Baseball America
College Player of the Year Award History
A list of BA's College Players of the Year dating to the magazine's inception in 1981.
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2012 College Player Of The Year: Mike Zunino
Few players have had more of an impact on college baseball over the last three years than Florida catcher Mike Zunino, our 2012 College Player of the Year.
2011 College Player Of The Year: Trevor Bauer
UCLA's Trevor Bauer is our 2011 College Player of the Year.
2010 College Player Of The Year
For the first time in a decade, Baseball America's College Player of the Year is an underclassman. In the 30-year history of the award, underclassmen won just three times before this year, and all three were special talents who went on to long, successful big league careers: sophomores Robin Ventura of Oklahoma State (1987), John Olerud of Washington State (1988) and Mark Teixeira of Georgia Tech (2000). Rice sophomore third baseman Anthony Rendon fits the same mold.
College Player Of The Year
As time passes, Stephen Strasburg might be remembered as the greatest pitcher in college baseball history, and his 2009 junior campaign as the most dominant season ever. Strasburg, San Diego State's 6-foot-4, 220-pound righthander, went 13-1, 1.32 with 195 strikeouts and 19 walks in 109 innings to lead the Aztecs to regionals for the first time since 1991. His 16.1 strikeouts per nine innings ranks third on the NCAA's single-season list.
2008 College Player Of The Year
In 2008, Buster Posey turned in one of the finest seasons ever by a college catcher, earning him Baseball America's College Player of the Year award.
2007 College Player Of The Year: David Price
Now that Price can add the label of Baseball America's 2007 College Player of the Year to his impressive resume, we'll let other people do the talking. We asked those who have coached Price, those who have coached against him, and even Price himself to try to put his season and his talent into historical context. Here's what they said.
Summer Player Of The Year: David Price
David Price was nearly unhittable this summer as he earned the Baseball America Summer Player of the Year award.
2006 College Player Of The Year
Andrew Miller became the first lefthander to ever win the Baseball America College Player of the Year award.
2005 Summer Player Of The Year: Andrew Miller
Andrew Miller's second dominant summer on Cape Cod lands him the 2005 Summer Player of the Year Award.
