DALLAS (NCBWA) - Russell Anderson, Conference USA Director
of Media Relations, has been named as winner of the 2002 National Collegiate
Baseball Writers Wilbur Snypp Award.
Anderson has been promoting Conference USA Baseball since the league's
inception in 1995 and prior to that served as the baseball contact for the
Great Midwest Conference for two seasons. He has been an officer in the
NCBWA for the past eight years, serving as Secretary/Treasurer of the organization
during that entire period. In 2001, Anderson maintained dual roles with
the NCBWA, serving as President of the organization. He has represented
the NCBWA at every College World Series since 1998 and has been involved
with NCAA Regionals and Super Regionals for each of the last six springs.
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Russell Anderson (far right) joined Bo Carter and
Rob Carolla in handing out the Verizon Dick Howser Trophy to Clemson's
Khalil Greene at the College World Series.
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"Russ Anderson has been a great ambassador for college baseball", NCBWA
President Rob Carolla said. "His assistance with the National College Baseball
Writers Association has been invaluable. I'm sure I can speak for the membership
in extending sincere thanks and congratulations!"
"Russ has done thousands of hours of work behind the scenes for NCBWA,"
said Bo Carter of the Big 12 Conference and NCBWA Executive Director. "He
is extremely deserving of this award and has made a tremendous difference
for the organization with his eight-plus years of service as both President
and Treasurer."
He is the 28th recipient of the annual award, which is presented in memory
of longtime Ohio State Sports Information Director and NCBWA founder, the
late Wilbur (Bill) Snypp. Snypp was a noted contributor to the writers'
organization, which was initiated in 1962 (and celebrating its 40th year
in 2001), as well as an officer in the group.
The NCBWA/Wilbur Snypp Award yearly honors a professional for their contributions
to the sport of collegiate baseball. Voting is done by a panel of previous
winners, who include past NCAA World Series directors, College Sports Information
Directors of America Hall of Fame members, decorated media members, and
many others.
ALL-TIME WILBUR SNYPP AWARD
WINNERS |
1975 Wilbur
Snypp, Ohio State 1976 Bill Esposito, St. John's 1977 Phil Langan,
Cornell 1978 John Geis, Southern Conference 1979 Hank Schomber, Georgia
Southern 1980 Bob Culp, Western Michigan 1981 Lou Pavlovich Sr., Collegiate
Baseball 1982 Tom Price, South Carolina 1983 Bob Bradley, Clemson
1984 Robert Williams, Omaha World-Herald 1985 Jerry Miles, NCAA 1986
Larry Keefe, Seton Hall 1987 Tom Rowen, San Jose Mercury-News 1988
Fred Gerardi, KESY Radio, Omaha 1989 Jim Wright, NCAA 1990 Steve Weller,
SIU-Edwardsville 1991 Bill Little, Texas 1992 Kirk Bohls,
Austin American-Statesman 1993 Bo Carter, Southwest Conference 1994 Lou Pavlovich
Jr., Collegiate Baseball 1995 Steve Pivovar, Omaha World-Herald 1996
Gary Johnson, NCAA |
1997 Dave Wohlhueter, Cornell 1998 Allen Simpson,
Baseball America 1999 Alan Cannon, Texas A&M 2000 Jim
Callis, Baseball America 2001
Dick Case, USA Baseball 2002
Russ Anderson, Conference USA
2003 John Manuel, Baseball America
2004 Dana Heiss Grodin, USA Today
Sports Weekly 2005 Dennis
Poppe, NCAA 2006 Mike Montoro,
Southern Miss 2007 Barry
Allen, Alabama 2008 Mike
Patrick, ESPN 2009 Al Chase,
Honolulu Star-Bulletin 2010
Lou Spry, NCAA 2011 Jeremy
Mills, ESPN/D1Baseball.com
2012 Eric Olson, Omaha World Herald
2013 J.D. Hamilton, NCAA
2014 John Sullivan, Rice
2015 David Feaster, Dick Howser Trophy
2016 Ralph Zobell, BYU
2017 Aaron Fitt, D1Baseball.com |
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