Big East News Articles

Huskies’ Springer named Preseason Player of the Year; Barnes named Preseason Pitcher of the Year.

Connecticut, Louisville, St. John’s and Pittsburgh all earn spots in the Top 40 Pre-Season Poll.

St. John’s sophomore Jeremy Baltz, Louisville junior Ryan Wright and Connecticut junior George Springer and senior Mike Nemeth earned NCBWA Preseason honors.

Games to be held at Dunedin Stadium, Jack Russell Memorial Stadium, Al Lang/Progress Energy Park, Raymond A. Naimoli Complex and Bright House Field.

 Tournament MVP Kyle Hansen pitched 6.1 innings of two-hit, shutout ball with five strikeouts as St. John’s won its BIG EAST-record sixth BIG EAST Championship with a 3-0 win against Connecticut Sunday afternoon at Bright House Field.

 Louisville and St. John's both reached their respective regional finals.

 Six BIG EAST student-athletes have been named to the Louisville Slugger/TPX All-America team as chosen by Collegiate Baseball.

For the second consecutive season, West Virginia's Jedd Gyorko was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers of America District II Player of the Year. BIG EAST Player of the Year Joe Leonard of Pittsburgh was named District I Player of the Year for the first time in his career.

 Thirty-six BIG EAST baseball players were chosen in the 2010 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft with five players going in the first five rounds.

Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's Freshman Player of the Year Jeremy Baltz was joined by four other BIG EAST student-athletes on the Louisville Slugger Freshman All-American Team.

 Louisville, Connecticut and St. John’s were among the 64 teams selected to the 2010 NCAA Baseball Championship Monday as announced on ESPN.

PROVIDENCE, RI – Following an impressive week at the plate for the Scarlet Knights, BIG EAST home run leader junior Pat Biserta was named ...

Following an impressive week at the plate for the Scarlet Knights, BIG EAST home run leader junior Pat Biserta was named BIG EAST Baseball Player of the Week.

Junior Andrew Barbosa became the third straight USF pitcher to earn BIG EAST weekly baseball honors after a convincing performance against Cincinnati on April 2.

West Virginia University baseball player Jedd Gyorko has been named to the Ping!Baseball preseason All-America first team, announced by the publication today.

Defending BIG EAST Champion Louisville earned 454 points for a No. 19 ranking in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Preseason Poll.