Baseball America College Player of the Year Award


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. 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. 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.
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Winners

YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef
19813BArizona State
1982OF/PFlorida State
19833BAlabama
1984OFArizona State
1985OFOklahoma State
1986OFMichigan
19873BOklahoma State
19881B/PWashington State

YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef
1981PMiami (FL)
1982PWichita State
1983PTexas
1984PFresno State
1985PTexas
1986PFlorida State
1987PGeorgia
1988PEvansville

YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef
1989'PLouisiana State
1990OFArizona State
19911BStanford
1992'3BCal State Fullerton
1993DH/PTexas
1994CGeorgia Tech
19951B/PTennessee
1996'PClemson
1997OFFlorida State
1998PStanford
1999PBaylor
20003BGeorgia Tech
2001PSouthern California
2002SSClemson
20032BSouthern
2004PLong Beach State
20053BNebraska
2006PNorth Carolina
2007'PVanderbilt
2008CFlorida State
2009'PSan Diego State
20103BRice
2011PUCLA
2012CFlorida
20133BSan Diego
20141B/PKentucky
2015OFArkansas
2016OFMercer
20171B/PLouisville
2018PFlorida
2019'COregon State-
2020Not awarded-
2021PArkansas-
20221BTexas
2023PLouisiana State
20241B/OFGeorgia-

YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef
2025INFUCLA

YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef
2025PLSU