National Collegiate Writers Newsletter (Volume 40, No. 7, Aug. 2, 2001)

President’s Message NCBWA President Barry Allen Welcome back for the continuation of the 40th year of the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association! Hope the summer has been treating you well and that you have been to an amateur (or professional) game or two or three of your choice this year. We look forward to an exciting fall, and this includes formal presentation of the Dick Howser Trophy to USC’s Mark Prior at Southern California home football game to be determined. Again, NCBWA salutes the Howser Trophy committee and the Greater St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce for our continued association, and we hope to have some announcements concerning some new developments for the 2002 Howser Trophy in the very near future. It’s hard to believe that many college programs will begin autumn workouts in just over a month, and that should remind our faithful members to get those nominations ready for the board and designated area representatives for the fourth annual NCBWA preseason 2002 All-America team. Thanks for your support and any suggestions that you can forward to yours truly or the board (see email addresses on last page of this newsletter). Our apologies for the absence of an annual NCBWA meeting at the annual CoSIDA Workshop in San Diego, Calif. We ran into some time and space difficulties at a very busy national gathering. Congratulations to the venerable Dick Case as the 27th winner of the coveted Wilbur Snypp Award, and thanks for any input you can give to any of our officers about ways to make the NCBWA better.

Barry Allen, University of Alabama President, NCBWA

Dick Case, Longtime USA BASEBALL Executive, Chosen 2001 NCBWA Wilbur Snypp Award Winner

Dick Case, retired Executive Director of USA Baseball and the U.S. Baseball Federation, has been named as winner of the 2001 National Collegiate Baseball Writers Wilbur Snypp Award. Case, a longtime executive with the national governing body for amateur baseball, promoted college baseball student-athletes for United States summer regional, national and international programs for three decades. He also was one of the ringleaders in the evolution of baseball into an Olympic sport and assisted in the transition of stars (many of them from solid college programs) into the Olympics. "Dick Case has been a tremendous friend to college and amateur baseball," said former NCBWA President Steve Weller, currently Assistant Director of Public Affairs at Texas-Arlington. "He has been a strong proponent of college student-athletes and maintaining the quality of college baseball on all levels. He helped many youngsters to gain quite a bit of national recognition." He is the 27th recipient of the annual award, which is presented in memory of longtime Ohio State Sports Information Director and NCBWA founder, the late Wilbur (Bill) Snypp. Snypp was a noted contributor to the writers' organization, which was initiated in 1962 (and celebrating its 40th year in 2001), as well as an officer in the group. The NCBWA/Wilbur Snypp Award yearly honors a professional for their contributions to the sport of collegiate baseball. Voting is done by a panel of previous winners, who include past NCAA World Series directors, College Sports Information Directors of America Hall of Fame members, decorated media members, and many others. Below is a list of all-time winners:

Past Wilbur Snypp Award Winners 1975 Wilbur Snypp, Ohio State 1976 Bill Esposito, St. John's 1977 Phil Langhan, 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 Radio, Omaha 1989 Jim Wright, NCAA 1990 Steve Weller, SIU-Edwardsville 1991 Bill Little, University of 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 Allen Simpson, Baseball America 1999 Alan Cannon, Texas A&M University 2000 Jim Callis, Baseball America 2001 Dick Case, U.S. Baseball Federation/USA Baseball

Team USA Rolling on Summer Tour Team USA righthander Mike Esposito (RHP, Fr., Arizona State) outdueled Taiwan's Wei Lun Pan by hurling a complete-game, four-hit shutout as the USA Baseball National Team (18-5-1 with five games remaining on the slate) won by a 1-0 score on July 24 at KeySpan Park on Coney Island in Brooklyn, N.Y. It was Team USA's 28th consecutive win over the Taiwanese National Team, in games played dating back to 1990. The Americans scored their lone in the bottom of the first off Pan when Jeremy Reed (IF, So., Long Beach State) led off with a , and eventually came home on a sacrifice fly by Ryan Hubele (DH, So., Texas). But Esposito was the story. He improved his record to 3-1 on the summer by going the distance. He surrendered just four singles while fanning 10, without allowing a walk. Pan (0-1) also went the entire way for Taiwan, but suffered a hard-luck loss. Ko Fan Chen had two of Taiwan's four hits in the contest. Reed was the only American with two hits. The USA National Team won 11 games in a row, and 16 of their last 19 games overall on the 2001 Red, White and Blue Tour under Head Coach Pat McMahon, the new head coach of the Florida Gators. The 2001 USA Baseball National Team Red, White and Blue Tour continued on July 25 in Augusta, N.J., as Team USA and Taiwan played the fourth of their eight-game series. Tim Cunningham (LHP, So., Stanford) has been one of the team USA standouts throughout the summer. For a roster, statistics and boxscores of the 2001 USA Baseball National Team, go to www.usabaseball.com.

