The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) is an association of baseball writers, broadcasters, and publicists in the United States. It was founded in 1962.
The NCBWA compiles a preseason ranking of the top 30 teams in the nation, as voted on by its members. In addition, weekly rankings of the top 25 teams are released throughout the season and after the College World Series. Bo Carter serves as executive director of the NCBWA while Mike Montoro is senior associate executive director along with associate executive director Ryan Bomberger, associate executive director Malcolm Gray and assistant executive director Russell Luna.
The NCBWA awards NCBWA preseason All-American awards, the Dick Howser Trophy (Player of the Year), Coach of the Year, regional Players of the Year awards, and All-American awards.
National Coach of the Year
The NCBWA's coach of the year award was re-named in 2020 after Florida State baseball coach Mike Martin. +Coach of the Year Season Coach Team 2008 Fresno State 2009 Virginia 2010 TCU 2011 California 2012 Stony Brook 2013 Indiana 2014 UC Irvine 2015 LSU 2016 Coastal Carolina 2017 Oregon State 2018 Mississippi State 2019 Michigan 2020 no selection due to COVID-19 pandemic 2021 Tennessee 2022 Notre Dame 2023 Oral Roberts2024Nick MingioneKentucky2025Dan SkirkaMurray State
Wilbur Snypp Award
The NCBWA's Russell D. Anderson/Wilbur Snypp Award for contributions to college baseball plaque memorializes longtime Ohio State sports information director and NCBWA founder Wilbur (Bill) Snypp. Snypp was a noted contributor to the writers' organization, which began in 1962, as well as an officer in the group. In 2021, the association added Russell D. Anderson's name to the award, honoring its longtime treasurer and associate executive director. The annual award honors a professional for contributions to college baseball. Voting is conducted by a panel of previous winners, who include past NCAA College World Series directors, College Sports Information Directors of America Hall of Fame members, media members, and others.
Past Russell D. Anderson/Wilbur Snypp Award winners include: 1975 – Wilbur Snypp, Ohio State 1976 – Bill Esposito, St. John's 1977 – Phil Langan, Cornell 1978 – John Geis, Southern Conference 1979 – Hank Schomber, Georgia Southern 1980 – Bob Culp, Western Michigan 1981 – Lou Pavlovich Sr., Collegiate Baseball 1982 – Tom Price, South Carolina 1983 – Bob Bradley, Clemson 1984 – Robert Williams, Omaha World-Herald 1985 – Jerry Miles, NCAA 1986 – Larry Keefe, Seton Hall 1987 – Tom Rowen, San Jose Mercury-News 1988 – Fred Gerardi, KESY-FM 1989 – Jim Wright, NCAA 1990 – Steve Weller, SIU-Edwardsville 1991 – Bill Little, Texas 1992 – Kirk Bohls, Austin American-Statesman 1993 – Bo Carter, Southwest Conference 1994 – Lou Pavlovich Jr., Collegiate Baseball 1995 – Steve Pivovar, Omaha World-Herald 1996 – Gary Johnson, NCAA 1997 – Dave Wohlhueter, Cornell 1998 – Allan Simpson, Baseball America 1999 – Alan Cannon, Texas A&M 2000 – Jim Callis, Baseball America 2001 – Dick Case, USA Baseball 2002 – Russ Anderson, Conference USA 2003 – John Manuel, Baseball America 2004 – Dana Heiss Grodin, USA Today Sports Weekly 2005 – Dennis Poppe, NCAA 2006 – Mike Montoro, Southern Miss 2007 – Barry Allen, Alabama 2008 – Mike Patrick, ESPN 2009 – Al Chase, Honolulu Star-Bulletin 2010 – Lou Spry, NCAA 2011 – Jeremy Mills, ESPN/D1Baseball 2012 – Eric Olson, Associated Press 2013 – J.D. Hamilton, NCAA 2014 – John Sullivan, Rice 2015 – David Feaster, Dick Howser Trophy 2016 – Ralph Zobell, BYU 2017 – Aaron Fitt, D1Baseball 2018 – Kyle Peterson, D1Baseball and ESPN 2019 – Jim Ellis, Mississippi State 2020 – Malcolm Gray, East Carolina 2021 – Kevin Kugler, Westwood One 2022 - John Cox, Southern Miss 2023 - Ryan Bomberger, Liberty 2024 - Craig Way, Longhorn Radio Network 2025 - Howard Borden
See also College Baseball All-America Team List of college baseball awards Baseball awards #U.S. college baseball Baseball Writers' Association of America National Sports Media Association Pro Basketball Writers Association United States Basketball Writers Association (college) Football Writers Association of America (college) Pro Football Writers of America Professional Hockey Writers Association
References
External links NCBWA official website