Stopper of the Year Award

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Stopper of the Year Award
Awarded forBest relief pitcher in NCAA's Division I
CountryUnited States
Presented by National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
History
First award2005
Most recent Tony Pluta, Arizona Wildcats

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.

Contents

Past winners

Addison Reed Addison Reed on June 26, 2012.jpg
Addison Reed
Key
YearLinks to the article about the corresponding baseball year
PlayerName of the player
SchoolThe player's college when he won the award
‡Player is active [a]
Winners
YearNameSchoolRef(s)
2005 J. B. Cox Texas [1]
2006 Don Czyz Kansas [1]
2007 Luke Prihoda Sam Houston State [1]
2008 Josh Fields Georgia [1]
2009 Addison Reed San Diego State [1]
2010 Chance Ruffin Texas [1]
2011 Corey Knebel Texas [1]
2012 Stefan Lopez Southeastern Louisiana [2]
2013 David Berg UCLA [3]
2014 Nick Burdi ‡ Louisville [3]
2015 David Berg UCLA [4]
2016 Bryan Garcia Miami [5]
2017 Lincoln Henzman Louisville [6]
2018 Michael Byrne Florida [7]
2019 Holden Powell ‡ UCLA [8]
2020Not awarded
2021 Kevin Kopps ‡ Arkansas [9]
2022 Tristan Stivors Texas State [10]
2023 Cade Denton ‡ Oral Roberts [11]
2024 Evan Aschenbeck ‡ Texas A&M [12]
2025 Tony Pluta ‡ Arizona [13]

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". June 13, 2015. Retrieved February 19, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Hurricanes' Bryan Garcia named national Stopper of the Year at CWS after setting school career saves record | Miami Herald". Archived from the original on June 23, 2016.
  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. June 16, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
  8. ↑ "Powell Named 2019 NCBWA Stopper of the Year". UCLABruins.com. June 15, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
  9. ↑ "A 'wanted' man: Nation's best player doubted his place". June 19, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Texas State's Stivors Named NCBWA Stopper of the Year". June 17, 2022. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  11. ↑ "Oral Roberts' Denton wins 2023 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award". June 16, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  12. ↑ Shaw, Tyler (June 14, 2024). "Aschenbeck named 2024 NCBWA Stopper of the Year". KBTX . Retrieved September 24, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Tony Pluta Named NCBWA Stopper of the Year".
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