What’s In This Issue?
How LSU Won Its 7th National Title: Collegiate Baseball delves into the amazing story of how the Tigers won 4 elimination games with a potent mix of clutch hitting, power, discipline, superb pitching and a defensive play that was the key to winning it all.
4 Powerful Photo Pages Of CWS: See photos of extreme action, drama, jubilation and devastating moments at the 2023 College World Series shot by Lou Pavlovich, Jr.
College World Series Notes: Attendance records shattered at ’Series along with record number of viewers on ESPN plus much more.
In-Depth College World Series Stats: See every box score of all 16 games played at the 2023 College World Series plus individual and team leaders of the CWS, category leaders, per-game leaders and analysis stats of every team.
CB’s National Coach Of The Year: LSU’s Jay Johnson does a remarkable job of leading the Tigers to their 7th national championship in baseball as he picks up Collegiate Baseball’s National Coach of The Year.
Collegiate Baseball’s NCAA Div. I Top 30 Presented By Big League Chew: LSU finishes No. 1 after capturing the College World Series with 11 wins in 13 NCAA post-season games. The Tigers were ranked No. 1 by Collegiate Baseball in our pre-season poll last December and were ranked No. 1 13 times this season.
Numerous Coaching Changes Across USA: Collegiate Baseball continues its look at all the head coaching moves in college baseball, contract extensions and assistant coaching hires.
ABCA Announces Coaches Of The Year: National Coaches of The Year, Region Coaches of The Year on all levels of college and high school baseball are announced.
Golden Spikes Award Winner: LSU’s Dylan Crews named 45th recipient of this prestigious award after a remarkable season.
Ron Wolforth Column: Obvious areas critical to development of throwing.
Ruleball With Rich Marazzi: Fascinating information brought forth with batter backswing interference.
Dick Howser Award Winner: LSU’s Paul Skenes is named the winner of this prestigious award.
ABCA NCAA Div. I All-Americans Put Up Big Numbers In 2023: National Players of The Year include RHP Paul Skenes of LSU and duel position player Jac Caglianone of Florida, plus Gold Glove winners.
Collegiate Baseball’s National H.S. Top 30 Poll Presented By Diamond Pro: Barbe H.S. (Lake Charles, LA) No. 1 for the seventh straight time after rolling to a 39-1 record and 20 straight wins to close the season. The Bucs posted 20 shutouts and a 0.89 ERA.
Secrets Of Great Coaching: Adam Sarancik explains that failures, missed opportunities are common in game of baseball.
High School All-Americans Announced By ABCA Loaded With Talent: OF Max Clark of Franklin Community (IN) and RHP Noble Meyer of Jesuit H.S. (Portland, OR) are named National High School Players of The Year, plus Gold Glove winners.
NCAA Div. 3 All-Americans: C Steve Yelin of William Paterson and LHP Gabe Van Emon of Endicott are named Players of The Year by ABCA, plus Gold Glove winners.
NCAA Div. 2 All-Americans: OF Julian Boyd of Colorado Mesa and LHP Kade Bragg of Angelo St. are named Players of The Year by ABCA, plus Gold Glove winners.
NJCAA Hall Of Fame Class For 2023: Jeff Willis (LSU Eunice, LA), Tony Cirelli (Mesa C.C., AZ), Rodney Bennett (Frederick C.C., MD) and John “Tex” Tolman (Grand Junction, CO) are named to this remarkable class.
Junior College All-Americans: ABCA announces NJCAA Div. I, III, III and Pacific Division All-Americans, National Players of The Year on each level and Gold Glove winners.
NAIA All-Americans: ABCA announced NAIA All-Americans, National Players of The Year and Gold Glove winners.
Special Q & A Session With A Legend: In one of his last interviews, Gordie Gillespie explains everything he learned about discipline in baseball and how to handle it properly. This man led teams in four sports to 2,402 victories — an achievement never accomplished by one coach in college sports history.
