Big 12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year

The Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year is a baseball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1997 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 2001 season, the Big 12 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]

Big 12 Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding baseball player in the Big 12 Conference
CountryUnited States
Presented byPhillips 66
First awarded1997
Currently held byIvan Melendez, Texas

Key edit

Co-Players of the Year
* 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 edit

Season Player School Position Class Reference
1997 Joe Dillon Texas Tech 1B Senior [2]
1998 Jason Jennings Baylor P Sophomore [2]
1998 Jason Tyner Texas A&M OF Junior [2]
1999 Jason Jennings*(2) Baylor P/DH Junior [2]
2000 Shane Komine Nebraska P Sophomore [2]
2001 Kelly Shoppach Baylor C Sophomore [2]
2002 Jed Morris Nebraska C Junior [2]
2003 Matt Hopper Nebraska IF Senior [2]
2004 Alex Gordon Nebraska 3B Sophomore [2]
2005 Alex Gordon*(2) Nebraska 3B Junior [2]
2006 Tyler Mach Oklahoma State 3B Junior [2]
2006 Drew Stubbs Texas OF Junior [2]
2007 Kyle Russell Texas OF Sophomore [2]
2008 Jose Duran Texas A&M SS Junior [2]
2009 J. T. Wise Oklahoma C Senior [2]
2010 Nick Martini Kansas State OF Sophomore [2]
2010 Aaron Senne Missouri IF Senior [2]
2011 Tyler Naquin Texas A&M OF Sophomore [2]
2012 Josh Ludy Baylor C Senior [3]
2013 Ross Kivett Kansas State IF Junior [4]
2014 Zach Fish Oklahoma State OF Junior [2]
2015 Cody Jones TCU OF Senior [2]
2016 Eric Gutierrez Texas Tech 1B Senior [2]
2017 Hunter Hargrove Texas Tech IF Senior [5]
2017 Evan Skoug TCU C Junior [5]
2018 Kody Clemens Texas IF Junior [6]
2019 Josh Jung Texas Tech IF Junior [7]
2019 Davis Wendzel Baylor IF Junior [7]
2021 Jace Jung Texas Tech IF Freshman [8]
2022 Ivan Melendez Texas IF Junior [9]
2023 JJ Wetherholt West Virginia IF Sophomore [10]

Winners by school edit

Because NCAA baseball is a spring sport, the year of joining is the calendar year before the first season of competition.

School (year joined) Winners Years
Nebraska (1996)a 5 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Baylor (1996) 5 1998, 1999, 2001, 2012, 2019
Texas Tech (1996) 4 1997, 2016, 2017, 2019
Texas (1996) 3 2006, 2007, 2018
Texas A&M (1996)c 3 1998, 2008, 2011
Kansas State (1996) 2 2010, 2013
Oklahoma State (1996) 2 2006, 2014
TCU (2012) 2 2016, 2017
Missouri (1996)c 1 2010
Oklahoma (1996) 1 2009
Kansas (1996) 0
West Virginia (2012) 0
Iowa State (1996)b 0

Footnotes edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2011 All-Big 12 Baseball Awards Announced". Big12Sports.com. May 24, 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u "All-Big 12 Awards" (PDF). 2017 Big 12 Baseball Media Guide. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "2012 All-Big 12 Baseball Teams & Postseason Awards Unveiled". Big 12 Conference. 22 May 2012. Retrieved 27 May 2012.
  4. ^ Robinett, Kellis (21 May 2013). "Kansas State corrals Big 12 baseball awards". Kansas City Star. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  5. ^ a b "2017 All-Big 12 Baseball Teams and Awards Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. May 23, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  6. ^ "2018 All-Big 12 Baseball Awards Announced". Big12Sports.com. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  7. ^ a b "2019 All-Big 12 Baseball Awards Announced". Big12Sports.com. 21 May 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
  8. ^ "2021 All-Big 12 Baseball Awards Announced". 24 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Texas' Melendez, Texas Tech's Birdsell Highlight 2022 Big 12 Baseball Awards". 24 May 2022.
  10. ^ "WVU's Wetherholt, UT's Gordon Highlight Big 12 Baseball Awards". 23 May 2023.