Brett Sanchez of Belhaven has been named to the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List as announced by the organization on Friday. The award is presented to the top amateur baseball player in the country.
More than 1,000 players were nominated, and from those, we selected and announce the 16th annual D3baseball.com All-America team, including the Player of the Year, Pitcher of the Year and Rookie of the Year.
GOODMAN, Miss. - The Belhaven Baseball team picked up its third straight sweep to open CCS play, taking two from Covenant College on Saturday at Charlie Donald Field. Belhaven won a tight one 6-4 in the opener before run-ruling the Scots 10-0 in the final game of the series. The Blazers (17-9, 9-0 CCS) have firmly established themselves as one of the hottest teams in the nation with their 14-game winning streak.
Johns Hopkins slugged their way to a win on Friday. Belhaven, Elms, Oberlin and Penn State Abington also gave up a big number to their opponents but still came out with wins as their offenses picked up the pitching staff.
Piedmont and La Verne earned their first wins of the season. ThLions defeated Cal Lutheran and La Verne bested Linfield. Widener was a Wednesday winner with Rhodes and Hendrix opening with wins on Tuesday.
Ty Morgan. Louisiana College, Brett Sanchez, Belhaven, and Levi Cloud, Berry were given the first weekly honors by the NCBWA. The first set this weekly award is for the month of February and becomes a weekly award starting next week
Piedmont found their bats again and after scoring once in a doubleheader on Friday, scored eight to salvage a win at Belhaven. Birmingham Southern scored early and late as they opened their season with a win over Oglethorpe.
Centenary (La.) braved the cold for a win over ETBU to move to 2-0 on the young season. In Mississippi, Belhaven hosted Piedmont and Covenant welcomed Erskine.
Kyle Palmer has been named the head baseball coach at Belhaven University, school officials announced. He will replace Hill Denson who will retire at the end of the 2019 season.
Deauton Delgado, Louisiana College, David Hall, Belhaven, and Casey Jones, St. Vincent earned the hitter, pitcher and rookie awards presented by the NCBWA for the second week of the awards.
Belhaven head coach Hill Denson has announced that 2019 will be his final season of coaching. Denson is in his 19th season with the Blazers and has compiled a career record of 1,284-869-2, including a 1,058-774-2 collegiate coaching mark.
Concordia-Chicago started slow last year and after opening with a loss, they needed a win to get back on track. The got a sweep over two top programs and leave Texas with two big wins. The only other ranked team also found success as Texas-Dallas shutout Belhaven,
CMS scored twice to steal a win from visiting Castelton, 4-3. Back in Jackson, Miss., Belhaven and North park scored a combined 33 runs in a game won by the Blazers 18-15.
Belhaven, Trinity (Texas) and University of Dallas all put up double digit runs, setting records in the process. Johns Hopkins, Gettysburg, and Otterbein also crossed the plate often as they easily won their Tuesday matchups.
North Central opened their CCIW season with a win over Elmhurst. Washington and Jefferson as well as St. Scholastica and Belhaven followed the Cardinals winning formula putting runs on board early with crisp pitching.
Huntingdon's offensive output set a D-III season high with 25 runs scored on D-III newcomer Belhaven. Berry scored early and late to stay perfect on the season with an upset of No. 3 Emory.
Belhaven's Sanchez added to Golden Spikes watch list
February 09, 2024Brett Sanchez of Belhaven has been named to the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List as announced by the organization on Friday. The award is presented to the top amateur baseball player in the country.
