NCBWA Division III Players of the Week News

A two-grand slam week, a 17-strikeout outing, and a rookie on an offensive tear captured the week seven National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Div. III weekly honors. This week’s selections were chosen based on performances for games played April 1-7.

St. John Fisher University (New York) moved into a tie with the State University of New York at Cortland with its eighth all-time National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III of the Week selection, while Oberlin College (Ohio) garnered its organization-leading fourth Rookie of the Week. An impressive pitching performance from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater rounded out the honorees for games played March 25-31.

For the first time this season, a player with a cycle was chosen for the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter of the Week, while one of last week’s two nine-inning no-hitters garnered the Pitcher of the Week award. A .625 average with 11 RBI and six steals rounded out the honors for games played March 18-24 as the Rookie of the Week.

For the first time this season, a player with a cycle was chosen for the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter of the Week, while one of last week’s two nine-inning no-hitters garnered the Pitcher of the Week award. A .625 average with 11 RBI and six steals rounded out the honors for games played March 18-24 as the Rookie of the Week.

No. 6 East Texas Baptist University graduate pitcher Sayers Collins has solidified his spot as one of the top pitchers in NCAA Div. III after upping his scoreless streak to 27 innings to start the 2024 season. Collins has allowed just six hits over the 27 innings. He collects National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCAA Div. III Pitcher of the Week honors for the third time. A seven-home run week and an 11-RBI week that helped a team climb into the D3baseball.com/NCBWA Top 25 Poll garnered the Hitter and Rookie of the Week awards for games played March 4-10.

A five-homer week, a 16-strikeout performance over eight shutout innings, and a four-hit shutout earned the Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Week honors from the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Committee for games played February 26 through March 3.

Baseball season has been in full swing in the southern portion of the country for several weeks, so it is no surprise that is where the winners of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Div. III Hitter, Pitcher, and Rookie of the Month for February play their college ball. The February honors cover all games played February 1-25. The Div III selection committee will resume the traditional weekly selections and weekly submission criteria next 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.