab=baseball}}
| [[2018 Oregon State Beavers baseball team|Oregon State]]
|-
| 2019
| {{sortname|Tim|Corbin}}
| [[2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team|Vanderbilt]]
|-
| 2020
| {{sortname|Mike|Bianco}}
| [[2020 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team|Ole Miss]]
|-
| 2021
| {{sortname|Tim|Corbin}}
| [[2021 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team|Vanderbilt]]
|-
| 2022
| {{sortname|Mike|Bianco}}
| [[2022 Ole Miss Rebels baseball team|Ole Miss]]
|-
| 2023
| {{sortname|Jay|Johnson|dab=baseball coach}}
| [[2023 LSU Tigers baseball team|LSU]]
|}

==Collegiate Baseball All-Americans==
{{see also|College Baseball All-America Team}}
The ''Collegiate Baseball'' [[All-Americans]] award was given to the best players at various positions in NCAA Division I. It was first awarded in 1981.{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

==Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-Americans==

===''Louisville Slugger's'' Freshmen All-American Baseball Team===
:''See footnote''<ref name=2010Freshmen>{{Cite web |title="Louisville Slugger's" Freshmen All-American Baseball Team |publisher=Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Inc. |date=June 9, 2010 |url=http://www.baseballnews.com/allamericans/currentfrallamericans.htm |access-date=July 2, 2010}}</ref>

===''Collegiate Baseball'' Freshman Pitcher of the Year===
Beginning in 2016, the magazine began awarding honors to freshman starting pitchers and freshman relief pitchers.

*2005 – [[Mickey Storey]] (RHP, Florida Atlantic)
*2006 – [[Alex Wilson (baseball)|Alex Wilson]] (RHP, Winthrop)
*2007 – Ryan Berry (RHP, Rice)
*2008 – [[Chris Hernandez (baseball)|Chris Hernandez]] (LHP, University of Miami)
*2009 – [[Trevor Bauer]] (RHP, UCLA)
*2010 – [[Matt Purke]] (LHP, [[TCU Horned Frogs baseball#Other Baseball Awards|Texas Christian]])<ref name=2010Freshmen/>
*2011 – [[Corey Knebel]] (RHP, Texas)
*2012 – [[Carlos Rodon]] (LHP, N.C. State)
*2013 – [[Thomas Eshelman]] (RHP, Cal St. Fullerton)
*2014 – [[Zach Plesac]] (RHP, Ball State)
*2015 – [[Alex Lange]] (RHP, LSU)
*2017 – SP [[Sean Mooney (baseball)|Sean Mooney]] (RHP, St. John's); RP [[Kenyon Yovan]] (RHP, Oregon)
*2018 – SP [[Patrick Fredrickson]] (RHP, Minnesota); RP [[Max Meyer (baseball)|Max Meyer]], (RHP, Minnesota)
*2019 – SP [[Tyler Thornton]] (RHP, St. Mary’s); SP [[J. T. Ginn]] (RHP, Mississippi St.)

===''Collegiate Baseball'' Freshman Player of the Year===
Before 2005, there was not a specific award known as the "Freshmen Pitcher of the Year." Rather, there were multiple Players of the Year awarded each season.

*1998 – Hayden Gliemmo (LHP, Auburn), [[Aaron Heilman]] (RHP Notre Dame), [[Xavier Nady]] (2B, California)
*1999 – James Jurries (2B, Tulane), [[Mark Teixeira]] (3B, Georgia Tech), Blair Varnes (RHP, Florida State)
*2000 – [[Kevin Howard]] (3B, Miami), Zane Carlson (RP, Baylor), [[Mike Fontenot]] (2B, Louisiana State)
*2001 – [[Lane Mestepey]] (LHP, Louisiana State), [[Jamie D'Antona]] (1B, Wake Forest)
*2002 – [[Philip Humber]] (RHP, Rice), [[Vincent Sinisi]] (1B, Rice), Darryl Lawhorn (1B, East Carolina)
*2003 – [[Mark Romanczuk]] (LHP, Stanford), [[Glen Perkins]] (LHP, Minnesota), [[Jeff Clement]] (Southern California), [[Stephen Head]] (Mississippi)
*2004 – [[Wade LeBlanc]] (LHP, Alabama), [[Tim Lincecum]] (RHP, Washington), Blair Erickson (U.C. Irvine)
*2005 – [[Joe Savery]] (Rice)
*2006 – [[Pedro Álvarez (baseball)|Pedro Alvarez]] (3B, Vanderbilt)
*2007 – [[Dustin Ackley]] (1B, North Carolina)
*2008 – Ryan Lockwood (OF, South Florida)
*2009 – [[Anthony Rendon]] (3B, Rice)
*2010 – Jeremy Baltz (OF, [[St. John's Red Storm|St. John’s]])<ref name=2010Freshmen/>
*2012 – [[Michael Conforto]] (OF, Oregon State)
*2013 – [[Alex Bregman]] (SS, Louisiana State)
*2014 – [[Jake Noll]] (2B, Florida Gulf Coast)
*2015 – [[Brendan McKay (baseball)|Brendan McKay]] (Louisville), [[J. J. Schwarz]], (Florida)
*2016 – [[Seth Beer]] (Clemson), Kevin Strohschein (Tennessee Tech)
*2017 – [[Kevin Milam]] (DH/RHP, Saint Mary's), [[Braden Shewmake]] (2B, Texas A&M)
*2018 – [[Spencer Torkelson]] (1B, Arizona State), [[Ryan Ward (baseball)|Ryan Ward]] (OF, Bryant)

==See also==
*{{section link|Baseball awards|U.S. college baseball}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.baseballnews.com/ ''Collegiate Baseball'' website]

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