ABCA National Player of the Year Award


The ABCA National Player of the Year Award is an award given by the American Baseball Coaches Association to the best college baseball player of the year. The award has been given annually since 1988. Since 2018, the ABCA has selected both a pitcher and a position player. Winners are named for NCAA Division I, NCAA Division II, NCAA Division III, the NAIA, junior college, and high school.

NCAA Division I Winners

YearPlayerPositionSchool
19883BOklahoma State
1989UTTexas
1990CUCLA
1991PFresno State
1992UTTexas
1993UTTexas
1994CGeorgia Tech
19951B/PTennessee
1996'PClemson
1997OFFlorida State
1998SSRice
1999PBaylor
2000PSouth Carolina
2001PSouthern California
2002SSClemson
20032BSouthern
2004PLong Beach State
20053BNebraska
2006PHouston
2007'PVanderbilt
2008CFlorida State
2009PArizona State
20103BRice
2011PUCLA
2012OFStony Brook
2012OFFlorida State
20133BSan Diego
20141B/PKentucky
2015SSVanderbilt
2016OFMercer
20171B/PLouisville

YearPlayerPositionSchool
20182BTexas
20181BCalifornia
2019'COregon State
2020Not awarded
2021OFMississippi State
20221BTexas
2023UTFlorida
2024UTFlorida
2025SSUCLA

YearPlayerPositionSchool
2018PFlorida
2019PMississippi State
2020Not awarded
2021PArkansas
2022POregon State
2023'PLSU
2024PArkansas
2025PCoastal Carolina