MLB Canada announces second annual All-Canadian team; Nebraska’s Cole on first team; Stern on second unit By BOB ELLIOTT, NCBWA Member -- For MLB Canada It's difficult to make one all-star team, but to make it straight years? Well, our second annual MLB All- Canadian team produced only two repeat winners from the 516 Canadians playing south of the border. Players have good years, players have bad years and players get injured, but Mike Galloway (sophomore, St. Thomas, Ont.) of the Central Michigan Chippewas and Trent Kitsch (senior, Kelowna, BC.) of the Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels just roll on, they were on our 2001 team, as they were on our 2000 All-Canadian team. Our team is so deep that we've selected a first and second team and honorable mentions honoring 39 players. Seven informed baseball enthusiasts helped with the selections. Our voters went off the numbers and how each player performed for his respective team, with the draft having little impact on the outcome. After all, drafted players have their signing bonuses to keep them warm. First team: ·Right-handed starter (tie): Sorry. We could not find anyone with enough wisdom to pick a winner from this group. So, locked in a tie are Rich Harden (sophomore, Victoria, BC) of the Central Arizona Vaqueros, Jeremy Herauf (senior, Regina, Sask.) of the and Jason Mandryk (junior, Langdon, Ont.) of the . Herauf enjoyed his finest season with a 12-2 record, 3.66 ERA and 120 compared to only 27 walks in 130 1/3 innings. He made 19 appearances, 17 of them starts, and picked up a save in his two relief appearances. He was a Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American and first team member. This spring Herauf beat Coastal Carolina Chantileers, UNC Asheville Bulldogs, the , The Citadel Bulldogs, the , the Charleston Southern Buccaneers, the Alabama Crimson Tide, the Wofford Terriers, the Florida Gators, the Kentucky Wildcats and the Mercer Bears. Tigers scout Bill Buck signed Herauf to a free-agent, contract with the Detroit Tigers after the draft. He reported to Lakeland, Fla. and is expected to be assigned to Detroit's Single-A A New York-Penn League team in Oneonta, N.Y. They say if you have an ERA under 3.00 facing while the din of the ping-pong hitters using aluminum bats, well, you're superhuman as a college pitcher. Well, if that's true what does that make Mandryk. Mandryk pitched in 13 games, making 12 starts and compiled a 1.95 ERA. The former draft pick in 1988 had a 7-1 record. In 73 2/3 innings, Mandryk had 23 walks and 52 strikeouts. Harden almost led all National Junior College Athletic Association pitchers with 127 strikeouts in 97 innings. Central Arizona almost made the Junior . He had a 2.14 ERA and an 11-2 record. ·Left-handed starter: (sophomore, North Delta, BC) of the British Columbia Thunderbirds. Francis was an impressive 12-3 with a minuscule 0.92 ERA. In 15 starts he had eight complete games, which included a 46-inning scoreless streak. In 98 1/3 innings he fanned 118 hitters, while walking only 15. Francis was named NAIA Region I Player of the Year. He also was named to the NAIA All American first team. ·Catcher: B.J. Grenda (junior, Winfield, BC) of the Centenary Gents. Byrum Grenda, named after former British Columbia Lions star By Bailey, was a bright spot for the Gents, who went 23-36. In 60 games, Grenda had 23 doubles, a triple, nine homers and 58 RBIs to win a close battle at a evenly-matched position. The transfer from Alan Hancock Junior College, led the Gents with a .374 and when he wasn't receiving served as the DH. ·First base: Peter Babcock (senior St. Thomas, Ont.) of the Indianapolis