| Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Awarded for | the most outstanding baseball Player in the Southern Conference |
| Country | United States |
| First awarded | 1972 |
| Currently held by | Justice Bigbie, Western Carolina |
The Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southern Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given after the 1972 season. The Southern Conference began sponsoring baseball in 1947.
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point |
| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Western Carolina (1977) | 17 | 1978, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2017, 2019 |
| The Citadel (1947) | 6 | 1973, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 2001 |
| Appalachian State [lower-alpha 1] (1972) | 5 | 1974, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1989 |
| College of Charleston [lower-alpha 2] (1998) | 5 | 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 |
| Georgia Southern [lower-alpha 3] (1993) | 5 | 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2011 |
| Davidson [lower-alpha 4] (1947) | 3 | 1975, 2005, 2014 |
| Elon [lower-alpha 5] (2003) | 3 | 2009, 2013, 2014 |
| East Tennessee State [lower-alpha 6] (1979) | 2 | 1980, 2004 |
| Mercer (2015) | 2 | 2015, 2016 |
| Furman (1947) | 1 | 2006 |
| Richmond [lower-alpha 7] (1947) | 1 | 1972 |
| UNC Greensboro (1981) | 1 | 2018 |
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