The finalists for the 2017 Brett Tomko Award have been determined. The Brett Tomko Award is an honor presented to DII baseball’s pitcher of the year. The annual award is given to a college baseball pitcher whose on the field performance is deemed the most outstanding at the Division II level. In 1995, Brett Tomko had a…
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2017 Tino Martinez Award Finalists Named
The finalists for the 2017 Tino Martinez Award have been determined. The award honors DII baseball’s most outstanding player and is named after the former University of Tampa Spartan, Olympian and MLB All-Star, Tino Martinez. Martinez is a former University of Tampa Spartan, United States Olympian, first round draft pick and MLB All-Star. While playing for…
2017 Division III College Preview
Last season Trinity captured their first D-III baseball national championship after a banner season in which they won a school record 44 games with only seven losses, three of which were by only a single score. The Tigers steamrolled the second half of the season, going a perfect 17-0 after losing a series in early…
2017 Division II Baseball Preview
About a decade ago the NCAA developed a “Life in the Balance” initiative aimed at defining the D-II experience. Basically it’s a philosophy that intertwines academics and life skills with athletics. It seeks to find the happy medium between competition and education. That same balanced philosophy has seemingly seeped into the soil of baseball diamonds…
2017 NAIA Baseball Preview
When it comes to college baseball the NAIA is often the forgotten middle child. The players don’t suit up in the familiar uniforms of glamorous programs whose emblems are emblazoned on man cave walls, tow-hitches and hooded pullovers across the country. If quizzed many people could easily name Florida State’s team mascot or identify the…
2016 Division III Preview
Headed into last year’s NCAA Division III World Series, Cortland State had always been the bridesmaid, but never the bride. Twelve times before the Dragons had made the march to the final series but they were disappointingly sent home each time without championship rings. They had come close, excruciatingly close even, twice finishing as the runner-up,…