American Athletic Conference baseball awards

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At the end of each regular season, the American Athletic Conference names major award winners in baseball. Currently, it names a Coach, Pitcher, Player, and Freshman of the Year. The selections are determined by a vote of the conference's coaches at the end of each regular season. The awards were first given out in 2014, the conference's first season of competition.

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Coach of the Year

In 2014, UCF head coach Terry Rooney was chosen as the conference's best coach. In the regular season, UCF went 34-22 (17-7 American) to finish second in the conference. [1] [2]

Winners by season

Below is a table of the award's winners.

SeasonCoachSchoolConf. (Rk.)Overall
2014 Terry Rooney UCF 17–7 (2nd)36–23
2015 Cliff Godwin [3] East Carolina 15–9 (2nd)36–20
2016 Jim Penders [4] Connecticut 14–9 (3rd)38–25
2017 Greg Lovelady [5] UCF 15–9 (1st)40–22
2018 Todd Whitting [6] Houston 16–8 (1st)38–25
2019 Cliff Godwin [7] East Carolina 20–4 (1st)47–18
2020none- none -
2021 Cliff Godwin [8] East Carolina 20-8 (1st)44-17
2022 Cliff Godwin [9] East Carolina 20–4 (1st)46-21

Winners by school

The following is a table of the schools whose coaches have won the award, along with the year each school joined the conference, the number of times it has won the award, and the years in which it has done so.

School (year joined)AwardsSeasons
Connecticut (2014)12016
East Carolina (2015)42015, 2019, 2021, 2022
Houston (2013)12018
UCF (2014)22014, 2017

Pitcher of the Year

In 2014, UCF's Eric Skoglund was chosen as the conference's best pitcher. In the regular season, the junior went 9-2 with a 2.04 ERA and 92 strikeouts. After the season, he was selected in the third round of the 2014 MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals. [2] [10]

Winners by season

Below is a table of the award's winners.

SeasonPitcherSchool
2014 Eric Skoglund UCF
2015 Carson Cross [3] Connecticut
2016 Anthony Kay [4]
2017 [5] Trey Cumbie Houston
Robby Howell UCF
2018 Aaron Fletcher [6] Houston
2019Jake Agnos [7] East Carolina
2020- none -
2021 Gavin Williams [8] East Carolina
2022Carter Spivey [9]
2023Dalton Fowler Memphis

Winners by school

The following is a table of the schools whose players have won the award, along with the number of times it has won the award, and the years in which it has done so.

School (year joined)AwardsSeasons
East Carolina (2015)32019, 2021, 2022
Connecticut (2014)22015, 2016
Houston (2013)22017, 2018
UCF (2014)22014, 2017
Memphis (2014)12023

Player of the Year

In 2014, Jeff Gardner was chosen as the conference's best player. Gardner had been selected as the Preseason Player of the Year, and in the regular season, he led the conference in slugging percentage, runs batted in, and total bases. After the season, he was selected by the Washington Nationals in the 8th round of the 2014 MLB Draft. [2] [11]

Winners by season

Below is a table of the award's winners.

SeasonPitcherSchool
2014 Jeff Gardner Louisville
2015 Ian Happ [3] Cincinnati
2016Joe DeRouche-Duffin [4] Connecticut
2017 [5] Jake Scheiner Houston
Hunter Williams Tulane
2018 Bryant Packard [6] East Carolina
2019 Kody Hoese [7] Tulane
2020- none -
2021 Connor Norby [8] East Carolina
2022Griffin Merritt [9] Cincinnati
2023Brock Rodden Wichita State

Winners by school

The following is a table of the schools whose players have won the award, along with the number of times it has won the award, and the years in which it has done so.

School (year joined)AwardsSeasons
Cincinnati (2014)22015, 2022
East Carolina (2015)22018, 2021
Tulane (2014)22017, 2019
Connecticut (2014)12016
Houston (2013)12017
Louisville (2014) [a] 12014
Wichita State (2017)12023
  1. ↑ After the 2014 season, Louisville left to join the Atlantic Coast Conference.

