Stopper of the Year Award

College baseball award

Stopper of the Year AwardAwarded for| Best relief pitcher in NCAA's Division I

|

Country| United States
Presented by| National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
History
First award| 2005
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.

## Past winners

[edit]

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[a]
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]
2020  | Not 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

[edit]

* Baseball portal

* List of college baseball awards

## Notes

[edit]

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

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b c d e f g "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. ^ a b 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".

## External links

[edit]

* History and selection process

* v
* t
* e

Stopper of the Year Award

* 2005: Cox
* 2006: Czyz
* 2007: Prihoda
* 2008: Fields
* 2009: Reed
* 2010: Ruffin
* 2011: Knebel
* 2012: Lopez
* 2013: Berg
* 2014: Burdi
* 2015: Berg
* 2016: Garcia
* 2017: Henzman
* 2018: Byrne
* 2019: Powell
* 2020: Not awarded
* 2021: Kopps
* 2022: Stivors
* 2023: Denton
* 2024: Aschenbeck
* 2025: Pluta

* v
* t
* e

College baseball awards

National College Baseball Hall of Fame

National players of the year|

* Dick Howser Trophy
* Golden Spikes Award

* ABCA National Player of the Year Award
* Baseball America College Player of the Year Award
* Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year
* Rotary Smith Award (defunct)
* The Sporting News College Baseball Player of the Year Award (defunct)

Individual awards|

* Academic All-America of the Year (top student-athlete)
* College Baseball All-America Team
* Brooks Wallace Award (Top shortstop)
* College World Series Most Outstanding Player
* John Olerud Award (Top two-way player)
* Buster Posey Award (Top catcher)
* Johnny Bench Award (Top catcher)
* Stopper of the Year Award (Top relief pitcher)
* National Pitcher of the Year Award (Top pitcher)
* Roger Clemens Award (Top pitcher; defunct)
* Senior CLASS Award

Head coach awards|

* Baseball America College Coach of the Year
* Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year
* NCBWA National Coach of the Year
* Skip Bertman Award

Conference major awards|

* America East
* The American
* ACC
* ASUN
* A-10
* Big East
* Big South
* Big Ten
* Big 12
* Big West
* CAA
* C-USA
* Horizon
* Ivy
* MAAC
* MAC
* MEAC
* MVC
* MW
* NEC
* OVC
* Pac-12
* Patriot
* SEC
* SoCon
* Southland
* Summit
* Sun Belt
* SWAC
* WCC
* WAC

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template