Bryce Hughes, DJ Newman And Marcus Phillips Earn National Recognition From College Baseball Foundation

OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – Bryce Hughes (Texas Southern), DJ Newman (Bowling Green) and Marcus Phillips (Tennessee) earned weekly honors from the College Baseball Foundation (CBF) for their respective performances last week, it was announced on Tuesday.

Hughes earned the Brooks Wallace Award Player of the Week while Newman was named the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week. Phillips was selected as the National Pitcher of the Week.

Brooks Wallace Award Player of the Week (Nation’s Most Outstanding Shortstop)

Bryce Hughes, IF, Graduate, Texas Southern University, Baytown, Texas

Hughes posted a gaudy .600 batting average (9-for-15) in four games, helping lead the Tigers to a 4-0 record last week, including a mid-week win over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi on Tuesday and a sweep at Mississippi Valley State over the weekend. Hughes tallied two doubles, three walks, seven RBIs, eight stolen bases and 12 runs scored on the week. He did not commit an error on nine chances in the field, earning eight assists and one putout. In the weekend opener against MVSU, the shortstop went 3-for-4 with three RBIs. He closed the weekend series with another 3-for-4 outing, driving in two runs and scoring five times. Hughes is now hitting .315 on the season with 15 RBIs.

John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week Award

DJ Newman, OF/RHP, Junior, Bowling Green University, Archbold, Ohio

Newman was on fire at the plate last week, going 7-for-12 (.583) to help lead the Falcons to a three-game sweep of the Akron Zips. The junior racked up two home runs, four RBIs while scoring six runs and earning three walks. Newman raised his season batting average to .434 and upped his season RBI total to 10. On the mound, he started game one of the series and logged four innings, allowing three hits, two runs while walking two and striking out two. Bowling Green won the game Newman started by a score of 7-3.

National Pitcher of the Week

Marcus Phillips, RHP, Junior, University of Tennessee, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Phillips was masterful on the mound for the No. 1 Tennessee Volunteers over the weekend, helping lead the defending national champion to a 10-0 run-rule win over the No. 6 Florida Gators on Saturday. The junior right-hander tossed seven innings of shutout baseball, scattering five hits and striking out seven, while only walking one. Phillips picked up his second win of the season in what was a pitcher’s duel until the bottom of seventh inning. The Vols entered the bottom of the seventh inning clinging to a 1-0 lead, before scoring nine runs to end the game. Phillips has not allowed more than one earned run in any of his five appearances this season and with his latest outing has lowered his season ERA to a microscopic 1.04

College Baseball Foundation Weekly Honors

Each week the CBF recognizes weekly award winners in conjunction with the Brooks Wallace Award, John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award and the National Pitcher of the Year Award.

2025 Brooks Wallace Award Weekly Honorees

2/25 - Aiva Arquette, SS, Junior, Oregon State University, Kailua, Hawai'i

3/4 - Core Jackson, SS, Senior, University of Utah, Wyoming, Ontario

3/11 – Maximus Martin, SS, Junior, Kansas State University, Edgewater Park, New Jersey

3/18 – Bryce Hughes, IF, Graduate, Texas Southern University, Baytown, Texas

2025 John Olerud Two-Way Player Weekly Award Honorees

2/25 - Blaine Brown, LHP/OF, Freshman, Rice University, Pearland, Texas

3/4 - Austin Smith, OF/LHP, Senior, University of San Diego, El Cajon, California 3/11 – Will Rogers, RHP/DH, Senior, University of Michigan, Shoreview, Minnesota

3/18 – DJ Newman, OF/RHP, Junior, Bowling Green University, Archbold, Ohio

2025 National Pitcher(s) of the Year Weekly Award Honorees

2/25 – Colton Book, LHP, Redshirt Junior, Saint Joseph’s University, Manheim, Pennsylvania

3/4 – Haden Dow, LHP, Graduate, Southeast Missouri State University, St. John, New

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3/11 – Blake Gillespie, RHP, Junior, Charlotte 49ers, Clermont, Georgia & Drew Horn, RHP, RS-Sophomore, Middle Tennessee University, Smyrna, Tennessee

3/18 – Marcus Phillips, RHP, Junior, University of Tennessee, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Brooks Wallace Award

The Brooks Wallace Award is presented annually to honor the nation's most outstanding shortstop. It is a tribute to Brooks Wallace, a slick-fielding shortstop at Texas Tech from 1977-80 who passed away at age 27 after a courageous battle with leukemia. Prior to 2009, the award recognized the national player of the year.

John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award

The John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award is presented annually by the College Baseball Foundation to honor the nation's top combo pitcher-position player. Olerud, who was inducted into the National College Baseball Hall of Fame in 2007, was a standout pitcher and first baseman at Washington State University from 1987 through 1989.

National Pitcher of the Year Award

The Pitcher of the Year award, college baseball's version of the Cy Young Award which was created in 2009, is given annually to the nation's top collegiate pitcher.