Big Ten Conference Baseball Freshman of the Year

Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year

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.

Key

*	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

Winners

Season	Player	School	Position	Reference
1988	Dan Wilson	Minnesota	C	[1]
1989	Bubba Smith	Illinois	1B/P
1990	Scott Klingenbeck	Ohio State	P
1991	Mark Merila	Minnesota	2B
1992	Matt Beaumont	Ohio State	P
1993	Scott Weaver	Michigan	OF
1994	C. J. Thieleke	Iowa	2B
1995	Dan Seimetz	Ohio State	DH
1996	Jason Alcaraz	Michigan	OF
1997	Keith Batchelder	Northwestern	OF
1998	Jeremy Kurella	Northwestern	SS
1999	Mike Campo	Penn State	CF
2000	Nick Swisher †	Ohio State	1B
2001	Doug Deeds	Ohio State	DH
2002	Scott Lewis	Ohio State	P
2003	Glen Perkins	Minnesota	P
2004	Jacob Howell	Ohio State	OF
2005	Ryan Sontag	Michigan State	OF
2006	J. B. Shuck	Ohio State	P
2007	Matt Bischoff	Purdue	P
2008	Eric Jokisch	Northwestern	P
2009	Alex Dickerson	Indiana	DH
2010	Ryan Jones	Michigan State	2B
2011	Josh Dezse	Ohio State	UT
2012	Sam Travis	Indiana	1B
2013	Kevin Duchene	Illinois	P	[2]
2014	Tanner Tully	Ohio State	P	[3]
2015	Jake Bivens	Michigan	2B	[4]
2016	Chad Luensmann	Nebraska	P	[5]
2017	Tyler Blohm	Maryland	P	[6]
2018	Patrick Fredrickson	Minnesota	P	[7]
2019	Maxwell Costes	Maryland	1B	[8]
2021	Max Anderson	Nebraska	3B	[9]
2022	Keaton Anthony	Iowa	OF	[10]
2023	Devin Taylor	Indiana	OF	[11]
2024	Luke Gaffney	Purdue	1B	[12]
2025	Jake Hanley	Indiana	1B	[13]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Ohio State (1912)	10	1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2014
Indiana (1900)	4	2009, 2012, 2023, 2025
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
Purdue (1896)	2	2007, 2024
Penn State (1993)	1	1999
Rutgers (2014)	0	—
Oregon (2024)	0	—
UCLA (2024)	0	—
USC (2024)	0	—
Washington (2024)	0	—
Wisconsin (1896) a	0	—

Notes

^a Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.

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