2010 Tino Martinez Award Timeline

Nominations Due
April 30th, 2010

Semi Finalists Announced
May 10th, 2010

Finalists Announced
May 17th, 2010

Winner Announced
May 31st, 2010

"In my 28 years of coaching college baseball, including six at the Division II level, Tino Martinez was the most dominant player I have ever coached against. He had an aura about him that allowed him to stand out and made you realize he was destined for greatness. Although you hated to coach against him because he made his team so hard to beat, you also realized you were witnessing something special in this extraordinary ballplayer. I have always had great admiration for him as a ballplayer, and as I got to know him later in life, I came to realize he also was an outstanding person."

Paul Mainieri Head Baseball Coach Louisiana State University

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ERSKINE COLLEGE'S BRYAN FOGLE NAMED FIRST TINO MARTINEZ DII PLAYER OF THE YEAR

The Flying Fleet's senior slugger from Lexington, SC , is the initial recipient of the Tino Martinez DII Player of the Year Award. This season Fogle batted .430 and lead DII with 28 home runs, 103 RBI (the second most in NCAA history) and 203 total bases. Those numbers, combined with 23 doubles, allowed him to amass a gaudy .910 slugging percentage which ranked third in the country. He also ranked in the top 10 in runs, runs per game, hits, home runs per game and RBI's per game and was even a perfect 11 for 11 in stolen bases.

With his prolific season, combined with standout performances as an underclassman, Fogle established new NCAA career records for home runs (73), RBI (310) and total bases (630). He is the only player in NCAA Division II history to finish a baseball career with more than 300 hits, 70 home runs, 300 RBI and 600 total bases.

Fogle's 2010 successes were a surprise to no one. He was named to the first team All-Conference Carolina Team in each of his first three seasons, was the 2009 Conference Carolinas co-Player of the Year and was drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 30 th round in last year's amateur draft. Despite the opportunity to go pro, Fogle was steadfast in his desire to get his degree (Fitness Management) and help his team advance to the post season.

As accomplished as he is on the field, Fogle excels in the class room as well. He earned Academic All-Conference honors this year and made the Conference Carolinas Presidential Honor Roll four times.

The winner of the Tino Martinez Award was chosen by a panel of DII baseball media and coaches from across the nation. Their votes narrowed down a list of 38 semifinalists to six finalists. A final ranking of the remaining student-athletes was then tallied to determine the winner. Fans and supporters were also given the opportunity to participate in the selection process as an online vote was also taken. Those results were combined with the panel to select the winner.

A pair of pitchers, Southern Arkansas' Hayden Simpson and Franklin Pierce's Jose Macias finished second and third in the voting. New Mexico Highlands Jason Carr finished forth, Greyson Schram of Concord was fifth and Joe Holtmeyer of Nebraska-Omaha was sixth.