NCBWA 2011 Season News

Texas junior pitcher Taylor Jungmann is the recipient of the 25th annual Dick Howser Trophy, presented by Easton Foundations, as college baseball's player of the year. The presentation was made Tuesday morning as part of a news conference at TD Ameritrade Park, with several other 2011 national honors being awarded as well.

After his team was scheduled to be discontinued after the 2011 season, California head coach David Esquer led the Golden Bears to the program's first appearance at the NCAA College World Series since 1992, while earning him the National Coach of the Year Award presented by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.