What’s In This Issue?
• Surprising Stats For Champs: Last 5 national champions have had incredibly low batting averages but still found unique ways to win it all.
• CB’s National Player Of The Year: Bren Spillane of Illinois belts 23 homers, 17 doubles, swipes 16 bases during amazing season.
• College Coaching Changes Ramp Up Across USA: Numerous moves take place with coaches being let go, retirements and new assistant coaches.
• Unfortunate Incident Rocks College Baseball: Double forfeit ruled by NJCAA after Cisco, McLennan play in finals of Region 5 Junior College tournament because players left their benches.
• Most Memorable College World Series Team Ever: That distinction goes to the 1977 Cal. St. Los Angeles Diablos who performed the Phantom Infield Drill.
• Ruleball With Rich Marazzi: Obscure rule comes alive during recent contest.
• 2018 All-Pavlovich Team: Introducing the 29th annual edition which is comprised of a remarkable collection of people who typify what the game should be all about.
• Q&A With Anthony Holman: New NCAA College World Series lead administrator gives his vision on the future of the championship.
• Ron Wolforth: Creating great team culture vital in the quest for making a fantastic ball club.
• Collegiate Baseball NCAA Div. I Top 30 Presented By Big League Chew: Oregon St. No. 1 as Beavers win 11 of 13 in rolling to 49-10-1 record.
• 2018 NCAA Div. I Regional, Super Regional Results: Chart shows how each of the eight finalists in the College World Series maneuvered through the playoffs.
• College World Series Preview: Will bizarre 18-year streak end where No. 1 overall seed finally wins the championship? It hasn’t happened since Miami (Fla.) won it all in 1999 when the Hurricanes were the top seed in the tournament.
• Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I All-American Team: Nation’s top players are featured on three teams, including National Player Of The Year Bren Spillane of Illinois.
• Collegiate Baseball’s 2018 High School All-Americans: Remarkable athletes featured including National Player Of The Year SS/RHP Grayson Rodriguez of Central Heights H.S. (Nacogdoches, Tex.) who was the 11th pick in the entire 2018 MLB Draft by the Orioles.
• Collegiate Baseball’s National H.S. Top 30 Poll Presented By Diamond Pro: Argyle (TX) sits on top with perfect 35-0 record.
• Collegiate Baseball’s Freshmen All-Americans: Amazing team headed by Freshmen Players Of The Year in 1B Spencer Torkelson (Arizona St.), OF Ryan Ward (Bryant), RHP Pat Fredrickson (Minnesota) and RHP Max Meyer (Minnesota).
• NCAA Div. II Championship: Augustana becomes northernmost team ever to win title.
• NCAA Div. III Championship: Texas-Tyler wins first title.
• NAIA World Series: Southeastern (Fla.) captures first championship.
• NJCAA Div. I World Series: Chipola wins 6 straight out of loser’s bracket for title.
• NJCAA Div. II World Series: LSU Eunice wins with walk-off homer.
• NJCAA Div. III World Series: Oakton wins first national title.
• California State JC Championship: San Joaquin Delta wins second title.
• Nothwest Athletic JC Championship: Lower Columbia captures 13th title.
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