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Dick Howser Trophy

US annual award for the national college baseball player of the year

Dick Howser Trophy
Summary

US annual award for the national college baseball player of the year

FieldValue
nameDick Howser Trophy
imageDickHowserTrophyLogo.jpg
imagesize200px
altA bust of the Dick Howser Trophy in a blue diamond, with the words "DICK HOWSER TROPHY" below in white letters on a blue background.
captionLogo for the Dick Howser Trophy
descriptionCollege baseball's best player
presenterNational Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
countryUnited States
year1987
holderAlex Lodise, Florida State
websiteDick Howser Trophy

The Dick Howser Trophy is bestowed annually to the national college baseball player of the year. The award is named after former collegiate and Major League Baseball (MLB) player and manager Dick Howser, who died as the result of brain cancer on June 17, 1987, at the age of 51. In that same year, the award was established by friends of Howser and presented to Mike Fiore, the inaugural winner. It is considered to be the Heisman Trophy of college baseball.

Six winners of the Dick Howser Trophy are members of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. Five winners—Kris Benson, David Price, Stephen Strasburg, Adley Rutschman, and Paul Skenes—went on to become the first overall MLB draft pick. Jason Jennings, Buster Posey, and Kris Bryant went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award several years after winning the Dick Howser Trophy. Jered Weaver is the only award winner to pitch a no-hitter, while Mark Teixeira holds the record for most games with home runs from both sides of the plate. Furthermore, seventeen players won the Golden Spikes Award alongside the Dick Howser Trophy. Brooks Kieschnick is the only player to win the trophy more than once.

The winners from 1987 to 1998 were selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA). The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) became the voting body in 1999, and now presents the award together with the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce in Florida. The most recent recipient of the award is Alex Lodise of Florida State.

Winners

Robin Ventura, wearing a blue pinstripe jersey with the words METS partially cut off, converses with a fellow player
[[Robin Ventura]], who won the Dick Howser Trophy in 1988, is one of six award winners in the [[National College Baseball Hall of Fame]].
Todd Helton, wearing a black baseball batting helmet and black baseball uniform with the words COLORADO across, holds his bat during an at bat
National Baseball Hall of Fame]].
Mark Teixeira, wearing a dark blue baseball batting helmet and grey baseball uniform with the words NEW YORK across, takes off his batting gloves
switch-hit]] home runs.
Jered Weaver, wearing a red baseball cap and grey baseball uniform with the words ANGELS across and an "A" patch on the right sleeve, delivers a pitch
[[Jered Weaver]], the 2004 recipient, is the only award winner to pitch a [[no-hitter]].
[[Andrew Benintendi]] received the award in 2015.
YearPlayer (X)PositionSchool*Italics*^§*
Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point
The player's position at the time he won the award
The player's college when he won the award
Denotes player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year
Player won the Rookie of the Year Award
Denotes player also won the Golden Spikes Award in the same year
Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Player is active
YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef(2)*********Not awarded**Alex Lodise‡
OFMiami (FL)
3BOklahoma State
OFTexas
PMiami-Dade Community College
PHoward College
UtilityTexas
UtilityTexas
CGeorgia Tech
1BTennessee
PClemson
OFFlorida State
1BLouisiana State
PBaylor
3BGeorgia Tech
PSouthern California
2002SSClemson
20032BSouthern
2004PLong Beach State
20053BNebraska
2006PHoustonurl=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=2488418title=Houston pitcher Lincoln wins Howser Trophyagency=Associated Presspublisher=ESPN Internet Ventureswork=ESPNdate=June 17, 2006access-date=August 16, 2012archive-date=October 25, 2012archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025171044/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=2488418url-status=live}}
2007PVanderbilt
2008CFlorida Stateurl=https://www.espn.com/college-sports/news/story?id=3443974title=Florida State's Posey named player of the yearwork=ESPNpublisher=ESPN Internet Venturesdate=June 14, 2008access-date=August 15, 2012archive-date=July 29, 2013archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130729230231/http://sports.espn.go.com/ncaa/news/story?id=3443974url-status=live}}
2009PSan Diego State
20103BRiceurl=http://www.chron.com/sports/rice/article/Rice-s-Rendon-claims-prestigious-Dick-Howser-1702198.phptitle=Rice's Rendon claims prestigious Dick Howser Trophylast=Martinfirst=Jeffreydate=July 2, 2010newspaper=The Houston Chronicleaccess-date=August 16, 2012archive-date=October 19, 2012archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019121919/http://www.chron.com/sports/rice/article/Rice-s-Rendon-claims-prestigious-Dick-Howser-1702198.phpurl-status=live}}
2011PTexas
2012CFlorida
20133BSan Diego
2014UtilityKentucky
2015OFArkansas
2016OFClemson
2017P/1BLouisville
2018PFlorida
2019COregon State
2020
2021PArkansastitle=Kevin Kopps wins Dick Howser Trophy as national player of the yearurl=https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/jun/18/kevin-kopps-wins-dick-howser-trophy-national-playe/first=Mattlast=Jonesdate=June 18, 2021access-date=June 18, 2021newspaper=Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazettearchive-date=June 18, 2021archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210618153805/https://www.nwaonline.com/news/2021/jun/18/kevin-kopps-wins-dick-howser-trophy-national-playe/url-status=live}}
20221BTexastitle=Texas' Ivan Melendez captures 35th Dick Howser Trophy presented by The Game Headwearurl=https://www.mlb.com/news/texas-ivan-melendez-captures-35th-dick-howser-trophy/date=June 17, 2022access-date=June 17, 2022work=MLB.compublisher=MLB Advanced Mediaarchive-date=June 17, 2022archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220617163521/https://www.mlb.com/news/texas-ivan-melendez-captures-35th-dick-howser-trophyurl-status=live}}
2023PLouisiana State
20241B/OFGeorgia
2025SSFlorida State

