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| Awarded for | the most outstanding freshman player in the Big Ten Conference |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| History | |
| First award | 1988 |
| Most recent | Devin Taylor, Indiana |
The Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year is an annual college baseball award presented to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding freshman player. The award was first given following the 1988 season to Dan Wilson of Minnesota.
| * | Awarded a College National Player of the Year award: the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award |
| † | Major League Baseball All-Star |
|---|---|
| ‡ | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame |
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Ohio State (1912) | 10 | 1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2014 |
| Minnesota (1896) | 4 | 1988, 1991, 2003, 2018 |
| Indiana (1900) | 3 | 2009, 2012, 2023 |
| Michigan (1896) | 3 | 1993, 1996, 2015 |
| Northwestern (1896) | 3 | 1997, 1998, 2008 |
| Illinois (1896) | 2 | 1989, 2013 |
| Iowa (1900) | 2 | 1994, 2022 |
| Maryland (2014) | 2 | 2017, 2019 |
| Michigan State (1953) | 2 | 2005, 2010 |
| Nebraska (2011) | 2 | 2016, 2021 |
| Penn State (1993) | 1 | 1999 |
| Purdue (1896) | 1 | 2007 |
| Rutgers (2014) | 0 | — |
| Wisconsin (1896) a | 0 | — |
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