NCBWA Arkansas News

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game Headwear for the period ending May 5. Connecticut graduate student outfielder Sam Biller was named National Hitter of the Week, while Arkansas junior left-handed pitcher Zach Root and Michigan State junior left-handed pitcher Joseph Dzierwa were named National Co-Pitchers of the Week.

Texas, Clemson and Oregon State hold the top three positions against challenging opposition while LSU edged ahead of No. 5 Tennessee for the No. 4 position after winning two of three games from the Volunteers last week. No. 10 West Virginia saw its 14-game winning streak ended 3-2 at Penn State but then swept UCF to capture 17 of its last 18 contests. The Mountaineers also are tied with Texas and Arkansas for the most wins nationally in DI at 37-5.

Arkansas regained the No. 1 position for the second time in ’25 after sweeping four games and a Southeastern Conference series for the second week in succession to advance to 30-3 this spring. Texas moved up to a season-best No. 2 while LSU jumped from No. 5 to 3 ahead of Clemson at No. 4 (tying for its best ranking this year) and No. 5 Tennessee.

Arkansas has jumped into the No. 1 position for the first time this season after previous No. 1 Tennessee had a 2-2 week and ended a 22-game win streak with a loss to East Tennessee State, 7-6 in 10 innings on March 18. Southeastern Conference quad-leaders (with Texas) Georgia and Tennessee are now Nos. 2 and 3 nationally. Atlantic Coast Conference power Clemson now is No. 4 (with a jump from No. 7 last week) while Florida State at No. 6 follows No. 5 LSU of the SEC.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association announced its 26th Annual District Players of the Year for all nine districts for the 2024 season.

The five finalists for the Howser Trophy, which has been presented since 1987 except for the 2020 COVID-shortened season, are junior second baseman Travis Bazzana of Oregon State, junior pitcher Chase Burns of Wake Forest, junior first baseman/pitcher Jac Caglianone of Florida, redshirt sophomore third baseman/first baseman/outfielder Charlie Condon of Georgia, and junior starting pitcher Hagen Smith of Arkansas.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game Headwear for the period ending May 19. Arizona State’s junior infielder Jacob Tobias was named National Hitter of the Week, while Arkansas junior left-hander Hagen Smith and Wake Forest junior right-handed pitcher Chase Burns were named National Co-Pitchers of the Week.

Arkansas (no solar eclipse here) is No. 1 for the fourth consecutive week while Clemson and Texas A&M remain at Nos. 2 and 3 positions for the second poll in succession as well as the Nos. 4-6 slots (Tennessee, Oregon State, Vanderbilt).

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association has named its Dick Howser Trophy Players of the Month for March, presented by The Game Headwear, tabbing Oregon State infielder Travis Bazzana its National Hitter of the Month and Arkansas left-hander Hagen Smith its National Pitcher of the Month.

Arkansas is No. 1 for the third consecutive week while Texas A&M climbed to a season-high No. 3 ranking. Indiana State, of the Missouri Valley Conference, made its 2024 debut at No. 25 while Big Ten Conference power Nebraska also is in its first ’24 survey at No. 23.

Arkansas, which ascended to No. 1 in the March 18 survey, retained its top position while Oregon State (No. 2) and Clemson (No. 3) held down their same slots from the previous poll. The SEC (11) and ACC (8) had a combined 19 schools represented in this week’s Top 25.

Arkansas, currently carrying a nation-best winning streak of 13 games and 17-2 overall, has become the third different school to top the NCBWA polls this spring. Wake Forest and Oregon State previously held the top position.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game Headwear for the period ending Feb. 25. USC Upstate junior outfielder Jace Rinehart was named National Hitter of the Week, while Arkansas junior left-handed pitcher Hagen Smith was named National Pitcher of the Week.

The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) released its Dick Howser Trophy National Player of the Week awards presented by The Game Headwear for the period ending May 14. Indiana sophomore third baseman Josh Pyne was named National Hitter of the Week, while Arkansas junior left-handed pitcher Hunter Hollan was named National Pitcher of the Week. The NCBWA Board reviews candidates from each Division I Conference and names winners each Tuesday throughout the season.

A total of 34 standout freshmen college baseball players from every part of the country are featured on the 2022 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) Freshman All-America Team, the organization announced today. The 2022 NCBWA Freshman All-America Team features players from 29 different schools and 13 different conferences.

Arkansas' Kevin Kopps was named the 2021 Stopper of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA), the organization announced Thursday, becoming the first Razorback to capture the award since the award's inception in 2005.

There is a saying with 2021 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball in the late innings: "Call the Kopps." Yes, that is 2021 Dick Howser Trophy presented by The Game Headwear recipient Kevin Kopps, the Arkansas relief ace just completed arguably the most impressive season performance by a reliever in college baseball history. Kopps becomes the first primarily relief hurler in the history of the award.

Vanderbilt teammates highlights quintet of lauded players

Ten standouts already with 2021 all-conference and several All-America mentions make up the finalists for the 16th NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award.

Arkansas do-it-all outfielder Andrew Benintendi, arguably having the best offensive season in Razorback history, is the 29th recipient of the Dick Howser Trophy, presented by Easton Foundations, as college baseball's Player of the Year.