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2018 NCBWA DIRECTORY National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association NCBWA INFORMATION THE NCBWA NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS ASSOCIATION Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. Members receive a directory, updates and official votes in the Howser Award Player of the Year, Regional Player of the Year and NCBWA All-America and Freshmen All- America voting. The NCBWA also sponsors preseason All-American awards and the Stopper of the Year Award. Additionally, the organization maintains a website at www.ncbwa.com and can be followed on Twitter at @NCBWA. For membership ($25), please visit http://www.sportswriters.net/ and signup online via credit card. NCBWA 2017-18 OFFICERS President: Ryan Powell, North Dakota .........................................................................(701) 777-2986 ...............................................................................................................ryan.powell@athletics.und.edu 1st Vice President: Todd Miles, Oregon ......................................................................(541) 346-0962 ............................................................................................................................... [email protected] 2nd Vice President: Tom Riordan, UNC Wilmington ...................................................(910) 962-4099 .................................................................................................................................riordant@uncw.edu 3rd Vice President: Brent Ingram, UT-Arlington ..........................................................(859) 608-6230 ............................................................................................................................brent.ingram@uta.edu Executive Director: Bo Carter, National Football Foundation ......................................(214) 418-6132 .............................................................................................................bcarter@footballfoundation.com Associate Executive Director: Russell Anderson, Conference USA ..........................(214) 774-1351 ...........................................................................................................................rdanderson@c-usa.org Associate Executive Director: Mike Montoro, West Virginia ......................................(304) 293-2821 ................................................................................................................. [email protected] Assistant Executive Director: Ryan Bomberger, Liberty ............................................(434) 582-2292 .........................................................................................................................rbomberger@liberty.edu Assistant Executive Director: Malcolm Gray, East Carolina ......................................(252) 737-4523 ..................................................................................................................................... [email protected] Division II Coordinator: Todd Anderson, UNC Pembroke ...........................................(901) 521-6370 ...................................................................................................................... [email protected] Division III Coordinator: Mark Adkins, Manchester ....................................................(260) 982-5035 ....................................................................................................................mtadkins@manchester.edu Board of Directors: Jeff Conrad, Houston .....................................................................................................(713) 749-9404 ....................................................................................................................... [email protected] Brandie Davidson, TCU .................................................................................................(817) 257-7479 .............................................................................................................................b.i.davidson@tcu.edu Russell Luna, Big 12 Conference ..................................................................................(469) 524-1009 ....................................................................................................................... [email protected] Garett Wall, Louisville ....................................................................................................