The NCBWA's Russell D. Anderson/Wilbur Snypp Award for contributions to college baseball plaque memorializes longtime
Ohio State sports information director and NCBWA founder Wilbur (Bill) Snypp. Snypp was a noted contributor to the writers' organization, which began in 1962, as well as an officer in the group. In 2021, the association added Russell D. Anderson's name to the award, honoring its longtime treasurer and associate executive director. The annual award honors a professional for contributions to college baseball. Voting is conducted by a panel of previous winners, who include past NCAA College World Series directors, College Sports Information Directors of America Hall of Fame members, media members, and others. Past Russell D. Anderson/Wilbur Snypp Award winners include: • 1975 – Wilbur Snypp, Ohio State • 1976 – Bill Esposito,
St. John's • 1977 – Phil Langan,
Cornell • 1978 – John Geis,
Southern Conference • 1979 – Hank Schomber,
Georgia Southern • 1980 – Bob Culp,
Western Michigan • 1981 – Lou Pavlovich Sr.,
Collegiate Baseball • 1982 – Tom Price,
South Carolina • 1983 – Bob Bradley,
Clemson • 1984 – Robert Williams,
Omaha World-Herald • 1985 – Jerry Miles,
NCAA • 1986 – Larry Keefe,
Seton Hall • 1987 – Tom Rowen,
San Jose Mercury-News • 1988 – Fred Gerardi,
KESY-FM • 1989 – Jim Wright, NCAA • 1990 – Steve Weller,
SIU-Edwardsville • 1991 – Bill Little,
Texas • 1992 – Kirk Bohls,
Austin American-Statesman • 1993 – Bo Carter,
Southwest Conference • 1994 – Lou Pavlovich Jr., Collegiate Baseball • 1995 – Steve Pivovar, Omaha World-Herald • 1996 – Gary Johnson, NCAA • 1997 – Dave Wohlhueter, Cornell • 1998 – Allan Simpson,
Baseball America • 1999 – Alan Cannon,
Texas A&M • 2000 –
Jim Callis, Baseball America • 2001 – Dick Case,
USA Baseball • 2002 – Russ Anderson,
Conference USA • 2003 – John Manuel, Baseball America • 2004 – Dana Heiss Grodin,
USA Today Sports Weekly • 2005 – Dennis Poppe, NCAA • 2006 – Mike Montoro,
Southern Miss • 2007 – Barry Allen,
Alabama • 2008 –
Mike Patrick,
ESPN • 2009 – Al Chase,
Honolulu Star-Bulletin • 2010 – Lou Spry, NCAA • 2011 – Jeremy Mills, ESPN/D1Baseball • 2012 – Eric Olson,
Associated Press • 2013 – J.D. Hamilton,
NCAA • 2014 – John Sullivan,
Rice • 2015 – David Feaster,
Dick Howser Trophy • 2016 – Ralph Zobell,
BYU • 2017 – Aaron Fitt, D1Baseball • 2018 –
Kyle Peterson, D1Baseball and ESPN • 2019 – Jim Ellis,
Mississippi State • 2020 – Malcolm Gray,
East Carolina • 2021 –
Kevin Kugler,
Westwood One • 2022 - John Cox, Southern Miss • 2023 - Ryan Bomberger,
Liberty • 2024 -
Craig Way,
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