Baseball America College Player of the Year Award

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Baseball America College Player of the Year Award
Awarded forBest player in college baseball
CountryUnited States
Presented by Baseball America
History
First award1981
Most recent Charlie Condon, Georgia
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] For the first 8 years of the award, a separate position player and pitcher were recognized; however, Baseball America combined them into a single Player of the Year award from 1989-2024. [2] In 2025, Baseball America named LSU pitcher Kade Anderson as the winner of the inaugural College Pitcher of the Year Award after 36 years of having a combined award. [3]

Contents

Winners

Key
YearLinks to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player (X)Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point
PositionThe player's position at the time he won the award
SchoolThe player's college when he won the award
ItalicsDenotes player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year
^Player won the Rookie of the Year Award [a]
§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
Combined Award
YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef
1989 Ben McDonald †§ P Louisiana State [12]
1990 Mike Kelly OF Arizona State [13]
1991 Dave McCarty 1B Stanford [14]
1992 Phil Nevin § 3B Cal State Fullerton [15]
1993 Brooks Kieschnick †§ DH/P Texas [16]
1994 Jason Varitek § C Georgia Tech [17]
1995 Todd Helton 1B/P Tennessee [18]
1996 Kris Benson § P Clemson [19]
1997 J. D. Drew § OF Florida State [20]
1998 Jeff Austin P Stanford [21]
1999 Jason Jennings §^ P Baylor [22]
2000 Mark Teixeira § 3B Georgia Tech [23]
2001 Mark Prior § P Southern California [24]
2002 Khalil Greene § SS Clemson [25]
2003 Rickie Weeks § 2B Southern [26]
2004 Jered Weaver § P Long Beach State [27]
2005 Alex Gordon § 3B Nebraska [28]
2006 Andrew Miller P North Carolina [29]
2007 David Price ठP Vanderbilt [30]
2008 Buster Posey ‡§^ C Florida State [31]
2009 Stephen Strasburg ठP San Diego State [32]
2010 Anthony Rendon ठ3B Rice [33]
2011 Trevor Bauer ठP UCLA [34]
2012 Mike Zunino ठC Florida [35]
2013 Kris Bryant ठ3B San Diego [36]
2014 A. J. Reed ठ1B/P Kentucky [37]
2015 Andrew Benintendi ठOF Arkansas [38]
2016 Kyle Lewis ‡§^ OF Mercer [39]
2017 Brendan McKay ठ1B/P Louisville [40]
2018 Brady Singer ठP Florida [41]
2019 Adley Rutschman ठC Oregon State
2020Not awarded [b] ——
2021 Kevin Kopps ठP Arkansas
2022 Ivan Melendez ठ1B Texas
2023 Paul Skenes ‡§^ P Louisiana State
2024 Charlie Condon ठ1B/OF Georgia

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Won either in the same year or several years later.
  2. ↑ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic

