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MORGANTOWN, W. VA. (NCBWA) – The National Collegiate Baseball
Writers Association has announced its Dick Howser Trophy
National Players of the Month for February. NC State first
baseman Tommy White is the national hitter of the
month and Florida State left-hander Bryce Hubbart
is the pitcher of the month. The Dick Howser Trophy is presented
annually to the NCBWA's national player of the year by The Game
Headwear.
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White, a native of St. Pete Beach, Florida, had a prolific opening
eight games in his career, totaling nine homers and 29 RBI with
a .588 (20-for-34) average. He cranked three homers in his collegiate
debut and finished the season-opening three-game series with five
homers in three games, belting a home run in each of the remaining
two contests. In his second series of the year, White had a two-homer
game in the series opener before hitting homers in each of the following
two games. He has had at least four RBI in five of his first eight
collegiate games.
A native of Windermere, Florida, Hubbart
earned wins in each of his first two starts to open the 2022 season.
The left-hander worked 11 innings in those two outings, allowing
just six hits and one walk, while striking out 22. In his season
debut in the second game of a series sweep over James Madison, Hubbart
allowed just two hits and no walks in five innings and struck out
13. He followed that on Saturday, pitching six shutout innings in
a win over Samford, allowing just four hits and a walk and striking
out nine.
This marks the seventh consecutive year that the
NCBWA has honored a player and pitcher of the month. Founded in
1962, the NCBWA is dedicated to the advancement of college baseball.
Membership is open to writers, broadcasters and publicists of the
sport. For more information about the NCBWA, visit the association's
official Web site, www.ncbwa.com.
For more information on the Dick Howser Trophy and the NCBWA
Division I National Players of the Week, contact NCBWA Assistant
Executive Director
Mike Montoro
at West Virginia University at 304-293-2821.
2022 Dick Howser Trophy National Players of the Week:
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Week ending Feb. 20: Tommy White, NC State (Hitter);
Hunter Barco, Florida (Pitcher)
• Week ending
Feb. 27: Jake Gelof, Virginia and Trey Lipscomb, Tennessee (Hitter); Chazz Martinez,
Oklahoma (Pitcher)
• Week ending March 6:
Nathan Chong, Saint Mary's (Hitter); Sean Bergeron, Western Kentucky and Thatcher
Hurd, UCLA (Pitcher)
• Week ending March
13: Daniel Susac, Arizona (Hitter); Parker Stinnett, Mississippi State (Pitcher)
• Week ending March 20: Jacob Wilson, Grand Canyon
(Hitter); Gabriel Hughes, Gonzaga (Pitcher)
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Week ending March 27: Josh Hatcher, Kennesaw State
and Christopher Sargent, Southern Miss (Hitter); Drew Thorpe, Cal Poly (Pitcher)
• Week ending April 2: Joey Walls, UNLV (Hitter);
Drew Beam, Tennesssee and Cooper Hjerpe, Oregon State (Pitcher)
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Week ending April 9: Ryan Cermak, Illinois State
and Matt Higgins, Bellarmine (Hitter); Graham Laubscher, St. Thomas and Cooper Rawls,
Louisiana (Pitcher)
• Week ending April 16:
Matt Coutney, Old Dominion (Hitter); Parker Messick, Florida State (Pitcher)
• Week ending April 23: Max Wagner, Clemson and
Ryan Gaudino, Tennessee Tech (Hitter); Ben Seiler, Siena and Shemar Page, Grambling
(Pitcher)
• Week ending April 30: David McCabe,
Charlotte and Ryan Lasko, Rutgers (Hitter); Ryan Ramsey, Maryland (Pitcher)
• Week ending May 8: Ivan Melendez, Texas (Hitter);
Juaron Watts-Brown, Long Beach State (Pitcher)
2022 Dick Howser Trophy National Players of the Month:
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February: Tommy White, NC State (Hitter); Bryce
Hubbard, Florida State (Pitcher)
• March:
Ivan Melendez, Texas (Hitter); Drew Beam, Tennessee (Pitcher)
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April: Matt Coutney, Old Dominion (Hitter); Parker
Messick, Florida State (Pitcher)
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