Pac-12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year
{{Infobox award
| name = Pac-12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year
| imagesize = 150px
| caption =
| awarded_for = the most outstanding baseball player in the Pac-12 Conference
| presenter =
| country = United States
| location =
| year = 1978
| holder = Travis Bazzana, Oregon State
| website =
}}
The Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding player. From 1978 to 1998, an award was given to the most outstanding player in both the North and South divisions, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 1999 season, the divisions were eliminated and the Pac-12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher.
Key
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|Co-Players of the Year |
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|Awarded a national Player of the Year award: |
Player (X)
|Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point |
Winners
=1999–present=
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Season
!Player !School !Position !class="unsortable"|Reference |
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|1999 |{{sortname|Willie|Bloomquist}} |SS |
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|2000 |Casey Myers |C |
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|2001 |Casey Myers (2) |C |
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|2002 |Alberto Concepción |C |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |2003† |{{sortname|Ryan|Garko}} |C |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |2003† |{{sortname|Dustin|Pedroia}} |SS |
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|2004 |{{sortname|Jed|Lowrie}} |2B |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |2005† |{{sortname|Trevor|Crowe}} |OF |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |2005† |{{sortname|Jacoby|Ellsbury}} |OF |
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|2006 |{{sortname|Cole|Gillespie}} |OF |
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|2007 |{{sortname|Brett|Wallace}} |1B |
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|2008 |{{sortname|Brett|Wallace}} (2) |3B |
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|2009 |{{sortname|Jason|Kipnis}} |OF |
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|2010 |Zack MacPhee |2B |
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|2011 |{{sortname|Tony|Renda}} |IF |
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|2012 |{{sortname|Alex|Mejia}} |SS |
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|2013 |{{sortname|Michael|Conforto}} |OF |
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|2014 |{{sortname|Michael|Conforto}} {{small|(2)}} |OF |
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|2015 |{{sortname|Scott|Kingery}} |2B | style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=2015 All-Conference Baseball Team named|url=https://pac-12.com/news/2015/5/27/2015-all-conference-baseball-team-named.aspx|publisher=Pac-12 Conference|date=27 May 2015}} |
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|2016 |{{sortname|Brett|Cumberland}} |C | style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|title=Pac-12 Announces Baseball All-Conference Honors|url=https://pac-12.com/news/2016/6/2/pac-12-announces-baseball-all-conference-honors.aspx|publisher=Pac-12 Conference |date=2 June 2016}} |
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|2017 |{{sortname|Nick|Madrigal}} |IF | style=“text-align:center;”| |
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|2018 |{{sortname|Andrew|Vaughn}} |1B | style=“text-align:center;”| |
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|2019 |{{sortname|Adley|Rutschman}}* |C | style=“text-align:center;”| |
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|2021 |{{sortname|Aaron|Zavala}} | style=“text-align:center;”| |
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|2022 |{{sortname|Jacob|Melton|Jacob Melton (baseball)}} |OF | style=“text-align:center;”| |
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|2023 |
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|2024 |IF |
=North Division (1978–1998)=
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Season
!Player !School !Position !class="unsortable"|Reference |
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|1978 |{{sortname|Dave|Elder|Dave Elder (infielder)}} |3B |
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|1979 |{{sortname|Tom|Dodd|Tom Dodd (baseball)}} |OF |
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|1980 |{{sortname|Glen|Walker}} |OF |
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|1981 |{{sortname|Al|Hunsinger}} |1B |
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|1982 |{{sortname|Jim|Wilson|Jim Wilson (first baseman)}} |1B |
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|1983 |{{sortname|Jeff|Reece}} |P |
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|1984 |{{sortname|John|Skurla}} |OF |
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|1985 |{{sortname|Don|Lovell}} |OF |
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|1986 |{{sortname|Dave|Brundage}} |P |
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|1987 |{{sortname|Ken|Bowen|dab=baseball}} |SS |
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|1988 |{{sortname|John|Olerud}} |
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|1989 |{{sortname|Tim|Kuykendall}} |OF |
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|1990 |{{sortname|Dane|Walker}} |OF |
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|1991 |{{sortname|Scott|Hatteberg}} |C |
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|1992 |{{sortname|Geoff|Loomis}} |3B |
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|1993 |{{sortname|Scott|Christman}} |P |
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|1994 |{{sortname|Mason|Smith|Mason Smith (baseball)}} |P |
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|1995 |{{sortname|Darin|Blood}} |P |
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|1996 |{{sortname|Kevin|Miller|Kevin Miller (baseball)}} |SS |
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|1997 |{{sortname|Kevin|Miller|Kevin Miller (baseball)}} (2) |SS |