Greyhounds. Babcock, a Sauk Valley Community College transfer, hit .437 in 66 games. He clubbed 27 doubles and seven homers, while knocking in 60 runs. He earned first team honors to the All-Great Lakes Valley Conference, the only conference which uses wood bats. Babcock a health and safety major, was also named to the 2001 Verizon Academic All-America first team with a 3.874 grade point average. ·Second baseman: John Cole (junior, Kanata, Ont.) of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. He may have split time between left field and second, but he's our second baseman. Cole's exploits have been mentioned often on these pages, but he owned a .418 average with 15 doubles, four triples and four homers. In 63 games he collected exactly 100 hits, drove in 61 runs and swiped 28 bases. Cole was a was selected in the fifth round, the third Canadian selected overall, by the Seattle Mariners. The highly-respected Baseball America picked Cole to its first team All- America team, while The Sporting News selected Cole to their second team. ·Third baseman: Mike Galloway (sophomore, St. Thomas, Ont.) of the Central Michigan Chippewas. Galloway, who made the 2000 team, when he hit .376, with 11 homers and 47 RBIs as a freshman, bumped his run production. He knocked in a total of 62 runs. At the plate he also batted .346 with a total of 18 hits, which included 13 doubles, two triples and seven homers. Galloway shared honors in 2000 with Trent Kitsch at first base. ·Shortstop: Lee Delfino (junior, Pickering, Ont.) of the East Carolina Pirates. Delfino batted a lofty .362 in 57 games and drove in 54 runs. He hit 12 doubles, with two triples and 11 homers. The Pirates reached the NCAA super regional before losing to the Tennessee Vols. A fifth-round draft by the in 1998, Delfino was selected in the sixth round by the Jays in 2001. ·: Talk about a crowded team picture. We could have deployed a 10-man outfield, but our committee went with Len Elias (junior, Mississauga, Ont.) of the Bowling Green Falcons; Jay Scott (Burlington, Ont.) of the Saginaw Valley State Cardinal and Danny Gibbons (sophomore, Toronto, Ont.) of the North Central Texas Lions. Elias just missed hitting .400 for Bowling Green. In 53 games he had 81 hits, which included 15 doubles, two triples and 13 homers. Besides his .397 average, Elias knocked in 58 runs. He was named to the Mid- American Conference second team and won MAC Player of the Week honors in April. Gibbons helped the Lions win the 2001 Alpine Bank Junior College World Series with a 7-6 win over the Dixie State Rebels in Grand Junction, Col. During the Lions championship 53-15 season, Gibbons hit .408 with 24 doubles, five homers, 65 RBIs and 19 steals. Gibbons is headed to Central Michigan. Scott, a transfer from St. Clair Community College, moved into the lead-off spot and swiped 29 bases in 48 games for Saginaw Valley. He hit .438 with eight doubles, seven homers and 42 RBIs. ·Designated hitter: Trent Kitsch (senior, Kelowna, BC), of the Nevada Las Vegas Hustlin' Rebels. Repeat winner Kitsch saw his average drop a few points from 2000 when he shared first-base honors with Galloway. However, in 54 games, Kitsch both bumped his totals and his RBIs numbers. He had 15 homers and 62 RBIs. ·Closer: Dustin Bolton (freshman, Edmonton, Alta.) of the Southwestern Spartans. Bolton converted nine of 10 saves while also ranking as the NJCAA Region XI division ERA leader with a 2.49 mark. He also had two wins and two losses. He was selected to the All Region first team in Region XI. After being recruited by Cameron, Maplewoods and Porterville, he signed a letter of intent to attend Iowa Western this fall.

