Kevin Brooks, who has led the Angelo State baseball program since its inaugural year in 2005, was named the 2023 Skip Bertman Coach of the Year by the College Baseball Foundation.

For the first time in the College Baseball Foundation’s history, its annual recognition of college baseball’s top athletes -- the Night of Champions -- will be held in Overland Park, Kansas on Feb. 15, 2024. The evening will feature the induction of the 2023 College Baseball Hall of Fame class, which will be announced in early December.

Mike Gustafson, President and CEO of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, will step down from a role he has held for almost 15 years. In 2004, Gustafson and a group of original founders created the College Baseball Foundation to help preserve and recognize the history of college baseball.

Thanks to the growth and success of the CBF’s three staple awards – the National Pitcher of the Year Award, the Brooks Wallace Award recognizing the top shortstop in the game and the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award – the CBF is once again honoring the top players from 2023 with its All-American team.