Southeastern Conference Baseball Player of the Year

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Southeastern Conference Player of the Year
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Awarded forthe most outstanding baseball player in the Southeastern Conference
Country United States
First awarded1993-present
Currently held by Dylan Crews, LSU & Sonny DiChiara, Auburn

The Southeastern Conference Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southeastern Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1993 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 2003 season, the Southeastern Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher. It is selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players. [1]

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The award has been shared twice, once by Stephen Head of Ole Miss and Jon Zeringue of LSU in 2004, and once by Dylan Crews of LSU and Sonny DiChiara of Auburn. Only one player has won the award twice—Matt LaPorta of Florida in 2005 and 2007. LSU has the most all-time winners, with six. One SEC member has yet to have a winner: 2012 arrival Missouri.

Key

*Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award
Player (X)Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionReference
1993 Russ Johnson LSU Shortstop [2]
1994 Todd Walker LSU Second baseman [2]
1995 Todd Helton * Tennessee First baseman [2]
1996 Eddy Furniss LSU First baseman [2]
1997 Tim Hudson Auburn Pitcher [2]
1998 Jeff Pickler Tennessee Second baseman [2]
1999 Hunter Bledsoe Vanderbilt Third baseman [2]
2000 Kip Bouknight * South Carolina Pitcher [2]
2001 Chris Burke Tennessee Shortstop [2]
2002 Yaron Peters South Carolina First baseman [2]
2003 Aaron Hill LSU Shortstop [2]
2004 Stephen Head
Jon Zeringue 		Ole Miss
LSU 		Pitcher
Outfielder 		[2]
2005 Matt LaPorta Florida First baseman [2]
2006 Ryan Strieby Kentucky First baseman [2]
2007 Matt LaPorta (2) Florida First baseman [2]
2008 Gordon Beckham Georgia Shortstop [2]
2009 Kent Matthes Alabama Outfielder [2]
2010 Hunter Morris Auburn First baseman [2]
2011 Mike Zunino Florida Catcher [2]
2012 Raph Rhymes LSU Outfielder [1]
2013 Tony Kemp Vanderbilt Second baseman [3]
2014 A. J. Reed * Kentucky Pitcher/first baseman [4] [5] [6]
2015 Andrew Benintendi * Arkansas Outfielder [7]
2016 Boomer White Texas A&M Third baseman [8]
2017 Brent Rooker Mississippi State First baseman [9]
2018 Jonathan India Florida Third baseman
2019 J.J. Bleday Vanderbilt Outfielder [10]
2021 Tanner Allen Mississippi State Outfielder
2022 Dylan Crews
Sonny DiChiara 		LSU
Auburn 		Outfielder
Infielder 		[11]
2023 Dylan Crews (2) LSU Outfielder [12]

Winners by school

School (year joined)WinnersYears
LSU (1932)81993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2022, 2023
Florida (1932)42005, 2007, 2011, 2018
Tennessee (1932)31995, 1998, 2001
Vanderbilt (1932)31999, 2013, 2019
Auburn (1932)21997, 2010
Kentucky (1932)22006, 2014
South Carolina (1991)22000, 2002
Mississippi State (1932)22017, 2021
Alabama (1932)12009
Georgia (1932)12008
Ole Miss (1932)12004
Arkansas (1991)12015
Texas A&M (2012)12016
Missouri (2012)0—

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  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "2012 Southeastern Conference Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). SEC Digital Network. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
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