Baseball America College Player of the Year

The Baseball America College Player of the Year is an award is given annually to the best baseball player in the NCAA Division I. The award is sponsored by the Baseball America magazine and was first awarded in 1981.

Award Winners

Year	Player	School	Position
1981	Mike Sodders	Arizona State	3B
1982	Jeff Ledbetter	Florida State	OF
1983	Dave Magadan	Alabama	1B
1984	Oddibe McDowell	Arizona State	OF
1985	Pete Incaviglia	Oklahoma State	OF
1986	Casey Close	Michigan	OF
1987	Robin Ventura	Oklahoma State	3B
1988	John Olerud	Washington State	DH
1989	Ben McDonald	Louisiana State	P
1990	Mike Kelly	Arizona State	OF
1991	David McCarty	Stanford	1B
1992	Phil Nevin	Cal State Fullerton	3B
1993	Brooks Kieschnick	Texas	OF
1994	Jason Varitek	Georgia Tech	C
1995	Todd Helton	Tennessee	1B
1996	Kris Benson	Clemson	P
1997	J.D. Drew	Florida State	OF
1998	Jeff Austin	Stanford	P
1999	Jason Jennings	Baylor	UT
2000	Mark Teixeira	Georgia Tech	3B
2001	Mark Prior	Southern California	P
2002	Khalil Greene	Clemson	SS
2003	Rickie Weeks	Southern	2B
2004	Jered Weaver	Long Beach State	P
2005	Alex Gordon	Nebraska	3B
2006	Andrew Miller	North Carolina	P
2007	David Price	Vanderbilt University	P
2008	Buster Posey	Florida State University	C
2009	Stephen Strasburg	San Diego State	P
2010	Anthony Rendon	Rice	3B
2011	Trevor Bauer	UCLA	P
2012	Mike Zunino	Florida	C
2013	Kris Bryant	San Diego	3B
2014	A.J. Reed	Kentucky	1B/P
2015	Andrew Benintendi	Arkansas	OF
2016	Kyle Lewis	Mercer	OF
2017	Brendan McKay	Louisville	P/1B