Stopper of the Year Award

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 Holden Powell of the UCLA Bruins.

Stopper of the Year Award
Given forBest relief pitcher in NCAA's Division I
CountryUnited States
Presented byNational Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
History
First award2005
Most recentHolden Powell, UCLA Bruins

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
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 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]

See also

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

References
  1. "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. 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.
  8. "Powell Named 2019 NCBWA Stopper of the Year". UCLABruins.com. June 15, 2019. Retrieved September 1, 2019.
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