Fort Worth, Texas - The Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award (BBNCSA) presented by SR Bats announced on Friday the players on its watch list for the 2025 college baseball season. Charleston Southern's Chandler Tuupo made the list of 46 players. The award, created by the Bobby Bragan Youth Foundation, was open to nominations from all Division I baseball programs in the country. The BBNCSA is based on performance at the plate, academics, and personal integrity.
 
This year's watch list represents 16 conferences and one independent from across the country, including all four power conferences. The 2025 list is dominated by Juniors (29) and includes 14 seniors, two sophomores and one grad student.
 
Tuupo is the third-ever honoree from the Big South in the history of the award and is the second honoree from Charleston Southern for it. He joins Ryan Stoudemire as the only Buccaneers to ever be named to the list.
 
The BBNCSA originally started out in 2017 as an honor going to the top college hitter in Texas. In 2019, the BBNCSA expanded, becoming a regional award covering Division I programs in Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and Oklahoma. The BBNCSA became a national award in 2020; however, no winner was announced due to the Covid-19 virus which cut the 2020 college baseball season short.
 
The winner of the BBNCSA will be announced in June and honored at a gala in the fall at the Fort Worth Club. Texas Tech's Hunter Hargrove won the initial BBNCSA in 2017. Dallas Baptist's Devlin Granberg took home the honor in 2018 with Texas Tech's Josh Jung winning the award in 2019.
 
Connor Norby from East Carolina University won the BBNCSA in 2021 with Ivan Melendez from the University of Texas taking home the award in 2022. 2023's winner was LSU's outfielder Dylan Crews and Charlie Condon of Georgia took home the award in 2024.
 
Fans can follow news about the Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award presented by SR Bats and its Player of the Week honorees during the season at www.braganslugger.com.