(502) 852-3088 .............................................................................................................................. [email protected] Ralph Zobell, BYU .........................................................................................................(801) 367-3554 ............................................................................................................................ralph_zobell@byu.edu 4 THE NCBWA 2018 DICK HOWSER TROPHY AND NCBWA ALL-AMERICA AWARDS TIMELINE Thu., Feb. 8 Wilbur Snypp Award Winner Announced Mon., Feb. 12 Preseason Watch List for Stopper of the Year Announced Wed., Apr. 25 Midseason List for Stopper of the Year Announced Mon., Apr. 30 First Day of All-America Nominations being accepted (with stats through April 30) Fri., May 4 Deadline for Initial Set of Nominations Tue., May 8 First All-America Ballot e-Mailed to Membership Wed., May 16 Deadline for First Round of Voting Thu., May 17 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalists Announced Tue., May 29 Division II Regional Players of the Year Announced Wed., May 30 Final All-America Ballot e-Mailed to Membership Thu., May 31 Division II National Freshman Pitcher/Player of the Year Announced Tue., June 5 Deadline for Final Round of Voting Wed., June 6 Stopper of the Year Finalists Announced Thu., June 7 Dick Howser Trophy Finalists Announced Fri., June 8 Division I Regional Players of the Year Announced Mon., June 11 NCBWA Division I Freshman All-American Teams Announced Tue., June 12 Division I National Freshman Pitcher/Player of the Year Announced Wed., June 13 NCBWA Division I All-American Teams Announced Sat., June 16 National Coach of the Year Announced at CWS Sat., June 16 Stopper of the Year Announced at CWS Sat., June 16 Dick Howser Trophy Winner Announced at CWS (subject to change) For more information contact NCBWA associate executive director Russell Anderson (214-774-1351, rdanderson@c- usa.org). NCBWA news is available by accessing www.NCBWA.com. 5 THE NCBWA NCBWA PAST OFFICERS Past Presidents 2000 Charles Bloom, 1963 Abe Chanin, Collegiate Baseball Southeastern Conference 1964 Bob Culp, Western Michigan 2001 Russell Anderson, 1965 Bob Williams, Conference USA Omaha World-Herald 2002 Barry Allen, Alabama 1966-72 Tom Rowen, 2003 Rob Carolla, San Jose Mercury-News Big East Conference 1973 Bill Esposito, St. John’s (N.Y.) 2004 Jeff Hurd, 1974 * Mike Ryan, Colorado State Western Athletic Conference 1974-75 Bill Kreifeldt, Wayne State 2005 Mike Montoro, Southern Miss 1976 Gary Morgan, 2006 Todd Lamb, Ohio State Northern Colorado 2007 Mex Carey, Georgetown 1977 Doug McDonald, 2008 Shamus McKnight, Nebraska Centre (Pa.) Daily Times 2009 Joe Dier, Mississippi State 1978-79 Hank Schomber, 2010 Chuck Dunlap, Georgia Southern Southeastern Conference 1980 * Jay Horwitz, 2011 Julie St. Cyr, Fairleigh-Dickinson Big West Conference 1980-81 Jim McKone, 2012 Tami Cutler, Wichita State Texas-Pan American 2013 Ryan Bomberger, Liberty 1982 Gregg Wong, 2014 Judy Willson, St. Paul Pioneer Press Mountain West Conference 1983 Neil LeBar, UCF 2015 Jason Leturmy, Florida State 1984 * Bruce Herman, 2016 Ben Taylor, Illinois San Diego State 2017 Malcolm Gray, East Carolina 1984-86 Dave Wohlhueter, Cornell 2018 Ryan Powell, North Dakota 1987 Tom Price, South Carolina * = Did not complete term 1988 Steve Weller, Southern Illinois-Edwardsville NCBWA Secretary-Treasurers 1989 Frank Racanillo, 1963 Bob Culp, St. John’s (N.Y.) Western Michigan 1990 Ralph Zobell, Brigham Young 1964 Oral Simms, Texas 1991 Bo Carter, 1965 Bob Culp, Southwest Conference Western Michigan 1992 Tom Ensey, Troy State 1966-71 Wilbur Snypp, Ohio State 1993 Dennis Semrau, 1972-73 Phil Langan, Ithaca Madison (Wisc.) Capital-Times 1974-77 Fred Gerardi, 1994 Rick Covington, Nebraska-Omaha Appalachian State 1978-84 John Geis, 1995 Shelly Poe, West Virginia Southern Conference 1996 Bob Brendel, Missouri 1985-88 Mark Brand, Arizona State 1997 Rod Commons, 1989-96 Steve McClain, Florida Washington State 1996- Russell Anderson, 1998 Alan Cannon, Texas A&M Conference USA 1999 Ken Krsolovic, St. Joseph’s THE CREDITS The NCBWA Directory is produced by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association of America. Layout and design by Malcolm Gray in Adobe Indesign CC (2017). Special thanks to everyone who assisted in putting this publication together, including (but not limited to) Bo Carter, Russell Anderson, Mike Montoro, Ryan Bomberger, NCAA Statistics Staff and the numerous baseball SIDs around the country. Please feel free to forward any corrections or ideas for additions to any NCBWA officer. 6 THE NCBWA THE WILBUR SNYPP AWARD There have been 39 recipients of the award, which is presented annually 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, as well as an officer in the group. The