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Cootway, Fleming and Gregorio are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
A .724 week with 26 RBI and six homers, a program’s first no-hitter since 2005, and a rookie who hit .500 with three homers collected the final National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week honors for the 2023 season. This week’s choices cover games played May 1-7, 2023.
Knoll, Green and Pullam are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
The second-to-last National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week selections are in. This week’s picks, which cover games played April 24-30, went to a hitter with a .654 average and four homers, a no-hitter, and a rookie who carried a no-no into the seventh inning.
Mokris, Choate and Sullivan are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
Anna Maria College (Massachusetts) Nick Choate collects his first National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Pitcher of the Week award after winning the rookie honor twice during the 2022 season. A five-homer, 16-RBI week and a four-homer, 11-RBI week claimed the Hitter and Rookie of the Week honors, respectively, for games played April 17-23.
Barry, Weber and Rinehart honored are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
Home runs were the name of the game last week, as this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter and Rookie of the Week combined to hit eight and drive in 33. A two-hit nine-inning shutout claimed the Pitcher of the Week for games played April 10-16.
Halloran, Aukerman and Martinez are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
The catalyst behind Emory University averaging over 20 runs per game during a four-game University Athletic Association series despite three of the four games being called after seven innings due to the run rule, a no-hitter on the celebration honoring the 50th anniversary of the founding of the program, and a nine-RBI doubleheader took home this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week awards. This week’s selections were chosen based on games played April 3-9.
Stossel, Colucci and Amburgey are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
A Div. III freshman first baseman reached base safely 11 straight times, a graduate student pitcher lost his no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inning, and a junior first baseman hit four home runs and knocked in 18 on the week. Those were the performances that claimed the week six National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week awards for games played March 27-April 2.
Demers, Beers and Reichek are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
A .900 average and two no-hitters claimed the week five National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week awards. This week’s selections covered games played March 20-26.
Raimo, Teer and Sykes are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
The first nine-inning perfect game of the year, a 16-hit week while batting .593, and a one-hitter claimed the week three National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week honors. This week’s selections cover games played March 6-12.
Perron, Guidas and Archer are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
The first nine-inning perfect game of the year, a 16-hit week while batting .593, and a one-hitter claimed the week three National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week honors. This week’s selections cover games played March 6-12.
Carnicom, Josselyn and Mankoski are NCBWA Division III National Players of the Week
Perfection and near-perfection steal the headlines this week for the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week. This week’s pitcher fired the first perfect game in Div. III this spring, an error was all that kept this week’s Rookie of the Week from a perfect game, while this week’s Hitter of the Week batted .800 over a five-game stretch. This week’s selections cover games played February 27-March 5.
Four players share NCBWA Division III National Player of the Week honors
Student-athletes from institutions in the USA South Athletic Conference, the Atlantic East Conference, the American Southwest Conference, and the North Coast Athletic Conference are off to hot starts in 2023 and took home the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Awards for the month of February. The February honors cover all games played February 1-26. The Div. III committee will resume the traditional weekly selections and weekly submission criteria next week with the uptick in teams beginning action this week.
Minnesota-Morris' Baumann, East Texas Baptist's Collins and Minnesota-Morris' Schaaf are Division III National Players of the Week
East Texas Baptist University's Sayers Collins book-ended the 2022 season with National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III pitching honors, while the University of Minnesota Morris became the third Div. III institution to claim two awards in the same week. This week's selections were chosen based on games played May 2-8 and are the final Div. III selections for the 2022 season.
SUNY-Brockport's Kretzler, Webster's Elges and Anna Maria's Choate are Division III National Players of the Week
The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association has its first repeat Div. III winner of the year, as Anna Maria College’s (Massachusetts) Nick Choate is the Rookie of the Week for the second time in the last four weeks. A perfect game and a seven-homer week captured the other Div. III honors for games played April 25–May 1.
Concordia's Beers, Thomas' Paillet and Anderson's Nickel are Division III National Players of the Week
First-years dominated on the mound, with this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Pitcher and Rookie of the Week combining to work 15 hitless innings, and a six-home run week garnered the week nine Hitter of the Week honor. This week's honorees were chosen based on games April 18-24.
Crown's Betts, Worcester State's Smith and Lebanon Valley's Fetterman are Division III National Players of the Week
This week's NCAA Div. III Hitter of the Week was a tough out, hitting over .800 and swiping 12 bases, while 17 scoreless innings and a .700 average claimed the week eight Pitcher and Rookie of the Week honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. This week's honorees were chosen based on games April 11-17.
Earlham's Bradley, Northwestern-St. Paul's Boerema and Anna Maria's Choate are Division III National Players of the Week
A Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference hitter matched a NCAA Div. III record with four home runs in a single game, while an Upper Midwest Athletic Conference pitcher came a strikeout shy of matching the single-game Div. III record. Those performances, plus nine no-hit innings spanning two outings by a Great Northeast Athletic Conference rookie earned this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III honors. This seventh selections in 2022 were chosen based on games April 4-10.
Eastern Connecticut State's Broadhurst, John Jay's Tatis and Westfield State's Palmer are Division III National Players of the Week
The no-hitters keep coming in NCAA Div. III, this time with a pitcher in the City University of New York Athletic Conference firing one. A four-home run week and a 10-for-18 showing rounded out this week’s National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III honors. The sixth selections in 2022 were chosen based on games March 28-April 3.
Wabash's Earley, Buena Vista's Glenn and Centenary's Herrera are Division III National Players of the Week
A pitcher in the American Rivers Conference turned in the second perfect game in NCAA Div. III this season, a first-year in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference shut out a nationally-ranked conference rival over eight innings, and a North Coast Athletic Conference outfielder went 11-for-15 at the dish to take home the week five National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III honors. This week’s honorees were recognized for performances spanning March 21-27.
Brandeis' Khoury, Johns Hopkins' Collins and Washington's Morrissey are Division III National Players of the Week
Two complete-game shutouts from pitchers in the Centennial Conference garnered the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Pitcher and Rookie of the Week honors for games played March 14-20, while a five-homer week from a University Athletic Association first baseman claimed this week's Hitter of the Week award. This week's honorees were recognized for performances spanning March 14-20.
Texas Lutheran's Jimenez, Stockton's Schiattarella and Haverford's Runfola are Division III National Players of the Week
Jimenez, Schiattarella and Runfola honoredThe first perfect game in NCAA Div. III was tossed last week, a shortstop hit six home runs over a four-game span, and a rookie hit a grand slam for his first collegiate home run. Those were the performances recognized with this week's National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III honors. This week's honorees were recognized for performances spanning March 7-13.