03/22/2023 - Jim's (SECLMW) awards, polls, rankings - unofficial

03/22/2023 - Jim's (SECLMW) awards, polls, rankings - unofficial

Unofficial, Uneditted and replete with errors of commission and omission

also posted at: http://baseballlmw.blogspot.com/

and http://albdistrict2mi.blogspot.com/ (American Legion baseball emphasis)

Order -

NJCAA (NJCAA, MCCAA, OCCAC)

NAIA (NAIA, Crossroads, WHAC, River States)

NCAA/III (HCAC, MIAA, NCAC, OAC, WIAC)

NCAA/II (GLIAC, GMAC)

NCAA/I (B10, Horizon, MAC)

D3Baseball (team of the week, top 25)

D1Baseball top 25 poll

Collegiate Baseball (Players of the Week, DI poll, DII poll, DIII poll (not listed))

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NJCAA / National Junior College Athletic Association rankings & awards -

#NJCAA rankings (1-20 - I'm only listing some!) 03/22/23 -

*DI rankings - https://www.njcaa.org/sports/bsb/rankings/DI/index (I'm only listing some!)

1 Central Florida 30-1

2 Walters State 28-4

4 Iowa Western 14-0

7 Florence-Darlington 27-5

9 Wabash Valley 19-7

T16 Georgia Highlands 20-8

T16 Wallace-Dothan 19-9

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*DII rankings - https://www.njcaa.org/sports/bsb/rankings/DII/index (I'm only listing some!)

1 LSU Eunice 24-0

2 Pearl River 24-4

3 Heartland 14-1

8 Iowa Central 15-1

10 Lansing CC 9-5 (MCCAA)

13 Kirkwood 13-6

14 McHenry County 7-0

19 Kellogg CC 7-7 (MCCAA)

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*DIII rankings - https://www.njcaa.org/sports/bsb/rankings/DIII/index (I'm only listing some!)

1 Dallas-Eastfield 19-7

2 Caldwell Tech 19-2

3 RCSJ Gloucester 12-4

4 Herkimer 6-2

5 Owens CC 12-1 (OCCAC)

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#NJCAA Players of the Week (03/15-03/21) - https://www.njcaa.org/general/2022-23/POTW/index

*DI Player - Brody Szako, Fort Scott (KS)

*DI Pitcher - Ryker Walton, Mineral Area (MO)

*DII Player - Moises Aristy Jr., CCBC Catonsville (MD)

*DII Pitcher - Ty Pangborn, Cuyahoga CC/OCCAC (Newark HS/OH);

*DIII Player - Breon Ishmael, Caldwell Tech (NC)

*DIII Pitcher - Brendan Williams, Brookdale (NJ)

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#NJCAA/DII Stat leaders (my area) - 03/22/23 (updated daily) - https://www.njcaa.org/sports/bsb/2022-23/div2/leaders

Donovan Borg, Mid Michigan College/MCCAA (St Clair HS/MI) - #2 Batting Average - .571;

Aaron Piasecki, Kellogg CC/MCCAA (Mona Shores HS/MI) - #4 Batting Average - .547;

Seena Amani, Lakeland CC/OCCAC (Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute, ONT) - #1/tie ERA - 0.00;

Abe Bayus, Lakeland CC/OCCAC (Champion HS/OH) - #1/tie ERA - 0.00;

Nick Torrez, Mott CC/MCCAA (Frankenmuth HS/MI) - #5 ERA - 0.67;

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#NJCAA/DIII Stat leaders (my area) - 03/22/23 (updated daily) - https://www.njcaa.org/sports/bsb/2022-23/div3/leaders

(none from my “area”)

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MCCAA / Michigan Community College Athletic Association awards (NJCAA) - no weekly awards

OCCAC / Ohio Community College Athletic Conference awards (NJCAA - 03/22/23) - https://www.occac.org/POTW3-20-32

Pitcher of the Week - Ty Pangborn, Cuyahoga CC (Newark HS/OH);

Player of the Week - Luke Brockman, Edison State CC (Newport Central Catholic HS/KY);

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NAIA / National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics awards -

#NAIA Statistic “Leader Board” (updated daily!!) - this from 03/22/23 - https://naiastats.prestosports.com/sports/bsb/2022-23/leaders (also links to team stats)

Wyatt Sutton, IUPUC/Indiana-Purdue Columbus (Eastern Hancock HS/IN) - #3 Stolen Bases - 24;

