OVERLAND PARK, Kan. -- Bryce Hughes (Texas Southern), DJ Newman (Bowling Green) and Marcus Phillips (Tennessee) earned weekly honors from the College Baseball Foundation (CBF) for their respective performances last week.
Hughes earned the Brooks Wallace Award Player of the Week while Newman was named the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week. Phillips was selected as the National Pitcher of the Week.
Brooks Wallace Award Player of the Week (Nation¡¯s Most Outstanding Shortstop)
Bryce Hughes, IF, Graduate, Texas Southern, Baytown, Texas
Hughes posted a gaudy .600 batting average (9-for-15) in four games, helping lead the Tigers to a 4-0 record last week, including a mid-week win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday and a sweep at Mississippi Valley State over the weekend. Hughes tallied two doubles, three walks, seven RBI, eight stolen bases and 12 runs scored on the week. He did not commit an error on nine chances in the field, earning eight assists and one putout. In the weekend opener against MVSU, the shortstop went 3-for-4 with three RBI. He closed the weekend series with another 3-for-4 outing, driving in two runs and scoring five times. Hughes is now hitting .315 on the season with 15 RBI.
John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week Award
DJ Newman, OF/RHP, Junior, Bowling Green State, Archbold, Ohio
Newman was on fire at the plate last week, going 7-for-12 (.583) to help lead the Falcons to a three-game sweep of the Akron Zips. The junior racked up two home runs, four RBI while scoring six runs and earning three walks. Newman raised his season batting average to .434 and upped his season RBI total to 10. On the mound, he started Game 1 of the series and logged four innings, allowing three hits and two runs while walking two and striking out two. Bowling Green won the game Newman started, 7-3.
National Pitcher of the Week
Marcus Phillips, RHP, Junior, Tennessee, Sioux Falls, S.D.
Phillips was masterful on the mound for the No. 1 Tennessee Volunteers over the weekend, helping lead the defending national champion to a 10-0 run-rule win over the No. 6 Florida Gators on Saturday. The junior right-hander tossed seven innings of shutout baseball, scattering five hits and striking out seven, while only walking one. Phillips picked up his second win of the season in what was a pitcher¡¯s duel until the bottom of seventh. The Vols entered the half inning clinging to a 1-0 lead before scoring nine runs to end the game. Phillips has not allowed more than one earned run in any of his five appearances this season and with his latest outing has lowered his season ERA to a microscopic 1.04.
College Baseball Foundation Weekly Honors
Brooks Wallace Award
The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to honor the nation's most outstanding shortstop. It is a tribute to Brooks Wallace, a slick-fielding shortstop at Texas Tech from 1977-80 who passed away at age 27 after a courageous battle with leukemia. Prior to 2009, the award recognized the national player of the year.
2025 Brooks Wallace Award Weekly Honorees
Feb. 25 ¨C Aiva Arquette, SS, Junior, Oregon State
March 4 ¨C Core Jackson, SS, Senior, Utah
March 11 ¨C Maximus Martin, SS, Junior, Kansas State
March 18 ¨C Bryce Hughes, IF, Graduate, Texas Southern
John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award
The John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award is presented annually by the College Baseball Foundation to honor the nation's top combo pitcher-position player. Olerud, who was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, was a standout pitcher and first baseman at Washington State from 1987 through 1989.
2025 John Olerud Two-Way Player Weekly Award Honorees
Feb. 25 ¨C Blaine Brown, LHP/OF, Freshman, Rice
March 4 ¨C Austin Smith, OF/LHP, Senior, San Diego
March 11 ¨C Will Rogers, RHP/DH, Senior, Michigan
March 18 ¨C DJ Newman, OF/RHP, Junior, Bowling Green State
National Pitcher of the Year Award
The Pitcher of the Year award, college baseball's version of the Cy Young Award which was created in 2009, is given annually to the nation's top collegiate pitcher.
2025 National Pitcher of the Year Weekly Award Honorees
Feb. 25 ¨C Colton Book, LHP, RS-Junior, Saint Joseph¡¯s
March 4 ¨C Haden Dow, LHP, Graduate, Southeast Missouri State
March 11 ¨C Blake Gillespie, RHP, Junior, Charlotte
March 11 ¨C Drew Horn, RHP, RS-Sophomore, Middle Tennessee
March 18 ¨C Marcus Phillips, RHP, Junior, Tennessee
About the College Baseball Foundation
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The CBF presents the Brooks Wallace Award (Nation¡¯s Most Outstanding Shortstop), the National Pitcher of the Year, the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year, the Skip Bertman National Coach of the Year, the George H.W. Bush Distinguished Alumnus Award and the Wayne Graham Award for Teaching Excellence Award.
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