Second team: ·Right-handed starter: Again a tie. We told you we had a deep team. Our second team aces feature (senior, Uxbridge, Ont.) of the Niagara Purple Eagles and Steve Carter (redshirt freshman, Woodslee, Ont.) of the Coastal Carolina Chantileers. Begg was 8-3 with a 2.63 ERA. In 16 outings, which included 13 starts, he had 86 strikeouts in 92 1/3 innings. Begg fanned 86 while walking only 20. He was named the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference's pitcher of the year as voted on by the MAAC's 10 head coaches. Begg broke Niagara's single-season records for wins, appearances, games started, strikeouts and innings pitched. He had two shutouts and was named MAAC pitcher of the Week twice during the regular season. Carter went 8-2 with one save and a 3.75 ERA. In 18 games, 15 starts, Carter worked 96 innings, fanning 76 and walked 48. He beat the Marshall Thundering Herd, the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, UNC Asheville Bulldogs, The Citadel Bulldogs, the High Point Panthers, the Charleston Southern Bucaneers, the and the Radford Highlanders. ·Left-handed starter: Scott Martin (senior, Saint John, NB) of the Manhattan Jaspers. Martin earned five wins and had a 3.66 ERA. He twirled a pair of shutouts, working in 11 games, 10 of them shutouts. He fanned a total of 64 hitters in 76 1/3 innings. Martin beat the Canisus Golden Griffins, the Marist Red Foxes, the Iona Gaels, the Fairfield Stags and the Drexel Dragons. Yet, one of his best games was working 8 1/3 innings, fanning six and allowing one run against the Indiana Hooisers, a contest Indiana won 4-2 in 12 innings. ·Catcher: J.D. Noye (senior, Surrey, BC) of the Harding Bison. Noye went were usually only hitters with names like George Brett and Ted Williams go hitting .446. So, much for baseball being a game where you are a success even if you fail seven out of 10 times. He won the Gulf South Conference batting race by .001. In 41 games he had 11 doubles, seven homers and 46 RBIs. Noye's 46th RBI of the year, tied the single-season school record of Kevin Burton in 1995. Noye's batting average of .446 was the highest single-season average in school history. ·First base: Chris Green (senior, Brampton, Ont.) of the Southern Arkansas Muleriders. Green saw action at first and third. The former Ontario Baseball Association player of the year, hit a lofty .362. And sticking with his affection to the 60s, he knocked in 66 runs. In 51 games Green had 68 hits, including 11 doubles, one triple and 11 homers. His 66 RBIs placed him fourth, while his 11 homers ranked him seventh in the Gulf South Conference. ·Second base: Again, we have another tie in David Quattrociocchi (junior, Toronto, Ont.) of the Northwestern State Demons and Gamin Teague (junior, Brampton, Ont.) of the Grand Valley State Lakers. Quattrociocchi finished third in the Southland Conference batting race with a .401 mark in 47 games and earned All- Southland Conference honors. The Q Man had 65 hits, which included 10 doubles, two triples and three homers. He knocked in 27 runs, swiped seven bases and scored 50 runs. Teague had one more hit than Quattrociocchi in fewer at-bats and wound up finishing the year with a .423 average. Looking at Teague's 66 hits he doubled 19 times, triple twice and hit three homers. That resulted in a 35 RBIs for the Laker. He stole 19 bags and scored 47 runs. ·Third base: Mike Gillies (junior Port Moody, BC) of the Nevada Reno Wolf Pack. Gillies was crowned Western Athletic Conference batting champ with a .402 mark. Not bad for a guy who was forced to take a medical redshirt in 2000 due to an injured right shoulder. Gillies was an easy winner, finishing 22 points ahead of teammate JaRell McIntyre. In 50 games Gillies had 76 hits, which included 14 doubles, one triple, four homers and 35 RBIs. Gillies also had a 21-game hit streak. ·Shortstop: Jason Helps (senior, Wyoming, Ont.) of the Central Michigan Chippewas. In 2000, Helps hit .266, slammed four homers and drove in 22 runs. This season it was as if he was a new hitter was wearing CMU's No. 3. The left-handed hitting Helps had a .288 average while clubbing a team-high 15 homers and driving in 59 runs. Now, that's a bump in run production. Helps set a school record by being hit 14 times with pitches and led the team in with .595 while finishing second in walks with 41. Helps, who was also an integral part of a defense that set a school record with 62 double plays. Helps was selected in the 22nd round by the Florida Marlins and reported to Melbourne, Fla. · Outfield: Ryan Kenning (junior, North Vancouver, BC) of the New Mexico State Aggies, Josh McCurdy (sophomore, Thornhill, Ont.) of the Niagara Purple Eagles and Adam Stern (junior, London, Ont.) of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Kenning hit .340, with 13 homers, 49 RBIs, 18 doubles and a triple, while scoring 40 runs in 48 games. McCurdy set a school hit record at Niagara with 69. He batted .375 with 15 doubles, three triples, five homers and 41 RBIs and 40 runs scored. When it came to scoring runs Stern knocked the doors off everyone. He touched home plate 68 times. His average dipped below .300 at the end of the season and he finished at .292. In 64 games he had 78 hits, which included eight doubles, four triples, five homers and 47 RBIs, while batting in either the No. 2 spot or the lead-off position. Stern also stole 27 bags and was the top drafted Canadian chosen in the June amateur draft, being selected in the third round by the . ·DH: Bryan Swaenepoel (senior, Souris, Man.) of the Valley City State Vikings. Swaenepoel usually caught for his team, but like the saying goes hit the ball and they find a place for you in the lineup. Swaenepoel had 14 homers, including nine in one white-hot week. In 40 games he batted .364 with eight doubles, 14 homers and 44 RBIs. ·Closer: Gordon O'Brien (junior, Montreal, Que.) of the Louisana at Lafayette Ragin Cajuns. O'Brien recorded a 3-2 record for the Cajuns working in 16 games. He had a 3.27 ERA and picked up three saves, while fanning 32 hitters in 22 innings. In 2000, the Cajuns reached the College World Series.