Newcomer Pitcher of the Year

In 2014, the Newcomer Pitcher of the Year award was shared by Houston pitcher Andrew Lantrip and Rutgers pitcher Gaby Rosa. Lantrip, as a midweek starter, went 5-0 with a 1.64 ERA in the regular season; Rosa went 6-2 with a 2.28 ERA. In the summer of 2014, Lantrip played for the California Collegiate League's Santa Barbara Foresters, and Rosa played for the Staten Island Tide of the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League. [2] [12] [13]

Winners by season

Below is a table of the award's winners.

SeasonPitcherSchool
2014 Andrew Lantrip Houston
Gaby Rosa Rutgers
2015 Seth Romero [3] Houston
2016 Tim Cate [4] Connecticut
2017Mason Feole [5]
2018 Alec Burleson [6] East Carolina
2019Devon Roedahl [7] Houston
2020- none -
2021Jake Kaminska [8] Wichita State
2022Landon Gartman [9] Memphis
2023Grant Adler Wichita State

Winners by school

The following is a table of the schools whose players have won the award, along with the year each school joined the conference, the number of times it has won the award, and the years in which it has done so.

School (year joined)AwardsSeasons
Houston (2014)32014, 2015, 2019
Connecticut (2014)22016, 2017
Wichita State (2017)22021, 2023
East Carolina (2015)12018
Memphis (2014)12022
Rutgers (2014) [a] 12014

Newcomer Position Player of the Year

Winners by season

Below is a table of the Newcomer Position Player of the Year award's winners.

SeasonPlayerSchool
2016Joe Davis [4] Houston
2017Rylan Thomas [5] UCF
2018Christian Fedko [6] Connecticut
2019 Hunter Goodman [7] Memphis
2020- none -
2021Bennett Lee [8] Tulane
2022Brock Rodden [9] Wichita State
2023Justin Murray Houston

Winners by school

The following is a table of the schools whose coaches have won the award, along with the year each school joined the conference, the number of times it has won the award, and the years in which it has done so.

School (year joined)AwardsSeasons
Houston (2014)22016, 2023
Connecticut (2014)12018
Memphis (2014)12019
Tulane (2014)12021
UCF (2014)12017
Wichita State (2017)12022
  1. ↑ After the 2014 season, Rutgers left to join the Big Ten Conference.

References

  1. ↑ "2014 American Athletic Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "American Athletic Conference Announces 2014 Postseason Baseball Awards". TheAmerican.org. 20 May 2014. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 4 "Cincinnati's Happ Named American Athletic Conference Player of the Year". TheAmerican.org. May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "UCONN'S DEROCHE-DUFFIN NAMED AMERICAN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE BASEBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR". theamerican.org. 23 May 2016. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 "Houston's Scheiner, Tulane's Williams Named American Players of the Year". theamerican.org. 22 May 2017. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 "ECU's Packard named Baseball Player of the Year". theamerican.org. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tulane's Hoese Named Baseball Player of the Year". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "East Carolina's Norby, Williams Earn Top Individual Baseball Honors". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 "Cincinnati's Merritt, East Carolina's Spivey Earn Top Baseball Honors". theamerican.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  10. ↑ Saggio, Jessica (June 11, 2014). "UCF Ace Eric Skoglund Drafted by Kansas City Royals". SeminoleChronicle.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  11. ↑ "UK's Cousino, Louisville's Gardner, Sturgeon Drafted". Courier-Journal.com. June 6, 2014. Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  12. ↑ "Andrew Lantrip Lands on CCL All-Star Roster". UHCougars.com. Houston Athletics Communications. July 10, 2014. Archived from the original on August 5, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
  13. ↑ "2014 Staten Island Tide Roster". ACBL-Online.com. Archived from the original on July 27, 2014. Retrieved July 27, 2014.
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