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NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS NEWSLETTER (Volume 41, No NATIONAL COLLEGIATE BASEBALL WRITERS NEWSLETTER (Volume 41, No. 8, Sept 30, 2002) NCBWA President’s Message by Rob Carolla Hello once again from the President’s desk! The fall college sports are in full swing and the days are heading perilously close to winter. One of the great times of year in professional baseball is here as we prepare for postseason play. Before you know it, each school will be preparing to take the field for the 2003 college seasons! In preparation for ’03, the NCBWA is now accepting nominations for the preseason All-America teams. For Division I SIDs in the association, please be sure to send information (with stats & honors included!) on your top players to the respective board members. It may seem early to be doing this, but the release date allows for extra publicity for both your players and the organization. Thanks in advance for your help! On the topic of honors, the NCBWA is in the process of researching & implementing a new award for the 2003 season. The NCBWA Courage Award would be presented annually to a college baseball player who has shown the strength and character to overcome adversity in his life. It could honor a young man who has overcome economic/social background disadvantages, a physical handicap or any other challenges to himself or his family. This award is in the early stages, so please let me know if you have any great ideas or suggestions. Nominations would be taken from each SID with a vote conducted among the membership. We think this would be a great way to honor student-athletes for their “off the field” accomplishments and hope you are as excited about it as I am. Finally, please continue to submit any ideas on how to make the NCBWA a better organization to your favorite board member. Several of you have already submitted some great ideas and we would like to continue to solicit feedback on how to help. As always, thank you for your dedication and membership in the NCBWA. Best wishes for a fantastic fall! Rob Carolla NCBWA President The BIG EAST Conference 2003 Preseason Nominations “To Go” Please note the nomination forms in this NCBWA Newsletter for the third annual 2003 NCBWA preseason All- America team. Thanks for noting deadlines and the release date of November 2002, and send along your top choices for All- America in '03. From the first NCBWA postseason All-America groupings in 2002-03, there were 23 underclassmen potentially returning for the 2003 preseason squad among the first, second and third teams. Stay tuned, and thanks for your participation. Baseball America Names Houston’s Sullivan its Summer Player of the Year After a dazzling off-season, University of Houston pitcher Brad Sullivan was named the 2002 Summer National Player of the Year by Baseball America magazine on Friday. Sullivan, who became both the Cougars' and Conference USA's first-ever consensus All-American at the end of the 2002 collegiate season, was one of four starting pitchers named to the All- Summer team. With the numbers that he posted as a member of the 2002 Team USA National Team, it was no surprise that Sullivan would be named to the All-America Team. In seven games, he assembled an amazing 0.72 ERA with 56 strikeouts and only 36 hits in 56.0 innings of work. He collected two wins over the Japanese Collegiate All-Stars in July on the way to being named the Series Most Valuable Player. A few weeks later, he pushed Team USA into the first-ever FISU World University Baseball Championship game with a 2-1 victory over Japan. David Purcey (Oklahoma), Kyle Sleeth (Wake Forest) and Jered Weaver (Long Beach State) were the other starting pitchers on the Baseball America squad. Sleeth joined Sullivan as a member of Team USA during the summer. NCBWA 2003 Preseason All-America Nomination Form For the fourth year in succession, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association is compiling a preseason All-America team. This will feature first, second and third teams with each consisting of eight position players, a designated hitter, two starting pitchers and a relief pitcher. We are asking that you nominate a player(s) from your conference or school with credentials worthy of All-America recognition for 2003. Please return by fax or email the form below to the region/conference listed by each officer or All-America Committee member listed in the space below; nominations are due by Oct. 12, 2002, and the team will be released approximately Nov. 5-7, 2002. Thanks again for your help, and please contact Bo Carter (214-753- 0102; email: [email protected]) with any questions. President – Rob Carolla, Big East (Big East, CAA, Patriot, America East, Atlantic 10) FAX: 401/751-8540 EMAIL: [email protected] 3rd Vice-President – Todd Lamb, Ohio State (Big Ten, SEC, Sun Belt, SWAC, Big South) FAX: 614/292-8547 EMAIL: [email protected] Executive Director - Bo Carter, Big 12 (Big 12, WAC, Ivy, MEAC, Ohio Valley, Southland) FAX: 214/753-0145 EMAIL: [email protected] Secretary/Treasurer - Russ Anderson, Conference USA (C-USA, ACC, MAC, Mid-Continent, Independents) FAX: 312/553-0495 EMAIL: [email protected] At-Large Rep. - Kip Carlson, Oregon State (Pac-10, Mountain West, Northeast, West Coast) FAX: 541/737-3072 EMAIL: [email protected] At-Large rep. – Ken Krsolovic, St. Joseph’s (Atlantic Sun, Southern, Horizon League, Missouri Valley) FAX: 610/660-1660 EMAIL: [email protected] - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - CLIP AND FAX or EMAIL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NOMINATION FORM CONFERENCE ______________________________________________________________________ SCHOOL____________________________________________________________________________ SIGNATURE_________________________________________________________________________ PHONE _____________________________________________________________________________ EMAIL _____________________________________________________________________________ PLEASE INCLUDE KEY STATISTICS FROM 2002 FOR NOMINEES POSITION PLAYERS OR DH Name POS. CL. AVG. AB R H HR RBI ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ PITCHERS CL. STARTER/RELIEF W-L ERA G IP H BB SO SAVES ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________ BASEBALL AMERICA, USA BASEBALL Note Top 25 College Producers for Olympics, National Teams; Since USA Baseball began selecting players and operating an official National Team to represent the United States in 1984, close to 350 collegiate players have donned the Red, White, and Blue uniform from 115 colleges and universities. But there is clearly one campus that has consistently produced more USA Baseball National Team players and candidates than any other: Stanford University. The Pac-10 powerhouse topped the list in a recent study done by USA Baseball that ranks the Top 25 Collegiate Baseball Programs that have produced National Team players since 1984. The most impressive number is the fact that the Cardinal has placed a member of their roster on the USA Baseball National Team in an amazing 17 of 19 years, including each of the last 16 consecutive summers beginning in 1986. Overall, Stanford has produced a total of 20 National Team members, which is seven more than the University of Miami (Fla). The Hurricanes finished second in the rankings, with a total of 13 players produced in 12 different years. Rounding out the top five campuses are: 3) Cal State Fullerton; 4) Southern California; and 5) Georgia Tech. TOP 25 USA BASEBALL NATIONAL TEAM COLLEGIATE PROGRAMS 1984-2002 A - Total # of USA National Team players produced from 1984-2002 B - Total # of participations on the USA National Team by those players C - Total # of years (out of 19) the program has produced at least one USA National Team player A B C Total 1 Stanford 20 28 17 65 2 Miami (Fla) 13 16 12 41 3 Cal State Fullerton 11 15 10 36 4 Southern California 11 14 10 35 5 Georgia Tech 12 13 8 33 6 Florida State 11 12 8 31 7 Texas A&M 9 11 9 29 8 Clemson 8 12 8 28 9 California 8 10 8 26 10 Wichita State 7 12 7 26 11 Arizona State 9 9 7 25 12 Louisiana State 8 9 7 24 13 UCLA 7 9 6 22 14 Fresno State 6 8 7 21 Pepperdine 6 8 7 21 16 Mississippi State 6 7 7 20 17 North Carolina 7 7 5 19 18 Oklahoma State 6 6 5 17 Texas 6 6 5 17 Tennessee 5 7 5 17 Long Beach State 5 6 6 17 22 Creighton 4 6 6 16 23 Arizona 5 6 4 15 Rice 5 5 5 15 25 Minnesota 5 6 3 14 Major League Baseball, World Authorities, USOC, Discuss Baseball’s Continued Olympics Association BASEBALL LEADERS MEET IN NEW YORK TO DISCUSS OLYMPICS Major League Baseball President & COO Robert DuPuy, Major League Baseball Players Association Executive Director Donald Fehr, International Baseball Federation President Aldo Notari, United States Olympic Committee President Marty Mankamyer and USA Baseball President Mike Gaski met in New York on Sept. 23 as part of a continuation of meetings to ensure that baseball remains an Olympic sport. Baseball’s leaders will next meet on October 3 in Switzerland with International Olympic Committee President Dr. Jacques Rogge where they will discuss baseball’s place as a global sport. In August, 2002, the IOC Program Commission recommended to the IOC Executive Committee
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