TUCSON, Ariz. – Collegiate Baseball Newspaper released its spotlighted NCAA Division III Baseball players heading into the 2023 season on January 6, with reigning Empire 8 Rookie of the Year and Third Basemen Brett Warden '25 cracking the list of third basemen to watch. The full January 6 edition can be purchased here.
The list, which featured 28 third basemen from across the country, included Warden and other Empire 8 representative, Josh Tryon from Keuka College.
In his rookie season, Warden, a native of Yorktown Heights, New York, was an iron man as he started all 38 games for the Soaring Eagles. Warden was selected as the E8 Rookie of the Week three times during the season and paced in the Purple & Gold in several offensive and defensive categories. In 2022, he finished the season with a .315 batting average to go along with 40 hits, 11 doubles, four triples, 10 stolen bases, and 20 runs batted in.
Warden's 38 games played this season were the third-most by any player in a single season for the Purple & Gold, while his four triples were tied for the most in a season and rank fourth all-time in program history. He also matched the single-season mark for hit-by-pitches (11), while ranking sixth in slugging percentage (.488), and eighth in on-base percentage (.431).
About Collegiate Baseball Newspaper
Collegiate Baseball newspaper is a tabloid publication based in Tucson, Arizona that is dedicated to covering college and high school baseball nationwide. The publication was established in 1957 and is published twice a month from January to May and once in June, July, September and October (14 issues total).
The Collegiate Baseball NCAA Division I poll is college sports' oldest baseball poll. Aside from the Division 1 poll, Collegiate Baseball carries the polls for NCAA Divisions II & III, NAIA, the NJCAA divisions and California & Pacific Association divisions. In 1984, the publication started the first national high school poll.
The newspaper offers stories about college and high school coaches and players, instructional information from some of the top baseball coaches, information on new products for baseball, college divisional notes highlighting achievements or interesting games throughout the season, a Q&A with an important figure in amateur baseball and more
