Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year

Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding baseball Player in the Southern Conference
Country	United States
First award	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.

Key

Player (X)

Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Season	Player	School	Reference
1972	Reggie Dunnavant	Richmond	[1]
1973	Steve Arrington	The Citadel
1974	Mike Ramsey	Appalachian State
1975	George Weicker	Davidson
1976	Richard Wieters	The Citadel
1977	Richard Wieters (2)
1978	Wayne Tolleson	Western Carolina
1979	Randy Ingle	Appalachian State
1980	Gary Robinette	East Tennessee State
1981	Mel Kinsey	Western Carolina
1982	Bill White	The Citadel
1983	Mike Cherry
1984	Tony Welborn	Appalachian State
1985	Scott Gay	Western Carolina
1986	Len Stratton	Appalachian State
1987	Clint Fairey	Western Carolina
1988	Clint Fairey (2)
1989	Clint Fairey (3)
	Scott Waugh	Appalachian State
1990	Grant Brittain	Western Carolina
1991	Kevin Bellomo
1992	Matt Raleigh
1993	Todd Greene	Georgia Southern
1994	Mike Tidick	Western Carolina
1995	Steve Wilson	Georgia Southern
1996	Tommy Peterman
1997	Alex Tolbert	Western Carolina
1998	Martin Barrow
1999	Chris Moore
2000	Matt Easterday	Georgia Southern
2001	Philip Hartig	The Citadel
2002	Lee Curtis	College of Charleston
2003	Alan Beck	Western Carolina
2004	Caleb Moore	East Tennessee State
2005	Jay Heafner	Davidson
2006	A. J. Davdiuk	Furman
2007	Kenny Smith	Western Carolina
2008	Jeremie Tice	College of Charleston
2009	Joey Bergman
	Chase Austin	Elon
2010	Matt Leeds	College of Charleston
2011	Victor Roache	Georgia Southern
2012	Marty Gantt	College of Charleston
2013	Ryan Kinsella	Elon
2014	Forrest Brandt	Davidson
	Casey Jones	Elon
2015	Kyle Lewis	Mercer	[2]
2016	Kyle Lewis (2)		[3]
2017	Bryson Bowman	Western Carolina
2018	Andrew Mortiz	UNC Greensboro
2019	Justice Bigbie	Western Carolina
2021	Colin Davis	Wofford
2022	Hogan Windish	UNC Greensboro
2023	Ryan Galanie	Wofford
2024	Caleb Cozart	UNC Greensboro
2025	Cooper Torres	East Tennessee State	[4]

Winners by school

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 [a] (1972)	5	1974, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1989
College of Charleston [b] (1998)	5	2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Georgia Southern [c] (1993)	5	1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2011
Davidson [d] (1947)	3	1975, 2005, 2014
East Tennessee State [e] (1979)	3	1980, 2004, 2025
Elon [f] (2003)	3	2009, 2013, 2014
UNC Greensboro (1981)	3	2018, 2022, 2024
Mercer (2015)	2	2015, 2016
Wofford (1998)	2	2021, 2023
Furman (1947)	1	2006
Richmond [g] (1947)	1	1972

1. Appalachian State departed the SoCon for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2014 season.
2. College of Charleston departed the SoCon for the Colonial Athletic Association after the 2013 season.
3. Georgia Southern departed the SoCon for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2014 season.
4. Davidson was not a member of the SoCon from 1989 through 1992, and departed for the Atlantic 10 Conference after the 2014 season.
5. East Tennessee State departed the SoCon for the Atlantic Sun Conference after the 2005 season, but returned beginning with the 2015 season.
6. Elon departed the SoCon for the Colonial Athletic Association after the 2014 season.
7. Richmond departed the SoCon to become an Independent after the 1976 season.

References

1. 2015 SoCon Baseball Media Guide. Southern Conference. 13 February 2015. p. 65. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
2. "SoCon coaches select all-conference baseball teams". Southern Conference. May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
3. "SoCon 2025 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Southern Conference . Retrieved 24 June 2025.
4. Dugan, Nick (10 June 2025). "Torres named All-American by Perfect Game". Yahoo Sports . Retrieved 24 June 2025.