Stopper of the Year Award

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| holder = Evan Aschenbeck, Texas A&M Aggies

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The Stopper of the Year Award was created in 2005 to honor college baseball's top relief pitcher. The award is administered and voted on by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.

Past winners

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!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|Year

|Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year

scope="row" style="text-align:center"|Player

|Name of the player

scope="row" style="text-align:center"|School

|The player's college when he won the award

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!scope="col"|Year

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2005

!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|{{sortname|J. B.|Cox}}

|Texas

|{{cite web|title=STOPPER OF THE YEAR|url=http://sportswriters.net/ncbwa/awards/stopper/index.html|website=sportswriters.net|publisher=NCBWA|accessdate=June 29, 2014}}

2006

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Don|Czyz}}

|Kansas

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2007

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Luke|Prihoda}}

|Sam Houston State

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2008

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Josh|Fields|dab=pitcher}}

|Georgia

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2009

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Addison|Reed}}

|San Diego State

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2010

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Chance|Ruffin}}

|Texas

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2011

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Corey|Knebel}}{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}}

|Texas

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2012

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|Stefan|Lopez}}

|Southeastern Louisiana

|{{cite news|title=Lopez Wins National Award, Named Stopper Of The Year By NCBWA|url=http://www.lionsports.net/news/2012/6/15/BSB_0615125047.aspx|accessdate=June 29, 2014|work=lionsports.net|date=June 15, 2012}}

2013

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|David|Berg|dab=pitcher}}

|UCLA

|{{cite news|last1=Vadeboncoeur|first1=Josh|title=Louisville's Nick Burdi Named NCBWA Stopper of the Year|url=http://collegebaseballcentral.com/louisvilles-nick-burdi-named-ncbwa-stopper-year/7780/|accessdate=June 29, 2014|work=College Baseball Central|date=June 15, 2014}}

2014

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Nick|Burdi}}{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}}

|Louisville

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2015

!scope="row" style="text-align:center"|{{sortname|David|Berg|dab=pitcher}}

|UCLA

|{{cite web|url=http://www.ocregister.com/ucla/berg-666364-national-year.html|title=UCLA baseball: David Berg named NCBWA Stopper of the Year|date=June 13, 2015|publisher=|accessdate=February 19, 2016}}

2016

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Bryan|Garcia|dab=baseball}}{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}}

|Miami

|{{cite web| url = http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article84632177.html| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160623095931/http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/college/acc/university-of-miami/article84632177.html| archive-date = 2016-06-23| title = Hurricanes’ Bryan Garcia named national Stopper of the Year at CWS after setting school career saves record {{!}} Miami Herald}}

2017

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Lincoln|Henzman}}{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}}

|Louisville

|{{cite web|author=NCBWA |url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2017-06-17/college-world-series-louisvilles-lincoln-henzman-named-2017-ncbwa |title=College World Series: Louisville's Lincoln Henzman named 2017 NCBWA Stopper of the Year |publisher=NCAA.com |date=June 17, 2017 |accessdate=June 17, 2018}}

2018

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Michael|Byrne|dab=baseball}}{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}}

|Florida

|{{cite web|url=http://www.gatorsports.com/2018/06/uf-closer-byrne-named-stopper-of-the-year/ |title=UF closer Byrne named Stopper of the Year |publisher=GatorSports.com |date= June 16, 2018|accessdate=June 17, 2018}}

2019

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Holden|Powell|dab=baseball}}{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}}

|UCLA

|{{cite web|url=https://uclabruins.com/news/2019/6/15/baseball-powell-named-ncbwa-stopper-of-the-year.aspx |title=Powell Named 2019 NCBWA Stopper of the Year |publisher=UCLABruins.com |date=June 15, 2019 |accessdate=September 1, 2019}}

2020

!scope="row" colspan=3 style="text-align:center"|Not awarded

2021

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Kevin|Kopps}}{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}}

|Arkansas

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/jun/19/a-wanted-man/|title = A 'wanted' man: Nation's best player doubted his place|date = June 19, 2021}}

2022

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Tristan|Stivors}}{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}}

|Texas State

|{{Cite web|url=https://sunbeltsports.org/news/2022/6/17/baseball-texas-states-stivors-named-ncbwa-stopper-of-the-year.aspx|title = Texas State's Stivors Named NCBWA Stopper of the Year|date = June 17, 2022|access-date= June 19, 2023}}

2023

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Cade|Denton}}{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}}

|Oral Roberts

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/news/2023/06/16/oral-roberts-denton-wins-2023-ncbwa-stopper-of-the-year-award|title = Oral Roberts' Denton wins 2023 NCBWA Stopper of the Year Award|date = June 16, 2023|access-date= June 19, 2023}}

2024

!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|{{sortname|Evan|Aschenbeck}}{{sup|{{double-dagger}}}}

|Texas A&M

|{{cite news |last1=Shaw |first1=Tyler |title=Aschenbeck named 2024 NCBWA Stopper of the Year |url=https://www.kbtx.com/2024/06/14/aschenbeck-named-2024-ncbwa-stopper-year/ |access-date=24 September 2024 |publisher=KBTX |date=14 June 2024 |language=en}}

See also

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Notes

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References

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