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May 12, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
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Panthers make it 12 straight weeks at No. 1

CHAPMAN TOPS NCBWA
D3BASEBALL.COM DIVISION III POLL

DALLAS (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association continues its tradition of NCAA polls with the NCBWA/D3baseball.com Division III Poll. Weekly polls continue through June 2, following the NCAA Division III Championship in Grand Chute, Wis.

The poll voters come from 25 college baseball writers, sports information directors and related media persons from throughout the nation.

NCBWA/D3BASEBALL.COM DIVISION III POLL (FINAL REGULAR SEASON: MAY 12)
Rk.	School [1st place]	Record	Pts.	Pvs.
1.	Chapman [15]	35-3	609	1
2.	Cortland State [6]	38-3	598	2
3.	Trinity (Conn.) [4]	37-0	582	3
4.	Salisbury	38-2	560	4
5.	Johns Hopkins	34-5	504	5
6.	Kean	35-9	491	6
7.	Illinois Wesleyan	33-9	420	12
8.	Wheaton (Mass.)	32-8	402	11
9.	St. Thomas	30-7	391	13
10.	Carthage	35-8	334	7
11.	UW-Whitewater	35-8	326	8
12.	Heidelberg	37-8	315	17
13.	Keene State	33-9	294	18
14.	Piedmont	33-12	291	15
15.	Texas-Tyler	36-9	256	9
16.	UW-Oshkosh	29-9	242	10
17.	Wooster	34-9	200	16
18.	RPI	33-10	184	20
19.	Augustana	32-11	181	14
20.	UW-Stevens Point	28-14	178	23
21.	Calvin	32-8	147	22
22.	St. Scholastica	32-4	135	21
23.	New Jersey	28-10	131	19
24.	University of the Ozarks	33-10	63	24
25.	George Fox	28-12	49	-
Others receiving votes: DePauw 42,Trinity (Texas) 42, Penn State-Behrend 29, Ithaca 21, Linfield 20, Lynchburg 13, Rowan 12, Western New England 12, Wartburg 10, Christopher Newport 9, Eastern Connecticut 9, McMurry 9, Ripon 5, Rhodes 3, Southern Maine 3, Adrian 2, Rose-Hulman 1.
Dropped out: DePauw.

Founded in 1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball. Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the sport. Members receive a membership card, directory, newsletter updates and official votes in the Dick Howser Trophy, Regional Players of the Year and NCBWA All-America voting. The NCBWA also sponsors the Pro-Line Cap Division I Players of the Week, the Stopper of the Year, and publication and writing contests.

2008 NCBWA Division III Polls (No. 1 Team):
• Preseason (Cortland State) • Feb. 26 (Chapman) • March 3 (Chapman) • March 10 (Chapman) • March 17 (Chapman)	• March 24 (Chapman) • March 31 (Chapman) • April 7 (Chapman) • April 14 (Chapman) • April 21 (Chapman)	• April 28 (Chapman) • May 5 (Chapman) • May 12 (Chapman) • Final (Trinity)

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