Cruz McFadden, Mt Vernon Nazarene/Crossroads (Paint Valley HS/OH) - #2 Saves - 7;

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Crossroads League “Athletes of the Week” awards (NAIA - 03/21/2023) - https://www.crossroadsleague.com/article/5336 (only baseball listed below) -

Player of the Week - Satchell Wilson, Huntington (Lapel HS/IN);

Pitcher of the Week - Graham Kollen, Huntington (Homesteand HS/IN)

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WHAC / Wolverine Hoosier Athletic Conference awards (NAIA - 03/22/23) - https://www.whac.net/sports/bsb/2022-23/releases/03202023_BBO_POTW

Player of the Week - Nick Olsen, Lawrence Tech (Livonia Stevenson HS/MI);

Pitcher of the Week - Phillip Hobbs, Indiana Tech (Richmond HS/IN);

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River States Conference (RSC) awards (NAIA - 03/22/23) -

Player of the Week - Jared Campbell, Point Park (Sunrise/FL - Florida Southwestern State) - https://www.riverstatesconference.com/sports/bsb/2022-23/releases/20230320wmlkh7

Pitcher of the Week - Mason Whiteley, Indiana Kokomo (Edgewood HS/OH) - https://www.riverstatesconference.com/sports/bsb/2022-23/releases/20230320we5vef

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Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) Baseball Notebook (NCAA/III - 03/22/23) - https://heartlandconf.org/news/2023/3/20/hcac-2023-mens-baseball-notebook-week-4.aspx

Hitting Athlete of the Week - Alex Christie, Hanover (Center Grove HS/IN);

Pitching Athlete of the Week - Landen Southern, Anderson (Clinton Prairie HS/IN);

Notable Performances -

Trent Youngblood (Louisville, Ky.) Transylvania University

Trent Murdoc (Liberty Center, Ohio) Defiance College

Nathan Lancianese (Lexington, Ky.) Earlham College

Griffin Wolf (Carmel, Ind.) Anderson University

Matt Brankamp (Cincinnati, Ohio) Mount St. Joseph University

Brice McGee (Louisville, Ky.) Mount St. Joseph University

Brennan Perr (Louisville, Ky.) Transylvania University

Cohen Nies (Logansport, Ind.) Defiance College

Dillon Fischer (Cincinatti, Ohio) Earlham College

Korey Marlow (Schererville, Ind.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Chris Hautman (Lawrenceburg, Ind.) Hanover College

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Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) awards (NCAA/III - 03/22/23) - https://www.miaa.org/potw/2022-23/AOTW_2023March20

Pitcher of the Week - Graham O'Gorman (Champaign Central HS/IL) - https://www.miaa.org/potw/2022-23/2023March20BasePitch;

Player of the Week - no award?;

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North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) newsletter (NCAA/III - 03/22/23) - https://northcoast.org/news/2023/3/20/general-ncac-weekly-newsletter-athletes-of-the-week-3-20.aspx

Player of the Week - Edwin Groff, Kenyon (Campbell Hall School/CA);

Pitcher of the Week - Devin Anthony, Wooster (Hawken School/OH);

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OhioAthletic Conference (OAC) athletes of the weeks (NCAA/III - 03/22/23) - https://www.oac.org/sports/Players_of_the_Week/2022-23/3.20.23

Pitcher of the Week - Aaron Boster, Wilmington (Kings HS/OH);

Player of the Week - Alexis Castillo, Baldwin Wallace (The Sagemont School/FL);

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Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) awards (NCAA/III - 03/22/23) - https://wiacsports.com/news/2023/3/21/uw-whitewaters-o-brien-and-uw-la-crosses-katz-named-wiac-kwik-trip-baseball-athletes-of-the-week.aspx

Player of the Week - Gabe O’Brien, UW-Whitewater (Eau Claire North HS/WI / Eau Claire Legion);

Pitcher of the Week - Isaiah Katz, UW-LaCrosse (Fall Creek HS/WI / Eau Claire Legion);

*Also nominated for position player -

UW-Eau Claire, Nate Witte, Junior, Outfield, Woodbury, Minn. (East Ridge)

UW-La Crosse, Jack Moran, Junior, Shortstop, Chicago, Ill. (Loyola Academy)

UW-Oshkosh, Matt Scherrman, Senior, Shortstop, Wheaton, Ill. (Wheaton Warrenville South)

UW-Stevens Point, Bradley Comer, Senior, Infield, Rhinelander, Wis. (Rhinelander)

UW-Stout, Justin Sedin, Junior, Firstbase, Poplar, Wis. (Poplar)

