Buster Posey Award

The Buster Posey Award is an award given annually to the best collegiate catcher. The award was first awarded in 2000 and is was originally named the Johnny Bench Award after former catcher Johnny Bench. It was renamed in 2019, to mark the award's 20th attribution, in honor of Buster Posey, its most prominent winner. Posey was still an active player at the time, so it was quite unusual to have such a prestigious award renamed in his honor. He was also considered a more appropriate namesake than Bench, who, for all his greatness, had never played college baseball.

A panel of selected sportscasters, sportswriters, NCAA Division I Head Coaches and professional scouts determine the winner.

Award Winners

Year	Player	School
2000	Brad Cresse	Louisiana State
2001	Kelly Shoppach	Baylor
2002	Jeremy Brown	Alabama
2003	Ryan Garko	Stanford
2004	Kurt Suzuki	Cal State Fullerton
2005	Jeff Clement	Southern California
2006	Jake Smith	East Carolina
2007	Edward Easley	Mississippi State
2008	Buster Posey	Florida State
2009	J.T. Wise	Oklahoma
2010	Bryan Holaday	Texas Christian
2011	Jake Lowery	James Madison
2012	Mike Zunino	Florida
2013	Stuart Turner	Mississippi
2014	Max Pentecost	Kennesaw State
2015	Garrett Stubbs	USC
2016	Zack Collins	Miami
2017	Matt Whatley	Oral Roberts
2018	Joey Bart	Georgia Tech
2019	Adley Rutschman	Oregon State
2020	not awarded
2021	Matheu Nelson	Florida State
2022	Kevin Parada	Georgia Tech
2023	Kyle Teel	Virginia

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