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UCLA’s Roch Cholowsky is Big Ten Player of Year and John Savage Coach of Year

Nypost · · 428 words · By Ben Bolch
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“A UCLA baseball team that rolled through its Big Ten Conference schedule, winning its first 25 games”
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The claim states the team won its first 25 games. However, web search evidence from a report on Oregon baseball explicitly states that a win by Oregon was 'UCLA’s first conference loss of the year', and mentions a previous loss to Sacramento State on April 26, contradicting the claim of a 25-game winning streak.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025–26 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bruins, led by seventh-year head coa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025–26_UCLA_Bruins_men's_bask…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 UCLA Bruins baseball team is the team represents the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins play their home games at Jackie Robinson…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UCLA_Bruins_baseball_team
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Big Ten Conference (formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference
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“Junior shortstop Roch Cholowsky was selected the Big Ten’s Player of the Year”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Roch Cholowsky was named Big Ten Player of the Year. One source specifies he won it as a sophomore in 2025, and another specifies he won it as a junior in 2026 for the second straight season.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 Big Ten baseball tournament was held at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska, from May 20 through May 25, and aired on the Big Ten Network. Nebraska won the tournament and earned the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_Big_Ten_baseball_tourname…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2025 UCLA Bruins baseball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2025 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins played their home games at Jackie Robinson Stadium …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_UCLA_Bruins_baseball_team
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Daniel Roch Cholowsky (born April 7, 2005) is an American college baseball infielder for the UCLA Bruins. He is projected as a top prospect in the 2026 Major League Baseball draft.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roch_Cholowsky
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“John Savage was named the Coach of the Year”
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While John Savage is the head coach of UCLA, the provided evidence does not confirm he was named the Big Ten Coach of the Year. One source mentions him being named national Coach of the Year in 2010, but not for the Big Ten in the current context.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 UCLA Bruins baseball team is the team represents the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins play their home games at Jackie Robinson…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UCLA_Bruins_baseball_team
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Big Ten Conference (formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Joseph Savage (born February 27, 1965) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher, who currently serves as the head baseball coach for the UCLA Bruins. He played college baseball at…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Savage_(baseball)
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“the Bruins placed a conference-high seven players on the first team”
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The provided evidence contains general information about UCLA and the Big Ten, but does not mention the number of players placed on the first team or whether seven players was a conference high.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Big Ten Conference (formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference o…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Ten_Conference
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 UCLA Bruins baseball team is the team represents the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Bruins play their home games at Jackie Robinson…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UCLA_Bruins_baseball_team
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 UCLA Bruins football team will represent the University of California, Los Angeles as a member of the Big Ten Conference (B1G) during the 2026 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They will b…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_UCLA_Bruins_football_team
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“Cholowsky became only the third player to be selected the Big Ten’s Player of the Year in back-to-back seasons, joining Minnesota’s Luke Appert (2002-03) and Michigan’s Barry Larkin (1984-85)”
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The evidence confirms Roch Cholowsky won the award in 2025 and 2026, but the specific detail about him being only the third player to do so alongside Luke Appert and Barry Larkin is not corroborated by the other provided sources.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Big Ten Conference Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1982 season, with both pitchers and pos…
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web search NEUTRAL — Big Ten Player of the Year (2025). Daniel Roch Cholowsky (born April 7, 2005) is an American college baseball infielder for the UCLA Bruins. He is projected as a top prospect in the 2026 Major League …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roch_Cholowsky
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web search NEUTRAL — Cholowsky, named 2025 national player of the year by multiple outlets, begins his third season with the Bruins on Friday when they open at home against UC San Diego.
https://www.eldoradonews.com/news/2026/feb/13/roch-cholowsky…
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“USC ace Mason Edwards, who has compiled an 8-0 record with a 1.49 earned-run average, was selected Pitcher of the Year”
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The search results for 'Mason Edwards' returned information about Freemasonry instead of baseball statistics or awards. No relevant evidence was found.
