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Buster Posey Award
College baseball award
College baseball award
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Buster Posey Award |
| caption | Buster Posey, the namesake of the award |
| description | Best catcher in NCAA's Division I |
| presenter | Wichita Sports Commission |
| sponsor | Kamerion Wimbley Foundation |
| country | United States |
| year | 2000 |
| holder | Caden Bodine, Coastal Carolina |
The Buster Posey Award, formerly known as the Johnny Bench Award, was created in 2000 to honor college baseball's top catcher in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The award is administered by the Wichita Sports Commission and presented after the conclusion of the College World Series.
Originally named for Johnny Bench, it was renamed in 2019 after Johnny Bench announced the creation of his own national award for amateur catchers. The commission reviewed the statistics of the prior winners and unanimously chose to rename the award after Buster Posey.
Schools nominate their catchers during the season to create the official watch list. A select committee of 20 individuals narrows the watch list down to the semifinalists. Two rounds of voting by Division I head coaches determine the three finalists and eventual recipient of the Buster Posey Award. The current holder of the award is Caden Bodine.
Winners
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| Year | Player | School | Class | ^ | § |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year | |||||
| Name of the player | |||||
| The player's college when he won the award | |||||
| The player's year in college when he won the award | |||||
| Player won the MLB Rookie of the Year Award | |||||
| Player also won the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy in the same year | |||||
| Player is active in MLB |
| Year | Name | School | Class | Ref(s) | ** | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Louisiana State | |||||||||||||
| 2001 | Baylor | |||||||||||||
| 2002 | Alabama | |||||||||||||
| 2003 | Stanford | |||||||||||||
| 2004 | Cal State Fullerton | |||||||||||||
| 2005 | Southern California | |||||||||||||
| 2006 | East Carolina | |||||||||||||
| 2007 | Mississippi State | |||||||||||||
| 2008 | Florida State | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | Oklahoma | |||||||||||||
| 2010 | TCU | last=Sports | first=Wfaa | url=http://www.wfaa.com/sports/Holaday-Wins-2010-Johnny-Bench-Award-97639534.html | title=Holaday Wins 2010 Johnny Bench Award | wfaa.com Dallas – Fort Worth | publisher=Wfaa.com | date=July 1, 2010 | access-date=June 7, 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102123757/http://www.wfaa.com/sports/Holaday-Wins-2010-Johnny-Bench-Award-97639534.html | archive-date=November 2, 2013 }} | |||
| 2011 | James Madison | |||||||||||||
| 2012 | Florida | |||||||||||||
| 2013 | Ole Miss | |||||||||||||
| 2014 | Kennesaw State | |||||||||||||
| 2015 | Southern California | |||||||||||||
| 2016 | Miami | |||||||||||||
| 2017 | Oral Roberts | |||||||||||||
| 2018 | Georgia Tech | url = http://www.sfexaminer.com/san-francisco-giants-draft-pick-joey-bart-wins-johnny-bench-award/ | title = San Francisco Giants draft pick Joey Bart wins Johnny Bench Award | date = June 29, 2018 | access-date = June 30, 2018 | archive-date = June 30, 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180630052838/http://www.sfexaminer.com/san-francisco-giants-draft-pick-joey-bart-wins-johnny-bench-award/ | url-status = dead}} | ||||||
| 2019 | Oregon State | url=https://osubeavers.com/news/2019/6/27/baseball-adley-rutschman-named-buster-posey-award-winner.aspx | title=Adley Rutschman Named Buster Posey Award Winner | work=osubeavers.com | date=June 27, 2019}} | |||||||||
| 2020 | ||||||||||||||
| 2021 | Florida State | |||||||||||||
| 2022 | Georgia Tech | |||||||||||||
| 2023 | Virginia | |||||||||||||
| 2024 | Sam Houston State | |||||||||||||
| 2025 | Coastal Carolina |
Notes
References
References
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- Martinez, Quinton. (June 27, 2024). "Gregory-Portland grad makes history with collegiate baseball award". Corpus Christi Caller Times.
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