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|1998 |{{sortname|Andrew|Checketts}} |P |
=South Division (1978–1998)=
class="wikitable sortable" |
Season
!Player !School !Position !class="unsortable"|Reference |
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|1978 |{{sortname|Tim|Tolman}} |OF |
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|1979 |{{sortname|Jim|Auten}} |UCLA |OF |
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|1980 | style="background:#ffe6bd;"|{{sortname|Terry|Francona}}* |OF |
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|1981 |{{sortname|Mike|Sodders}} |IF |
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|1982 |{{sortname|Alvin|Davis}} |1B |
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|1983 |{{sortname|Erik|Hardgrave}} |1B |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1984† | style="background:#ffe6bd;"|{{sortname|Oddibe|McDowell}}* |OF |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1984† |{{sortname|Mark|McGwire}} |1B |
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|1985 |{{sortname|Rick|Lundblade}} |1B |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1986† |{{sortname|Torey|Lovullo}} |UCLA |IF |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1986† |{{sortname|Alex|Sanchez|Alex Sanchez (pitcher)}} |UCLA |P |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1987† |{{sortname|Torey|Lovullo}} (2) |UCLA |IF |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1987† |{{sortname|Chip|Hale}} |IF |
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|1988 |{{sortname|Linty|Ingram}} |P |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1989† |{{sortname|Scott|Erickson}} |P |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1989† |{{sortname|Alan|Zinter}} |1B |
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|1990 |{{sortname|Paul|Ellis|dab=baseball}} |UCLA |C |
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|1991 |{{sortname|David|McCarty}} |OF |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1992† |{{sortname|Troy|Penix}} |1B |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1992† |{{sortname|Jon|Zuber}} |P |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1993† |{{sortname|Paul|LoDuca}} |C |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1993† |{{sortname|Ryan|McGuire}} |UCLA |1B |
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|1994 |{{sortname|Jacob|Cruz}} |OF |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1995† |{{sortname|A. J.|Hinch}} |C |
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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1995† |{{sortname|Geoff|Jenkins}} |OF |
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|1996 |{{sortname|A. J.|Hinch}} (2) |C |
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|1997 |{{sortname|Troy|Glaus}} |UCLA |3B |
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|1998 |{{sortname|Eric|Valent}} |UCLA |OF |
Winners by school
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School (year joined){{note label|Note 1|a|a}}
! Winners ! Years |
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| Oregon State (1964) | 16 | align="left" | 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2005†, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2024 |
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| Arizona State (1978) | 14 | align="left" | 1981, 1982, 1984†, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003†, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 |
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| Stanford (1959) | 8 | align="left" | 1983, 1985, 1991, 1995†, 1996, 2003†, 2004, 2023 |
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| UCLA (1959) | 7 | align="left" | 1979, 1986†, 1987†, 1990, 1993†, 1997, 1998 |
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| Washington State (1962) | 6 | align="left" | 1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991 |
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| California (1959) | 5 | align="left" | 1992†, 1992†, 2011, 2016, 2018 |
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| Arizona (1978) | 4 | align="left" | 1980, 1987, 2005†, 2012 |
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| Southern California (1959) | 4 | align="left" | 1978, 1984†, 1995, 2002 |
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| Portland State{{note label|Note 2|b|b}} (1982) | 2 | align="left" | 1985, 1990 |
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| Washington (1959) | 2 | align="left" | 1996, 1997 |
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| Gonzaga{{note label|Note 3|c|c}} (1982) | 1 | align="left" | 1995 |
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| Oregon{{note label|Note 4|d|d}} (1964) | 1 | align="left" | 1979 |
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| Utah (2011) | 0 | align="left" | |
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| Portland | 1 | align="left" | 1992 |
Footnotes
- {{note label|Note 1|a|a}} For purposes of this table, the "year joined" reflects the year that each team joined the conference now known as the Pac-12 as currently chartered. Although the Pac-12 claims the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), founded in 1915, as part of its own history, that conference disbanded in 1959 due to infighting and scandal. That same year, five PCC members established the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) under a new charter that functions to this day. The Player of the Year Award was not established until 1978, by which time all of the final members of the PCC except for Idaho were reunited in what was then the Pac-8.
- {{note label|Note 2|b|b}} Portland State was an affiliate member of the Pac-10 from 1982 to 1998.
- {{note label|Note 3|c|c}} Gonzaga was an affiliate member of the Pac-10 from 1982 to 1995.
- {{note label|Note 4|d|d}} Oregon discontinued its baseball program after the 1981 season, re-instating it before the 2009 season.
References
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Category:Awards established in 1978
Category:NCAA Division I baseball conference players of the year