2020 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, Mike Martin National Coach of the Year Award 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 ($30), please visit http://www.sportswriters.net/ and signup online via credit card. NCBWA 2019-20 OFFICERS President: Tom Riordan, UNCW...................................................................................(910) 962-4099 .................................................................................................................................riordant@uncw.edu 1st Vice President: Brent Ingram, UTSA .....................................................................(210) 845-8651 ..........................................................................................................................brent.ingram@utsa.edu 2nd Vice President: Brandie Davidson, TCU ...............................................................(817) 257-7479 .............................................................................................................................b.i.davidson@tcu.edu 3rd Vice President: Rachel Caton, Baylor ...................................................................(254) 710-3784 .......................................................................................................................rachel_caton@baylor.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: Kevin Smith, College of Wooster .........................................(330) 263-2374 .............................................................................................................................. [email protected] Board of Directors: Bobby Alworth, Washington State .................................................................................(509) 335-5785 ........................................................................................................................ [email protected] Jay Garneau, Wake Forest ............................................................................................(336) 758-3229 ................................................................................................................................. [email protected] Kyler Ludlow, Michigan ..................................................................................................(734) 763-4423 ............................................................................................................................... [email protected] Russell Luna, Big 12 Conference ..................................................................................(469) 524-1009 ....................................................................................................................... [email protected] Ryan Powell, The Summit League ................................................................................(605) 275-3065 ................................................................................................................. [email protected] Ralph Zobell, BYU .........................................................................................................(801) 367-3554 ............................................................................................................................ralph_zobell@byu.edu 4 THE NCBWA 2020 DICK HOWSER TROPHY AND NCBWA ALL-AMERICA AWARDS TIMELINE Mon., Jan. 27 Preseason Division II Regional Polls and Teams Announced Fri., Jan. 31 Preseason Division II National Poll and All-American Teams Announced Thu., Feb. 6 Division I Preseason All-American Team Announced Mon., Feb. 10 Preseason Watch List for Stopper of the Year Announced Tue., Feb. 11 Wilbur Snypp Award Winner Announced Wed., Apr. 22 Midseason List for Stopper of the Year Announced Mon. April 27 First Day of All-America Nominations being accepted (stats through April 26) Fri., May 1 Deadline for Initial Set of Nominations Tue., May 5 First All-America Ballot e-Mailed to Membership Wed., May 13 Deadline for First Round of Voting Thu., May 14 Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalists Announced Tue., May 12 Division II Regional Teams Announced Tue., May 19 Division II All-Americans and Players of the Year Announced Wed., May 27 Final All-America Ballot e-Mailed to Membership Tue., June 2 Deadline for Final Round of Voting Wed., June 3 Stopper of the Year Finalists Announced Thu., June 4 Dick Howser Trophy Finalists Announced Fri., June 5 Division I Regional Players of the Year Announced Mon., June 8 NCBWA Division I Freshman All-American Teams Announced Tue., June 9 Division I National Freshman Pitcher/Player of the Year Announced Wed., June 10 NCBWA Division I All-American Teams Announced Sat., June 13 National Coach of the Year Announced at CWS Sat., June 13 Stopper of the Year Announced at CWS Sat., June 13 Dick Howser Trophy Winner Announced at CWS (subject to change) For more information, contact NCBWA associate executive director Russell Anderson (214-774-1351, [email protected]). 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 2019 Todd Miles, Oregon 1988 Steve Weller, 2020 Tom Riordan,UNCW Southern Illinois-Edwardsville * = Did not complete term 1989 Frank Racanillo, NCBWA Secretary-Treasurers St. John’s (N.Y.) 1963 Bob Culp, 1990 Ralph Zobell, Brigham Young Western Michigan 1991 Bo Carter, 1964 Oral Simms, Texas Southwest Conference 1965 Bob Culp, 1992 Tom Ensey, Troy State Western Michigan 1993 Dennis Semrau, 1966-71 Wilbur Snypp, Ohio State Madison (Wisc.) Capital-Times 1972-73 Phil Langan, Ithaca 1994 Rick Covington, 1974-77 Fred Gerardi, Appalachian State Nebraska-Omaha 1995 Shelly Poe, West Virginia 1978-84 John Geis, 1996 Bob Brendel, Missouri Southern Conference 1997 Rod Commons, 1985-88 Mark Brand, Arizona State Washington State 1989-96 Steve McClain, Florida 1998 Alan Cannon, Texas A&M 1996- Russell Anderson, 1999 Ken Krsolovic, St. Joseph’s Conference USA 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 (2020). Special thanks to everyone who assisted in putting this publication together, including (but not limited to) Bo Carter, Russell Anderson,