Junior was second on the team with 18 appearances in 2024
TAMPA, FEB. 13, 2025 – University of South Florida pitcher Austin Newton (Tampa) has been named to the 2025 Watch List for the 20th Annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award, given to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I Baseball, the association announced Wednesday.
Newton, a junior right-hander, made 18 appearances in 2024 for the Bulls, the second-most on the pitching staff, and had one start. A graduate of Land O’ Lakes High School in the Bay area, he went 0-1 with a 6.20 ERA (14 ER/20.1 IP), 22 strikeouts, and a 1.38 WHIP while holding opposing batters to a .250 average.
Seventy-six players have been named to the initial 2025 watch list. The Southeastern Conference led the way with the most representatives with nine players finding their names on the watch list. The Atlantic Coast Conference and Big 12 Conference followed with six players each, while the American Athletic Conference and Sun Belt Conference each had five.
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USF opens the 60th season in program history and the first under head coach Mitch Hannahs on Friday at the USF Baseball Stadium with the first of a three-game series vs. Iowa. Friday’s first pitch is set for 6:30 p.m. and can be seen on ESPN+ and heard on Bulls Unlimited digital radio.
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About the NCBWA
The NCBWA, founded in 1962, presents the Dick Howser Trophy to the nation’s top player and the Mike Martin National Coach of the Year to the nation’s top coach. It also selects All-America Teams for all Divisions, a Division I Freshman All-American team, Division I, II and III Players of the Week and Division I, II and III Players of the Year.
About USF Baseball
The South Florida Baseball program played its first season in 1966 and will enter its 60th campaign in 2025. Mitch Hannahs was named South Florida’s eighth head coach in program history on June 8, 2024, after compiling 355 wins over 11 seasons at Indiana State. The 2023 ABCA NCAA DI Midwest Region Coach of the Year guided the Sycamores to six conference titles and five NCAA Regionals. The Bulls have made 14 NCAA Tournament appearances and earned their first-ever Super Regional berth in 2021. The Bulls have won five conference tournament titles (3 Sun Belt, 1 Metro and 1 American) and six regular season championships (3 Sun Belt, 2 Metro and 1 C-USA). USF baseball players have been recognized with All-America honors 12 times and 19 Bulls have earned Freshman All-America accolades. USF has had 131 MLB Draft Picks. Former 2018 first-round draft pick, Shane McClanahan, is a two-time MLB All-Star.
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