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Southeastern Conference Baseball Player of the Year

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Southeastern Conference Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding baseball player in the Southeastern Conference
CountryUnited States
First award1993-present
Currently held byCharlie Condon, Georgia

The Southeastern Conference Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southeastern Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1993 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 2003 season, the Southeastern Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher. It is selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.[1]

The award has been shared twice, once by Stephen Head of Ole Miss and Jon Zeringue of LSU in 2004, and once by Dylan Crews of LSU and Sonny DiChiara of Auburn. Only one player has won the award twice—Matt LaPorta of Florida in 2005 and 2007. LSU has the most all-time winners, with six. One SEC member has yet to have a winner: 2012 arrival Missouri.

Key

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* Awarded a national Player of the Year award:
the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award
Player (X) Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

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Season Player School Position Reference
1993 Russ Johnson LSU Shortstop [2]
1994 Todd Walker Second baseman
1995 Todd Helton* Tennessee First baseman
1996 Eddy Furniss LSU
1997 Tim Hudson Auburn Pitcher
1998 Jeff Pickler Tennessee Second baseman
1999 Hunter Bledsoe Vanderbilt Third baseman
2000 Kip Bouknight* South Carolina Pitcher
2001 Chris Burke Tennessee Shortstop
2002 Yaron Peters South Carolina First baseman
2003 Aaron Hill LSU Shortstop
2004 Stephen Head Ole Miss Pitcher
Jon Zeringue LSU Outfielder
2005 Matt LaPorta Florida First baseman
2006 Ryan Strieby Kentucky
2007 Matt LaPorta (2) Florida
2008 Gordon Beckham Georgia Shortstop
2009 Kent Matthes Alabama Outfielder
2010 Hunter Morris Auburn First baseman
2011 Mike Zunino Florida Catcher
2012 Raph Rhymes LSU Outfielder [1]
2013 Tony Kemp Vanderbilt Second baseman [3]
2014 A. J. Reed* Kentucky Pitcher/first baseman[4] [5][6]
2015 Andrew Benintendi* Arkansas Outfielder [7]
2016 Boomer White Texas A&M Third baseman [8]
2017 Brent Rooker Mississippi State First baseman [9]
2018 Jonathan India Florida Third baseman
2019 J. J. Bleday Vanderbilt Outfielder [10]
2021 Tanner Allen Mississippi State
2022 Dylan Crews LSU [11]
Sonny DiChiara Auburn Infielder
2023 Dylan Crews (2) LSU Outfielder [12]
2024 Charlie Condon Georgia
2025 Wehiwa Aloy Arkansas Shortstop

Winners by school

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School (year joined) Winners Years
LSU (1932) 8 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2022, 2023
Florida (1932) 4 2005, 2007, 2011, 2018
Tennessee (1932) 3 1995, 1998, 2001
Vanderbilt (1932) 3 1999, 2013, 2019
Auburn (1932) 2 1997, 2010
Kentucky (1932) 2 2006, 2014
South Carolina (1991) 2 2000, 2002
Mississippi State (1932) 2 2017, 2021
Georgia (1932) 2 2008, 2024
Alabama (1932) 1 2009
Ole Miss (1932) 1 2004
Arkansas (1991) 2 2015, 2025
Texas A&M (2012) 1 2016
Missouri (2012) 0

References

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  1. ^ a b "SEC Announces Annual Baseball Honors". SEC Digital Network. May 29, 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2013.
  2. ^ "2012 Southeastern Conference Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). SEC Digital Network. Retrieved 30 January 2013.
  3. ^ Paylor, Terez (May 28, 2013). "Missouri lands two players on all-SEC baseball teams". Kansas City Star. Retrieved June 3, 2013.
  4. ^ "2014 Kentucky Baseball Roster". University of Kentucky Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  5. ^ "SEC Announces 2014 Baseball Awards" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. May 27, 2014. Retrieved May 28, 2014.
  6. ^ "Kentucky's 2-way star A.J. Reed wins Howser Trophy". USA Today. Associated Press. June 14, 2014. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
  7. ^ "SEC Baseball Awards" (Press release). Southeastern Conference. May 28, 2015. Retrieved May 19, 2015.
  8. ^ "Report: Texas A&M infielder Boomer White to sign with Padres". 21 June 2016.
  9. ^ "Brent Rooker named 2017 SEC Player of the Year - MSNewsNow.com - Jackson, MS". www.msnewsnow.com. Archived from the original on 2017-05-22.
  10. ^ "2019 SEC Baseball Awards announced". www.secsports.com. Southeastern Conference. May 20, 2019. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  11. ^ "2022 SEC Baseball Awards announced".
  12. ^ "SEC announces 2023 SEC baseball awards". May 22, 2023. Retrieved June 20, 2023.