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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style="background-color:#CFECEC;" | †

|Co-Players of the Year

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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

=1999–present=

class="wikitable sortable"
Season

!Player

!School

!Position

!class="unsortable"|Reference

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|1999

|{{sortname|Willie|Bloomquist}}

|Arizona State

|SS

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|2000

|Casey Myers

|Arizona State

|C

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|2001

|Casey Myers (2)

|Arizona State

|C

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|2002

|Alberto Concepción

|Southern California

|C

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |2003

|{{sortname|Ryan|Garko}}

|Stanford

|C

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |2003

|{{sortname|Dustin|Pedroia}}

|Arizona State

|SS

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|2004

|{{sortname|Jed|Lowrie}}

|Stanford

|2B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |2005

|{{sortname|Trevor|Crowe}}

|Arizona

|OF

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |2005

|{{sortname|Jacoby|Ellsbury}}

|Oregon State

|OF

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|2006

|{{sortname|Cole|Gillespie}}

|Oregon State

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|2007

|{{sortname|Brett|Wallace}}

|Arizona State

|1B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|2008

|{{sortname|Brett|Wallace}} (2)

|Arizona State

|3B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|2009

|{{sortname|Jason|Kipnis}}

|Arizona State

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|2010

|Zack MacPhee

|Arizona State

|2B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|2011

|{{sortname|Tony|Renda}}

|California

|IF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|2012

|{{sortname|Alex|Mejia}}

|Arizona

|SS

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|title=2012 Baseball All-Conference Team|url=http://pac-12.com/Sports/Baseball/Article/tabid/246/Article/119188/Title/2012-Baseball-All-Conference-Team.aspx|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130216155234/http://pac-12.com/Sports/Baseball/Article/tabid/246/Article/119188/Title/2012-Baseball-All-Conference-Team.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 16, 2013|publisher=Pac-12.com|accessdate=2 February 2013}}

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|2013

|{{sortname|Michael|Conforto}}

|Oregon State

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite news|last=Horowitz|first=Gary|title=Oregon State dominates all-Pac-12 baseball honors|url=http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20130529/UPDATE/130529026/Oregon-State-dominates-all-Pac-12-baseball-honors|accessdate=2 June 2013|newspaper=Salem Statesman Journal|date=29 May 2013}}{{Dead link|date=April 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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|2014

|{{sortname|Michael|Conforto}} {{small|(2)}}

|Oregon State

|OF

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|2015

|{{sortname|Scott|Kingery}}

|Arizona

|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}}

|California

|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}}

|Oregon State

|IF

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|2018

|{{sortname|Andrew|Vaughn}}

|California

|1B

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|2019

|{{sortname|Adley|Rutschman}}*

|Oregon State

|C

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|2021

|{{sortname|Aaron|Zavala}}

|Oregon

|OF / 3B

| style=“text-align:center;”|

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|2022

|{{sortname|Jacob|Melton|Jacob Melton (baseball)}}

|Oregon State

|OF

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|2023

|Alberto Rios

|Stanford

|OF / C

| style=“text-align:center;”|{{cite news|title=Pac-12 announces 2023 baseball All-Conference honors|url=https://pac-12.com/article/2023/05/20/pac-12-announces-2023-baseball-all-conference-honors|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524095944/https://pac-12.com/article/2023/05/20/pac-12-announces-2023-baseball-all-conference-honors|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 24, 2023|publisher=Pac-12 Conference |date=23 May 2023|access-date=29 June 2023}}

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|2024

|Travis Bazzana

|Oregon State

|IF

| style=“text-align:center;”|{{cite news |date=21 May 2024 |title=Pac-12 announces 2024 baseball All-Conference honors |url=https://pac-12.com/news/2024/5/21/pac-12-announces-2024-baseball-all-conference-honors#:~:text=Utah's%20ace%20Bryson%20Van%20Sickle,claimed%20Freshman%20of%20the%20Year..aspx |access-date=29 June 2023 |publisher=Pac-12 Conference}}

=North Division (1978–1998)=

class="wikitable sortable"
Season

!Player

!School

!Position

!class="unsortable"|Reference

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|1978

|{{sortname|Dave|Elder|Dave Elder (infielder)}}

|Washington State

|3B

| style="text-align:center;"|{{cite web|title=Pac-12 Conference Baseball Record Book|url=http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/62400|publisher=Pac-12.com|accessdate=1 February 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130103010928/http://catalog.e-digitaleditions.com/i/62400|archive-date=3 January 2013|url-status=dead}}

