Stopper of the Year Award

Stopper of the Year Award
Given for Best relief pitcher in NCAA's Division I
Country United States
Presented by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
History
First award 2005
Most recent Michael Byrne, Florida Gators

The Stopper of the Year Award was created in 2005 to honor college baseball's top relief pitcher. The award is administered and voted on by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. The current holder of the award is Michael Byrne of the Florida Gators.

Past winners

Addison Reed
Key
Year Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player Name of the player
School The player's college when he won the award
footnote Player is active[lower-alpha 1]
Winners
Year Name School Ref(s)
2005 J. B. Cox Texas [1]
2006 Don Czyz Kansas [1]
2007 Luke Prihoda Sam Houston State [1]
2008 Josh Fieldsdouble-dagger Georgia [1]
2009 Addison Reeddouble-dagger San Diego State [1]
2010 Chance Ruffin Texas [1]
2011 Corey Knebeldouble-dagger Texas [1]
2012 Stefan Lopez Southeastern Louisiana [2]
2013 David Bergdouble-dagger UCLA [3]
2014 Nick Burdidouble-dagger Louisville [3]
2015 David Bergdouble-dagger UCLA [4]
2016 Bryan Garciadouble-dagger Miami [5]
2017 Lincoln Henzmandouble-dagger Louisville [6]
2018 Michael Byrnedouble-dagger Florida [7]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ A player is considered inactive if he has announced his retirement or not played for a full season.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "STOPPER OF THE YEAR". sportswriters.net. NCBWA. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Lopez Wins National Award, Named Stopper Of The Year By NCBWA". lionsports.net. June 15, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  3. 1 2 Vadeboncoeur, Josh (June 15, 2014). "Louisville's Nick Burdi Named NCBWA Stopper of the Year". College Baseball Central. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  4. ↑ "UCLA baseball: David Berg named NCBWA Stopper of the Year". Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article84632177.html
  6. ↑ NCBWA (June 17, 2017). "College World Series: Louisville's Lincoln Henzman named 2017 NCBWA Stopper of the Year". NCAA.com. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  7. ↑ "UF closer Byrne named Stopper of the Year". GatorSports.com. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
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