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web search NEUTRAL — The liberal activist Alexander Kerensky, who came to political power with the overthrow of the tsars in 1917, was a Mason. The organisation collapsed as the Bolsheviks took power and was again outlawe…
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 4, 2026 · National organized Freemasonry began in 1717 with the founding of the Grand Lodge—an association of Masonic lodges—in England. However, Freemason societies have existed for much longer. …
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web search NEUTRAL — Freemasonry is a fraternal order that originated in Britain and later spread internationally through colonial expansion and migration. Its members, known as Freemasons, traditionally meet in local gro…
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“Nebraska shortstop Dylan Carey was named Defensive Player of the Year”
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The search results for 'Dylan Carey' returned information about Bob Dylan instead of Nebraska baseball. No relevant evidence was found.
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web search NEUTRAL — Dylan still releases music and has toured continually since the late 1980s on what has become known as the Never Ending Tour. Since 1994, Dylan has published ten books of paintings and drawings, and h…
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web search NEUTRAL — Bob Dylan – Springtime In New York (1980-1985) celebrates the rich creative period surrounding Dylan’s albums Shot Of Love, Infidels, and Empire Burlesque with previously unreleased outtakes, alternat…
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Bob Dylan is an American folksinger and songwriter who moved from folk to rock music in the 1960s, infusing the lyrics of rock and roll with the intellectualism of classic literature and …
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Bob-Dylan
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“Nebraska outfielder Drew Grego was selected Freshman of the Year”
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The evidence shows Drew Grego was named 'Freshman of the Week' and 'Co-Player of the Week' for a specific window in April 2026, but it does not state he was named the overall 'Freshman of the Year'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Freshman Drew Grego has been named the Big Ten’s Co-Player of the Week and Freshman of the Week, the league office announced Monday. By Nebraska Athletics. Published: Apr.
https://www.1011now.com/2026/04/21/grego-garners-big-ten-hon…
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web search NEUTRAL — – The Big Ten Conference has announced its baseball weekly awards for games played April 13-19, 2026. Co-Player of the Week | Freshman of the Week Drew Grego, Nebraska Fr. – OF – Papillion, Neb.
https://bigten.org/base/article/59900/
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web search NEUTRAL — Alexis Jensen earns Big Ten Freshman of the Week Honors.“We are open because our people, the community, they need us. They know that we are open every single day for the rest of the year, all year rou…
https://nebraska.tv/news/local/those-working-thanksgiving-da…
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“Cholowsky, who hit .330 and led the conference with 21 home runs”
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No evidence was provided or found regarding Roch Cholowsky's specific batting average or home run count.
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“Cholowsky... was selected to the Big Ten’s first team alongside UCLA ace Logan Reddemann, closer Easton Hawk, versatile reliever Wylan Moss, first baseman Mulivai Levu, outfielder Will Gasparino and third baseman Roman Martin”
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No evidence was provided or found regarding the specific list of UCLA players named to the Big Ten first team.
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“The other members of the first team were Edwards, USC pitcher Grant Govel, Oregon pitcher Tanner Bradley, Minnesota catcher Weber Neels, Michigan second baseman Colby Turner, Oregon third baseman Drew Smith, Indiana outfielder Hogan Denny, Washington outfielder Jackson Hotchkiss, Penn State utilityman Michael Anderson and Nebraska’s Carey”
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“Savage was a unanimous selection as conference coach of the year”
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“the Bruins became the first No. 1 college baseball team to keep that designation from the start to the end of a regular season”
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“UCLA also notched a program-record 48 wins in the regular season”
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“finishing with a 28-2 conference record”
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“USC pitcher Adam Troy and outfielder Jack Basseer were named to the all-conference second team alongside UCLA catcher Cashel Dugger”
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“UCLA pitcher Cal Randall was part of the third team”
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“UCLA’s Dugger, Levu, Gasparino and West were named to the all-defensive team alongside USC’s Govel”
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“UCLA pitcher Zach Strickland and USC counterpart Diego Velazquez were selected to the all-freshman team”
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