Collegiate Baseball Newspaper


Collegiate Baseball Newspaper is an American publication based in Arizona that considers itself the "voice of amateur baseball" which has been published for over 40 years. It is most noted for handing out the following awards: Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year, Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year, and Collegiate Baseball All-Americans.
It is published twice a month from January until June, and then once each in September and October.
The "Collegiate Baseball" newspaper poll is college sports' oldest baseball poll. A ranking of the top 30 teams is 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.

Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year

The Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year award is given to the best player in NCAA Division I. It was first awarded in 1984.
SeasonPlayerPositionTeam
1984OF
1985OF
1986P
19871B
19873BOklahoma State
1988P
1989UTTexas
1989P
1990OF
1991P
1992P
1993UT
1994UT
1995UT
1995OFCal State Fullerton
1996PClemson
1997OF
1998OF
1999UT
2000P
2001P
2002SSClemson
20032B
2004P
2005OF
2006OF
2006P
2007P
2007INF
2008C
2009P
2010P
2011PUCLA
2012P
20133B
20143B/PKentucky
2015OFArkansas
2016PKent State
20171B/PLouisville
20171BMississippi State
20181B/OFIllinois
2019COregon State

Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year

The Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year award is given to the best coach in NCAA Division I. It was first awarded in 1980.
SeasonCoachTeam
1980Arizona
1981Arizona State
1982Miami
1983Texas
1984Cal State Fullerton
1985Miami
1986Arizona
1987Stanford
1988
1989
1990Georgia
1991Louisiana State
1992Pepperdine
1993Louisiana State
1994Oklahoma
1995Cal State Fullerton
1996Louisiana State
1996Florida
1997Louisiana State
1998
1998Southern California
1999Miami
2000Louisiana State
2001Miami
2002Texas
2003Rice
2004Cal State Fullerton
2005Texas
2006Oregon State
2007Oregon State
2008Fresno State
2009Louisiana State
2010South Carolina
2011South Carolina
2012Arizona
2013UCLA
2014Vanderbilt
2015Virginia
2016Coastal Carolina
2017Florida
2018Oregon State
2019Vanderbilt

Collegiate Baseball All-Americans

The Collegiate Baseball All-Americans award is given to the best players at various positions in NCAA Division I. It was first awarded in 1981.

Collegiate Baseball Freshmen All-Americans

''Louisville Slugger's'' Freshmen All-American Baseball Team

''Collegiate Baseball'' Freshman Pitcher of the Year

Beginning in 2016, the magazine began awarding honors to freshman starting pitchers and freshman relief pitchers.
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.