March 30, 2010
For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Dixon
907-479-4306
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ST. THOMAS 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 the NCAA Division III Championship.

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

Rk. School [1st place] Record Pts. Pvs.
1. St. Thomas [25] 9-1 625 1
2. Heidelberg 13-2 574 2
3. Chapman 17-4 549 4
4. Trinity, Conn. 9-1 539 5
5. Wooster 13-3 516 3
6. Salisbury 16-3 472 6
7. Pomona-Pitzer 20-5 443 8
8. Marietta 13-3 420 10
9. Kean 12-5 386 7
10. Mississippi College 21-3 375 13
11. Eastern Connecticut 10-3 355 14
12. Rose-Hulman 14-3 310 16
13. UW-Whitewater 10-1 307 18
14. Johns Hopkins 14-3 278 19
15. Augustana 12-2 253 11
16. Shenandoah 20-5 228 20
17. Carthage 8-5 195 12
18. St. Scholastica 13-3 192 21
19. UW-Stevens Point 7-4 176 15
20. Birmingham-Southern 19-5 160 17
21. RPI 10-5 155 9
22. Cortland State 12-5 127 24
23. Redlands 21-3 88 -
24. Trinity, Texas 21-7 71 25
25. Pacific Lutheran 16-6 42 -
Also receiving votes: Plattsburgh State 35, Rhodes 30, Worcester Polytech 27, Southern Maine 26, Wheaton (Mass.) 24, Huntingdon 23, Babson 23, Texas-Tyler 20, Keystone 19, Wheaton (Ill.) 15, Linfield 13, Penn State-Behrend 8, Ohio Northern 8, Ferrum 5, Oneonta State 4, Bethany 3, Texas Lutheran 2, Methodist 2, Millsaps 1, Rochester 1.
Dropped out: Southern Maine (22), Worcester Polytech (23).

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.

2010 NCBWA Division III Polls (No. 1 Team):
Preseason (St. Thomas)
March 2 (St. Thomas)
March 9 (St. Thomas)
March 16 (St. Thomas)
March 23 (St. Thomas)
March 30 (St. Thomas)
April 6 (St. Thomas)
April 13 (St. Thomas)
April 20 (Johns Hopkins)
April 27 (Johns Hopkins)
May 4 (Johns Hopkins)
May 11 (Johns Hopkins)
May 18 (Johns Hopkins)
Final (Illinois Wesleyan)