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|1979

|{{sortname|Tom|Dodd|Tom Dodd (baseball)}}

|Oregon

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1980

|{{sortname|Glen|Walker}}

|Washington State

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1981

|{{sortname|Al|Hunsinger}}

|Oregon State

|1B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1982

|{{sortname|Jim|Wilson|Jim Wilson (first baseman)}}

|Oregon State

|1B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1983

|{{sortname|Jeff|Reece}}

|Oregon State

|P

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1984

|{{sortname|John|Skurla}}

|Washington State

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1985

|{{sortname|Don|Lovell}}

|Portland State

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1986

|{{sortname|Dave|Brundage}}

|Oregon State

|P

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1987

|{{sortname|Ken|Bowen|dab=baseball}}

|Oregon State

|SS

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1988

|{{sortname|John|Olerud}}

|Washington State

|P/DH

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1989

|{{sortname|Tim|Kuykendall}}

|Washington State

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1990

|{{sortname|Dane|Walker}}

|Portland State

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1991

|{{sortname|Scott|Hatteberg}}

|Washington State

|C

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1992

|{{sortname|Geoff|Loomis}}

|Portland

|3B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1993

|{{sortname|Scott|Christman}}

|Oregon State

|P

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1994

|{{sortname|Mason|Smith|Mason Smith (baseball)}}

|Oregon State

|P

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1995

|{{sortname|Darin|Blood}}

|Gonzaga

|P

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1996

|{{sortname|Kevin|Miller|Kevin Miller (baseball)}}

|Washington

|SS

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1997

|{{sortname|Kevin|Miller|Kevin Miller (baseball)}} (2)

|Washington

|SS

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1998

|{{sortname|Andrew|Checketts}}

|Oregon State

|P

| style="text-align:center;"|

=South Division (1978–1998)=

class="wikitable sortable"
Season

!Player

!School

!Position

!class="unsortable"|Reference

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|1978

|{{sortname|Tim|Tolman}}

|Southern California

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1979

|{{sortname|Jim|Auten}}

|UCLA

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1980

| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|{{sortname|Terry|Francona}}*

|Arizona

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1981

|{{sortname|Mike|Sodders}}

|Arizona State

|IF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1982

|{{sortname|Alvin|Davis}}

|Arizona State

|1B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1983

|{{sortname|Erik|Hardgrave}}

|Stanford

|1B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1984

| style="background:#ffe6bd;"|{{sortname|Oddibe|McDowell}}*

|Arizona State

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1984

|{{sortname|Mark|McGwire}}

|Southern California

|1B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1985

|{{sortname|Rick|Lundblade}}

|Stanford

|1B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1986

|{{sortname|Torey|Lovullo}}

|UCLA

|IF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1986

|{{sortname|Alex|Sanchez|Alex Sanchez (pitcher)}}

|UCLA

|P

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1987

|{{sortname|Torey|Lovullo}} (2)

|UCLA

|IF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1987

|{{sortname|Chip|Hale}}

|Arizona

|IF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1988

|{{sortname|Linty|Ingram}}

|Arizona State

|P

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1989

|{{sortname|Scott|Erickson}}

|Arizona

|P

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1989

|{{sortname|Alan|Zinter}}

|Arizona

|1B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1990

|{{sortname|Paul|Ellis|dab=baseball}}

|UCLA

|C

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1991

|{{sortname|David|McCarty}}

|Stanford

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1992

|{{sortname|Troy|Penix}}

|California

|1B

| style="text-align:center;"|

align=center

| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1992

|{{sortname|Jon|Zuber}}

|California

|P

| style="text-align:center;"|

align=center

| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1993

|{{sortname|Paul|LoDuca}}

|Arizona State

|C

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1993

|{{sortname|Ryan|McGuire}}

|UCLA

|1B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1994

|{{sortname|Jacob|Cruz}}

|Arizona State

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1995

|{{sortname|A. J.|Hinch}}

|Stanford

|C

| style="text-align:center;"|

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| style="background-color:#CFECEC;" |1995

|{{sortname|Geoff|Jenkins}}

|Southern California

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1996

|{{sortname|A. J.|Hinch}} (2)

|Stanford

|C

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1997

|{{sortname|Troy|Glaus}}

|UCLA

|3B

| style="text-align:center;"|

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|1998

|{{sortname|Eric|Valent}}

|UCLA

|OF

| style="text-align:center;"|

Winners by school

class="wikitable"
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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