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News - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Release: Friday, June 27, 2008 Batesole Named National Coach Of Year By Collegiate Baseball TUCSON, Ariz. — Head Coach Mike Batesole of Fresno State University has been named National Coach of The Year by Collegiate Baseball newspaper. Batesole led the Bulldogs to their first national championship with a 6-1 win over Georgia in capturing the College World Series. What made the accomplish even greater was that all 10 of Fresno State's post-season wins came against teams ranked in the top 15, including its final seven wins over national seeds, defeating No. 2 North Carolina twice, No. 3 Arizona State, twice, No. 6 Rice and No. 8 Georgia twice. Fresno State was forced to play elimination games six times during regional, super regional and College World Series contests. And each time, the Bulldogs came through with victories. Batesole, who was honored as Collegiate Baseball's National Coach of The Year during the 1998 season as Head Coach of Cal. St. Northridge after guiding his team to a 37-19 record, is the first coach to win a College World Series title in his first appearance at the CWS since Pepperdine's Andy Lopez did it in 1992. He is just the 11th head coach to win a College World Series in his first appearance and only the fourth since 1962. Batesole finished his sixth season as head coach at Fresno State and has won Western Athletic Conference titles the last three seasons and has orchestrated six consecutive nationally ranked recruiting classes, according to Collegiate Baseball newspaper. Previous Collegiate Baseball National Coaches of The Year include:
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