Honorable mentions:

Right-handers: Curtis Morrison (freshman, Brandon, Man.) of Indians Hills, John Ogiltree (senior, Mississauga, Ont.) of the Martin Methodist Indians; Louis Raptopoulos (red-shirt freshman, Mis sissauga, Ont.) of the Lyon Scots; Judd Richardson (sophomore, Caledon, Ont.) of the Miami of Ohio RedHawks; Braden Staranchuk (sophomore, Burlington, Ont.) of the Grand Rapids Raiders. Catchers: David Harriman (junior, Surrey, BC) of the Armstrong Atlantic State Pirates and Alan Ready (senior, London, Ont.) First baseman: Adam Piggot (freshman, Sarnia, Ont.) Saginaw Valley State Cardinals. Shortstop: Toby Legacy (senior, Brampton, Ont., Concord Mountain Lions). Outfielders: Mike Hook (senior, Brampton, Ont.) of the Louisville Cardinals; Matt Huntingford (senior, Vancouver, BC) of Florida International Golden Panthers and Dave Poulin (senior, Quebec, City, Que.) of the Southern Arkansas University Muleriders. Staranchuk deserves special mention. It has just come to our attention he was named NJCAA Division II Baseball Player of the Year. Besides going 9-1 on the mound with a 1.53 ERA in 13 games for Grand Rapids, he also hit .418 in 34 games with 11 doubles, one homer and 31 RBIs. Morrison was led the Iowa Community College Athletic Conference in both strikeouts (59) and wins (eight), Ogiltree went 7-3 with a 2.30 ERA, along with 97 strikeouts in 74 1/3 innings, while Raptopolous went 9-3.

And a look back at the 2000 All-Canadian Team Canadian team: Right-handed starter - Chris Howay (junior, New Westminster, BC) of the McNeese State Cowboys. Left-handed starter - Jordan Gerk (junior, Kelowna, BC) of the Oral Roberts Golden Eagles and Tim Goheen (junior, Proton Station, Ont.) of the Saginaw Valley Cardinals . Catcher - Paul Schlosser (junior, Medicine Hat, Alta.) of the . First base - Trent Kitsch (junior, Kelowna, BC.) of the Las Vegas Runnin' Rebels and Mike Galloway (freshman, St. Thomas, Ont.) of the Central Michigan Chippewas. Second base - Jess Bechard (senior, Brantford, Ont.) of the Kent State Golden Flashes. Third base - Nom Siriveaw (sophomore, Vancouver, BC) of the Eastern Oklahoma Mountaineers. Shortstop - Shayne Ridley (senior, Milton, Ont.) of the Ball State Cardinals). Outfield - Ben Emond (senior, Farnham, Que.) of the Texas Longhorns; (senior, Trail, BC) of the Gonzaga Stags and Kyle Leon (sophomore, Guelph, Ont.) of Charleston Southern Buccaneers. Designated hitter - Craig Munroe (senior, Thornhill, Ont.) of the Maryland Terps. MLB Canada All-Canadian Team Stats First team

