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May 29, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
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TRINITY (CONN.) TOPS FINAL 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. This is the final poll, 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: MAY 29)
Rk.	School [1st place]	Record	Pts.	Pvs.
1.	Trinity (Conn.) [25]	45-1	625	3
2.	Johns Hopkins	42-8	594	5
3.	UW-Whitewater	42-10	563	11
4.	Chapman	40-5	543	1
5.	Adrian	36-13	504	-
6.	Cortland State	42-5	483	2
7.	Salisbury	41-4	449	4
8.	Linfield	35-13	446	-
9.	Kean	39-11	428	6
10.	Heidelberg	41-10	390	12
11.	St. Thomas	34-9	313	9
12.	Wheaton (Mass.)	34-10	290	8
13.	RPI	36-12	283	18
14.	St. Scholastica	34-6	277	22
15.	Illinois Wesleyan	33-11	218	7
16.	Keene State	34-11	198	13
17.	Carthage	36-10	190	10
18.	Southern Maine	36-14	184	-
19.	Piedmont	33-11	155	14
20.	Wooster	36-11	151	17
21.	Rowan	34-14	138	-
22.	Trinity (Texas)	35-15	129	-
23.	Texas-Tyler	36-9	121	15
24.	Augustana	34-13	96	19
25.	Calvin	32-10	90	21
Others receiving votes: University of the Ozarks 50, UW-Oshkosh 42, Lynchburg 33, New Jersey 27, Webster 26, DePauw 20, Christopher Newport 16, UW-Stevens Point 15, Penn State-Behrend 14, Eastern Connecticut 9, Ithaca 6, Cal State-East Bay 3, Ripon 2, Rose-Hulman 2, Wartburg 1, Western New England 1.
Dropped out: UW-Oshkosh (16), UW-Stevens Point (20), New Jersey (23), University of the Ozarks (24), George Fox (25).

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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