Baseball America College Player of the Year Award

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Awarded forBest player in college baseball
CountryUnited States
Presented byBaseball America
First award1981
Baseball America College Player of the Year Award
Awarded forBest player in college baseball
CountryUnited States
Presented byBaseball America
History
First award1981
Most recentRoch Cholowsky, UCLA
WebsiteBaseball America Awards

The Baseball America College Player of the Year Award is an award given by Baseball America to the best college baseball player of the year. The award has been given annually since 1981.[1] For the first 8 years of the award, a separate position player and pitcher were recognized; however, Baseball America combined them into a single Player of the Year award from 1989-2024. [2] In 2025, Baseball America named LSU pitcher Kade Anderson as the winner of the inaugural College Pitcher of the Year Award after 36 years of having a combined award. [3]

Key
Year Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player (X) Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point
Position The player's position at the time he won the award
School The player's college when he won the award
Italics Denotes player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year
^ Player won the Rookie of the Year Award[a]
§ Denotes player also won the Golden Spikes Award or Dick Howser Trophy in the same year
† Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
‡ Player is active
Combined Award
Year Player Position School Ref
1989 Ben McDonald†§ P Louisiana State [12]
1990 Mike Kelly OF Arizona State [13]
1991 Dave McCarty 1B Stanford [14]
1992 Phil Nevin§ 3B Cal State Fullerton [15]
1993 Brooks Kieschnick†§ DH/P Texas [16]
1994 Jason Varitek§ C Georgia Tech [17]
1995 Todd Helton 1B/P Tennessee [18]
1996 Kris Benson§ P Clemson [19]
1997 J. D. Drew§ OF Florida State [20]
1998 Jeff Austin P Stanford [21]
1999 Jason Jennings§^ P Baylor [22]
2000 Mark Teixeira§ 3B Georgia Tech [23]
2001 Mark Prior§ P Southern California [24]
2002 Khalil Greene§ SS Clemson [25]
2003 Rickie Weeks§ 2B Southern [26]
2004 Jered Weaver§ P Long Beach State [27]
2005 Alex Gordon§ 3B Nebraska [28]
2006 Andrew Miller P North Carolina [29]
2007 David PriceठP Vanderbilt [30]
2008 Buster Posey‡§^ C Florida State [31]
2009 Stephen StrasburgठP San Diego State [32]
2010 Anthony Rendonठ3B Rice [33]
2011 Trevor BauerठP UCLA [34]
2012 Mike ZuninoठC Florida [35]
2013 Kris Bryantठ3B San Diego [36]
2014 A. J. Reedठ1B/P Kentucky [37]
2015 Andrew BenintendiठOF Arkansas [38]
2016 Kyle Lewis‡§^ OF Mercer [39]
2017 Brendan McKayठ1B/P Louisville [40]
2018 Brady SingerठP Florida [41]
2019 Adley RutschmanठC Oregon State
2020 Not awarded[b] — —
2021 Kevin KoppsठP Arkansas
2022 Ivan Melendezठ1B Texas
2023 Paul Skenes‡§^ P Louisiana State
2024 Charlie Condonठ1B/OF Georgia

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