Pitchers ERA W-L AP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO RP Bolton 2.49 2-2 15 0 0 0 9 25.1 19 10 7 11 36 LHP Francis 0.92 12-3 15 15 8 6 0 98.1 55 12 10 15 118 RHP Harden 2.14 11-2 18 18 6 3 0 97.0 58 42 23 66 127 RHP Herauf 3.66 12-2 19 17 3 1 1 130.1 121 59 53 27 120 RHP Mandryk 1.95 7-1 13 12 0 0 0 73.2 66 20 16 23 52 Pos. players AVG GP- AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SBs GS 1B Babcock .437 66-66 215 44 94 27 0 7 60 6 2B Cole .418 63-56 239 71 100 15 4 11 61 28 SS Delfino .362 57-57 221 47 80 12 2 11 54 5 OF Elias .397 53-48 204 62 81 15 2 13 58 8 3B Galloway .346 59-57 234 48 81 13 2 7 62 9 OF Gibbons .408 68-65 233 57 95 24 0 5 65 19 C Grenda .374 60-60 227 43 85 23 1 9 58 0 DH Kitsch .305 54-54 197 48 60 15 2 15 62 5 OF Scott .438 48-48 160 58 70 8 0 7 42 29 ---- Second team ---- Pitchers ERA W-L AP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO RHP Begg 2.63 8-3 16 13 6 2 0 92.1 96 39 27 20 86 RHP Carter 3.75 8-2 18 15 0 0 1 96.0 86 54 40 48 76 LHP Martin 3.66 5-3 11 10 2 1 0 76.1 81 40 31 18 64 RP O'Brien 3.27 3-2 16 0 0 0 3 22.0 17 15 8 10 32 Pos. players AVG GP- AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SBs GS 3B Gillies .402 50-44 189 43 76 14 1 4 35 2 1B Green .362 51-51 188 45 68 11 1 11 66 6 SS Helps .288 59-56 205 61 59 12 3 15 59 5 OF Kenning .340 48-46 162 43 55 18 1 11 49 4 OF McCurdy .375 45-45 184 40 69 15 3 5 41 6 C Noye .446 42-42 139 35 62 11 0 7 46 1 OF Stern .292 64-63 267 68 78 8 4 5 47 27 DH Swaenepoel .364 40-40 107 18 39 8 0 14 44 0 2B Quattrociochi .401 47-45 162 50 65 10 2 3 27 7 2B Teague .423 50-49 156 47 66 19 2 4 35 19 ---- Honorable Mention ---- Pitchers ERA W-L AP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO Richardson 3.32 6-3 13 11 1 0 0 81.1 73 42 30 37 61 Staranchuk 1.53 9-1 15 13 7 2 1 78.0 64 29 17 27 71 Pos. players AVG GP- AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SBs GS C Harriman .346 53-50 185 44 64 9 1 9 53 1 OF Hook .321 52-51 190 44 61 8 0 5 32 25 OF Huntingford .315 61-61 241 49 76 9 1 5 35 21 SS Legacy .423 38-38 137 44 58 11 6 4 38 7 1B Piggot .437 41-35 126 37 55 13 1 6 42 2 OF Poulin .351 54-54 188 44 66 18 3 5 40 16 C Ready .330 66-66 215 51 71 20 2 8 57 4

National Runnerup Miami Coach Morris Has Contract Extended University of Miami Athletic Director Paul Dee announced today that Head Baseball Coach Jim Morris' contract with the Hurricanes has been renegotiated through the 2006 season. Terms of the renewal were not disclosed. "The University of Miami is extremely pleased to make this announcement with respect to Coach Morris' contract," said Dee. "Coach Morris has been highly successful in all aspects of this program, including this year's National Championship. I'm very excited about the new contract," said Morris. "Miami is the place most coaches dream of being and at this stage of my career, I can't imagine being anywhere else." Morris has guided the Hurricanes to two National Championships in the last three seasons and seven trips to the College World Series in his eight seasons at Miami. Most recently, the 2001 squad swept through the postseason and defeated Stanford, 12-1, for Morris' second CWS title. His 1999 club won the CWS crown with a 6- 5 victory over Florida State. Aside from winning two National Championships at Miami, Morris has been named National Coach of the Year four times since 1994. Following the 2001 National Championship, Collegiate Baseball pegged him for its top-coaching honor. In 1999 Collegiate Baseball and American Baseball Coaches' Association named Morris the National Coach of the Year. Baseball America chose Morris as the National Coach of the Year following his first season at UM in 1994.

Stanford’s Marquess Named West Region Coach of Year Stanford¹s Mark Marquess has been named the 2001 ABCA/Rawlings West Region Baseball Coach of the Year. Marquess guided his Stanford Baseball team to the College World Series championship game for the second consecutive year in 2001. The Cardinal finished its 2001 campaign with a 51-17 overall record, giving Stanford its third straight season with 50 or more wins for the first time in school history. Marquess, a three-time NCAA Coach of the Year and eight-time Pac-10 Coach of the Year, also won his 1000th career game during the 2001 season as he became only the 23rd head coach in the history of Division I baseball to reach the 1000-win mark. He has compiled an overall record of 1046-515-5 (.670) in 25 years as the head baseball coach at Stanford. Marquess has taken his Cardinal teams to the College World Series 11 times and has qualified for the NCAA Tournament on 19 occasions. Stanford won CWS championships under Marquess in 1987 and 1988 while finishing as runners-up in 2000 and 2001.

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