References

  1. ↑ "College Player of the Year Award History". Baseball America. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Baseball Award Winners" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved June 22, 2025.
  3. 1 2 "Kade Anderson Named Baseball America's 2025 College Pitcher Of The Year". Baseball America. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
  4. ↑ Metcalfe, Jeff (November 4, 2009). "What's up with: Mike Sodders". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  5. ↑ Wittry, Andy (July 20, 2020). "We picked Florida State baseball's all-time starting nine". NCAA. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  6. ↑ Abraham, Peter (February 18, 2010). "Magadan enters college Hall of Fame". Boston Globe. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  7. ↑ UPI (July 3, 1984). "Oddibe named top player". The Courier. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  8. ↑ UPI (March 29, 1986). "Rookies possessing power gaining a lot of attention". Windsor Star. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  9. ↑ Sandomir, Richard (November 25, 2010). "Jeter's Agent Has Low Profile and a Well-Known Task". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  10. ↑ Bricker, Charles (March 24, 1990). "Robin Ventura set for fast times at 3B". Sun Sentinel.
  11. ↑ "Baseball Star Returns to Class". Los Angeles Times. March 21, 1989.
  12. ↑ "Ben McDonald Day set for Saturday". WAFB. April 17, 2010. Archived from the original on July 28, 2013. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  13. ↑ AP (June 1, 1990). "Kelly Player of Year in college baseball". The Press-Courier. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Spring Training '94". Palm Beach Post. February 13, 1994.
  15. ↑ Slavik, Coy (March 19, 1993). "Nevin's status up in the air". Victoria Advocate. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  16. ↑ AP (June 4, 1993). "Kieschnick selected college player of the year". Victoria Advocate. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Georgia Tech's Varitek nabs player of the year award". The Charlotte Observer. June 3, 1994.
  18. ↑ "Helton named player of the year". Spartanburg Herald-Journal. June 2, 1995. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  19. ↑ AP (May 31, 1996). "Clemson Pitcher Named Player of the Year". The New York Times. Retrieved April 4, 2013.
  20. ↑ Augustin, Mike (July 11, 1997). "Phillies phenom a Saint after contract talks stall". Park City Daily News. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Baseball America honors Austin". Tuscaloosa News. May 28, 1998. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Jennings named player of the year". Victoria Advocate. June 11, 1999. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  23. ↑ Gagliano, Anthony (May 28, 2003). "Notes: Teixas Ranger shines". MLB.com. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  24. ↑ Miles, Bruce (August 19, 2001). "Prior ready to reap $10.5 million payday". Chicago Daily Herald.
  25. ↑ Evearitt, Tim (April 28, 2003). "Chattanooga Lookouts Face Bay Bears Monday At 7:15 p.m." Chatanoogan. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  26. ↑ "Weeks, Hill, Aubrey honored by Baseball America". Baton Rouge Advocate. June 20, 2003.
  27. ↑ Luft, Jacob (February 8, 2007). "Cover Boy Jered Weaver". SI.com. Archived from the original on February 11, 2007. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  28. ↑ Dutton, Bob (June 25, 2005). "Golden honor goes to Gordon". Kansas City Star.
  29. ↑ "UNC's Miller is nation's top player". The Charlotte Observer. June 14, 2006.
  30. ↑ Whitehead, Bill (May 23, 2008). "Price dazzles in professional debut". MLB.com. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  31. ↑ Hoch, Bryan (July 16, 2008). "Giants pick nabs Golden Spikes Award". MLB.com. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  32. ↑ Fitt, Aaron (June 12, 2009). "Strasburg's 2009 season will be long remembered". Baseball America. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  33. ↑ Martin, Jeffrey (June 16, 2010). "Rice's Rendon named national player of the year". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  34. ↑ Fitt, Aaron (June 15, 2011). "2011 College Player Of The Year: Trevor Bauer". Baseball America. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  35. ↑ Fitt, Aaron (June 22, 2012). "2012 College Player Of The Year: Mike Zunino". Baseball America. Retrieved April 5, 2013.
  36. ↑ "College Baseball Rankings, Scouting Reports and Analysis".
  37. ↑ Fitt, Aaron (June 11, 2014). "College Player Of The Year: Kentucky's Reed Starred At Plate, On Mound". Baseball America . Retrieved June 16, 2014.
  38. ↑ Andrew Benintendi named Baseball America National Player of the Year, The Cincinnati Enquirer . Published June 11, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
  39. ↑ Shonerd, Jim (June 7, 2016). "College Player of the Year: Lewis Powers Away From Field". Baseball America. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  40. ↑ Cahill, Teddy (June 8, 2017). "2017 College Player of the Year: Brendan McKay Excels on All Fronts". Baseball America. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  41. ↑ Cahill, Teddy (May 31, 2018). "Brady Singer Named Baseball America 2018 College Baseball Player Of The Year". Baseball America. Retrieved February 18, 2019.
  42. ↑ Rudner, Jacob (June 24, 2025). "Roch Cholowsky Named Baseball America's 2025 College Baseball Player Of The Year". Baseball America. Retrieved June 27, 2025.
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