Baseball America College Player of the Year Award | |
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Awarded for | Best player in college baseball |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Baseball America |
History | |
First award | 1981 |
Most recent | Kevin Kopps, Arkansas |
Website | Baseball America Awards |
The Baseball America College Player of the Year Award is an award given by Baseball America to the best college baseball player of the year. The award has been given annually since 1981. [1]
Year | Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year |
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Player (X) | Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point |
Position | The player's position at the time he won the award |
School | The player's college when he won the award |
Italics | Denotes player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year |
^ | Player won the Rookie of the Year Award [lower-alpha 1] |
§ | Denotes player also won the Golden Spikes Award or Dick Howser Trophy in the same year |
Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Player is active |
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