*Also nominated for pitcher -

UW-Eau Claire, PJ Ford, Freshman, Righthanded Pitcher, Arlington Heights, Ill. (Rolling Meadows)

UW-Oshkosh, Cameron Mulvihill, Senior, Lefthanded Pitcher, Evanston, Ill. (Evanston)

UW-Platteville, Brady Hoppert, Sophomore, Righthanded Pitcher, New Berlin, Wis. (Martin Luther)

UW-Stevens Point, Casey Pickering, Junior, Righthanded Pitcher, Naperville, Ill. (Neuqua Valley)

UW-Stout, Trevor Miller, Sophomore, Righthanded Pitcher, Hammond, Wis. (St. Croix Central)

UW-Whitewater, Eli Frank, Sophomore, Pitcher, Bayport, Wis. (Bayport)

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Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) awards (NCAA/II - 03/22/23) - https://www.ncaa.com/scoreboard/baseball/d2/2023/03/21/all-conf

Player of the Week - Luke Montgomery, Purdue Northwest (St Laurence HS/IL);

Pitcher of the Week - Nick Rutkowski, Grand Valley State (Sterling Hts Stevenson HS/MI - Oakland);

*Nominated players (Ryan Brouch (Wisconsin Parkside (Appleton West HS/WI)), Jonas Gulbrandsen (GVSU (Oswego East HS/IL), Chris Tanderys (Wayne State (Livonia Stevenson HS/MI));

*Nominated pitchers (Chad Sommers (Wayne State (Jonesville HS/MI - Kellogg CC)); Michael Zordani (Wisconsin Parkside (Arrowhead HS/WI)));

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Great Midwest Athletic Conference (GMAC) awards (NCAA/II - 03/22/23) - https://greatmidwestsports.com/news/2023/3/20/great-midwest-athletes-of-the-week-march-20.aspx

North Pitcher - Zane Barnhart / Hillsdale (Medina Highland HS/OH);

North Player - Jeremiah Cangelosi, Ashland (Watkins Memorial HS/OH - Triton CC);

South Pitcher - Josh Tucker, Kentucky Wesleyan (McCracken County HS/KY);

South Player - Nate Brooks, Findlay (Avon HS/OH);

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Mountain East awards (NCAA/II - 03/22/23) - https://mountaineast.org/news/2023/3/20/kay-neff-garner-mec-baseball-honors.aspx

Player of the Week - Ryan Kay, West Virginia State (Murrieta/CA);

Pitcher of the Week - Andrew Neff, Concord (Fredericksburg/VA);

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Big 10 Confeerence Baseball awards (NCAA/I - 03/22/23) - https://bigten.org/news/2023/3/20/indiana-minnesota-and-nebraska-claim-baseball-weekly-awards.aspx

Player of the Week - Brice Matthews, Nebraska (Atascocita HS/TX):

Pitcher of the Week - George Klassen, Minnesota (Port Washington HS/WI);

Freshman of the Week - Devin Taylor, Indiana (Cincinnati LaSalle HS/OH);

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Horizon League Baseball awards (NCAA/I - 03/22/23) - https://horizonleague.org/news/2023/3/21/baseball-nike-hlbase-players-of-the-week-march-21st.aspx

Batter of the Week - Noah Fisher, Northern Kentucky (Madison Heights Lamphere HS/MI);

Pitcher of the Week - Ben Gerl, Northern Kentucky (Lincoln Way West HS/IL);

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MAC / Mid-American Conference Baseball awards (NCAA/I - 03/22/23) - https://getsomemaction.com/news/2023/3/21/mac-announces-baseball-player-pitcher-of-the-week-honors.aspx

Pitcher of the Week - Spencer Atkins, Akron (Sylvania Northview HS/OH);

Player of the Week - Aidan Longwell, Kent State (Massilon Washington HS/OH);

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D3Baseball Team of the Week (NCAA/III - 03/22/23) - https://www.d3baseball.com/awards/team-of-the-week/2023/week05

(Games of March 13-19, 2023)

C Matt Falk, Sr., Mitchell

C Charlie Glennon, Sr., Denison (New Rochelle HS/NY);

1B Noah Leib, Jr., Denison (Evanston Township HS/IL);

1B Anthony Raimo, Sr., Keystone

2B Justin Swanson, Jr, North Park

SS Cavan Brady, Sr., Wheaton (Mass.)

