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OF Jason Knoedler, Miami (Ohio) Jr. .402 239 79 96 11 48
P/UT/ATH Barry Matthews, Gonzaga Sr. .353 202 43 67 10 31
9-2 3.21 14 106 104 14 93 0
SP Kenny Baugh, Rice Sr. 13-2 2.17 22 141.1 86 46 140 0
SP Nate Fernley, Brigham Young Sr. 16-3 3.16 21 152.2 133 31 132 0
SP Kirk Saarloos, Cal St. Fullerton Sr. 15-2 2.24 24 144.2 94 23 150 4
RP Dave Bush, Wake Forest Jr. 3-3 2.65 41 74.2 57 19 85 16
RP Andy Torres, Arizona State Jr. 13-4 3.66 27 82 91 29 76 1
THIRD TEAM
1B Joseph Hastings, East Carolina Sr. .339 245 61 83 13 62
2B Josh Renick, Middle Tennessee Sr. .422 223 74 94 8 38
3B Kevin Youkilis, Cincinnati Sr. .405 210 81 85 18 61
SS Brendan Harris, William & Mary Jr. .389 211 72 82 18 69
C Chris Shelton, Utah Jr. .374 203 59 76 19 66
OF Sam Fuld, Stanford Fr. .349 212 53 74 0 31
OF Todd Leathers, Winthrop (32 2B) Jr. .392 189 58 74 10 53
OF Casey Stone, Clemson (26 SB) Sr. .376 255 56 96 2 47
P/UT/ATH Trevor Leu, Oral Roberts Sr. .415 135 27 56 6 38
(tie) 8-3 4.73 15 85.2 81 41 102 0
P/UT/ATH Kevin Kirkby, St. Joseph’s Sr. .392 171 38 67 2 41
1-1 1.74 12 10.1 8 3 7 7
SP William Collazo, Fla. Intern’l Sr. 11-0 2.87 17 120.1 104 36 136 0
SP Jeremy Guthrie, Stanford So. 12-4 2.50 18 125.2 111 38 121 0
SP Shane Komine, Nebraska Jr. 14-1 3.28 17 123.2 122 35 148 0
RP Will Brinson, East Carolina So. 3-1 3.12 23 34.2 28 16 38 8
RP George Huguet, Miami (Fla.) Fr. 1-0 2.27 41 39.2 33 13 27 13
NCBWA Tabs Nine Division I District Players of the Year
For the second year in succession, the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association has
chosen its nine NCAA Division I District Baseball Players of the Year. Voting for
the awards was done by the membership of the NCBWA, featuring writers, broadcasters and publicists of
college baseball.
The nine geographic areas include: I-Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island,
Massachusetts, Pennsylvania; II-Connecticut, West Virginia, New York, New Jersey, Delaware, District of
Columbia; III-Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida; IV-Georgia, Virginia, North Carolina,
South Carolina, Maryland; V-Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin; VI-Iowa, Missouri,
Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota; VII-Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana; VIII-
Wyoming, Utah, Idaho, New Mexico, Colorado, Nevada, Montana; IX-California, Oregon, Washington,
Hawai'i, Arizona, Alaska.
And from among the ranks of these standouts, USC’s Mark Prior was named recipient of the
prestigious Dick Howser Trophy, which was announced at the College World Series on Friday, June 8,
2001 in the Old Lobby (second floor) of the Courtyard by Marriott in Omaha.
Utilityman Kevin Kirkby of St. Joseph’s (Pa.) is the joined 2000 NCBWA District Player of the
Year Michael Campo of Penn State as back-to-back winners of district honors from the Quaker State. The
District I selection pitched and played the infield for the Hawks while rolling up a .392 batting average,
with two homers and 41 RBI, while chalking up seven saves in 12 pitching appearances, along with a a
1.74 earned run average.
District II honoree OF Billy McCarthy of Rutgers posted similar outstanding numbers with a .421
batting average (21st nationally in May 28 NCAA statistics), seven home runs and 65 RBI in his 59 games
played during the campaign. In a district (III) which featured two of the seven finalists for the Howser
Trophy, Tennessee shortstop Chris Burke edged Middle Tennessee pitcher Dewon Brazelton for the
honors. Burke led the Vols to the 2001 NCAA Super Regional against East Carolina while rolling to the
No. 7 position nationally with a .441 batting average. The 2001 Southeastern Conference Player of the Year
also belted 18 home runs in 57 games. Brazelton made his his bid for the Howser Trophy with a 13-1
record over 14 appearances and 148 strikeouts in his initial 119 innings pitched this year.