3B James Murphy, Jr., St. John Fisher

OF Quinn Blackman, Jr., Rhodes

OF Ben Lea, So., East Texas Baptist

OF Gabe O'Brien, Jr., UW-Whitewater (Eau Claire North HS/WI / Eau Claire Legion);

DH Alexis Castillo, Sr., Baldwin Wallace (The Sagemont School/FL - Oberlin)

SP Tyler Horvat, Sr., Washington & Jefferson

SP Gavin Kinworthy, So., Fontbonne

SP Jackson Teer, So., Trinity (Texas)

RP Nolan Shannon, Jr., North Central (Ill.)

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D3Baseball Top 25 teams (NCAA/III - 03/22/23) - https://www.d3baseball.com/top25/2023/2023Top25-week-4

(I'm only listing some) - Through games of Sunday, March 19, 2023:

Rank School W-L Record

1 Birmingham-Southern (SAA) 20-2

2 Eastern Connecticut (LEC) 10-1

3 Baldwin Wallace (OAC) 13-2

6 UW-Whitewater (WIAC) 4-0

7 UW-Stevens Point (WIAC) 5-2

14 Denison (NCAC) 9-3

20 Marietta (OAC) 11-5

25 UW-Oshkosh (WIAC) 8-2

Other - Otterbein (OAC)

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Collegiate Baseball National Players of the Week (03/22/23) - http://baseballnews.com/cb-national-players-of-week-3-20-23/

2B Dylan Strickland, Georgia St.

RHP Will Rigney, Baylor

RF Matt Hogan, Oral Roberts

RHP Luke Sinnard, Indiana (Beech HS/TN - Western Kentucky)

SS Josh Rivera, Florida

RHP Dakota Hawkins, Washington St.

RHP Jackson Nezuh, Louisiana

RHP Brandon Sproat, Florida

RHP Paul Skenes, Louisiana St.

1B CJ Kayfus, Miami (FL)

1B Hank Zeisler, Missouri

2B Luke Keaschall, Arizona St.

LHP Hunter Owen, Vanderbilt

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D1Baseball Top 25 Rankings (03/22/23) - https://d1baseball.com/top-stories/d1baseball-top-25-lsu-holds-at-no-1-six-teams-enter-rankings/

(I'm listing top 10 + selected others)

Rank - School - W-L -

1 LSU/SEC - 18-2

2 Wake Forest/ACC - 18-3

3 Florida/SEC - 18-4

4 Vanderbilt/SEC - 16-5

5 Arkansas/SEC - 18-2

6 Louisville/ACC - 17-2

7 UCLA/PAC 12 - 15-3

8 Virginia/ACC - 17-2

9 Stanford/PAC 12 - 13-5

10 East Carolina/AAC - 16-4

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Collegiate Baseball DI Poll (03/22/23) - http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-1-poll-3-20-23/

30 schools listed - I'm listing the top 10 and selected others

Rank Team (Record)

1. Louisiana St./SEC (18-2)

2. Louisville/ACC (17-2)

3. Arkansas/SEC (18-2)

4. South Carolina/SEC (20-1)

5. Virginia/ACC (17-2)

6. Wake Forest/ACC (18-3)

7. Florida/SEC (18-4)

8. Vanderbilt/SEC (16-5)

9. UCLA/PAC 12 (15-3)

10. U.C. Santa Barbara/Big West (15-3)

20. Iowa/Big 10 (15-3)

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Collegiate Baseball DII Poll (03/22/23) - http://baseballnews.com/collegiate-baseball-div-2-poll-3-20-23/

30 schools listed - I'm listing the top 10 and selected others

Rank Team (Record)

1. North Greenville (24-2)

2. Tampa (20-4)

3. Angelo St. (26-4)

4. Montevallo (20-4)

5. Quincy/GLVC (14-4)

6. Cal. St. San Bernardino (19-4)

7. St. Edwards (19-6)

8. Rollins (16-7)

9. Southern Arkansas (18-7)

10. Columbus St. (19-6)

11. East Stroudsburg/PSAC (17-3)

12. Millersville/PSAC (21-4)

20. Wayne State/GLIAC (12-2)

21. Illinois-Springfield/GLVC (16-6)

Other - Shippensburg/PSAC (16-8)

Other - Indianapolis/GLVC (11-4)

Other - Slippery Rock/PSAC (9-4)

Other - Charleston, W.V./Mountain East (14-4),

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Collegiate Baseball DIII Poll (no poll yet - 03/22) - http://baseballnews.com/2023-collegiate-baseball-ncaa-d-3-polls/

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