Notes

References

General

Specific

References

  1. English, Antonya. (June 16, 2012). "Florida Gators catcher Mike Zunino wins Dick Howser Trophy for college baseball player of the year". Tampa Bay Times.
  2. (May 21, 2011). "Baseball's Adams Named A Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist". [[Creighton University]].
  3. [http://www.sportswriters.net/ncbwa/index.html 2009 Dick Howser Trophy] {{Webarchive. link. (2004-06-06 . National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Retrieved August 31, 2009.)
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  5. "College Baseball Hall of Fame – Hall of Famers". College Baseball Hall of Fame.
  6. "1st Picks Overall in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Sports Reference LLC.
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  9. Noble, Marty. (June 25, 2012). "Switch-hit homers: Channeling The Mick". MLB Advanced Media.
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  11. Mann, Jonathan. (March 27, 2009). "Baseball set to retire Brooks Kieschnick's No. 23 on Saturday". Texas Longhorns.
  12. (July 17, 2012). "This is the ABCA". American Baseball Coaches Association.
  13. Salguero, Armando. (March 4, 1988). "Howser Award gives U-M's Fiore some long-overdue recognition". The Miami News.
  14. (June 2, 1989). "Sports People: Baseball; Longhorn Is Honored". [[The New York Times]].
  15. (March 1, 1991). "Alex Fernandez Wins College Award". Miami Herald.
  16. (March 27, 1993). "Kieschnick awarded Howser Trophy". St. Petersburg Times.
  17. (June 8, 1994). "Varitek receives Howser award". McCook Daily Gazette.
  18. (June 7, 1995). "Helton wins Howser Trophy". St. Petersburg Times.
  19. (June 3, 1997). "Howser Winner". Sarasota Herald-Tribune.
  20. (June 2, 1998). "Coaches pick Louisiana State first baseman as best player".
  21. (June 13, 1999). "Baylor's Jennings is top national player". Austin American-Statesman.
  22. (June 10, 2000). "Georgia Tech's Teixeira receives Dick Howser Trophy". Associated Press.
  23. (June 9, 2001). "Prior claims Howser Trophy". [[Star-News.
  24. (June 15, 2002). "Greene named winner of Dick Howser Trophy". Lodi News-Sentinel.
  25. (June 13, 2003). "Howser Award goes to Southern's Weeks". USA Today.
  26. (June 19, 2004). "College baseball".
  27. (June 17, 2006). "Houston pitcher Lincoln wins Howser Trophy". ESPN Internet Ventures.
  28. (June 30, 2007). "Former Vanderbilt star Price named nation's top amateur player". ESPN Internet Ventures.
  29. (June 14, 2008). "Florida State's Posey named player of the year". ESPN Internet Ventures.
  30. (July 2, 2009). "Strasburg named 2009 Howser winner". ESPN Internet Ventures.
  31. Martin, Jeffrey. (July 2, 2010). "Rice's Rendon claims prestigious Dick Howser Trophy". The Houston Chronicle.
  32. Falkoff, Robert. (June 21, 2011). "Jungmann humbled as Howser winner". MLB Advanced Media.
  33. (June 15, 2012). "Mike Zunino wins Howser Trophy". ESPN Internet Ventures.
  34. Kruth, Cash. (June 15, 2013). "No. 2 pick Bryant awarded Dick Howser Trophy". MLB Advanced Media.
  35. Kruth, Cash. (June 14, 2014). "Astros draftee Reed wins Howser Trophy". MLB Advanced Media.
  36. Kruth, Cash. (June 12, 2015). "Red Sox pick Benintendi wins Howser Trophy". MLB Advanced Media.
  37. (June 17, 2016). "Clemson's Beer wins Howser Trophy as national player of year". USA Today.
  38. Trezza, Joe. (June 16, 2017). "McKay, Rays' Draft pick, wins Howser Trophy". MLB Advanced Media.
  39. Thornburg, Chad. (June 15, 2018). "KC's No. 1 pick Singer wins Howser Trophy". MLB Advanced Media.
  40. Nick Daschel. (June 14, 2019). "Oregon State's Adley Rutschman claims the 2019 Golden Spikes Award, nation's top individual honor for amateur baseball". The Oregonian.
  41. Jones, Matt. (June 18, 2021). "Kevin Kopps wins Dick Howser Trophy as national player of the year". Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.
  42. (June 17, 2022). "Texas' Ivan Melendez captures 35th Dick Howser Trophy presented by The Game Headwear". MLB Advanced Media.
  43. (June 16, 2023). "LSU's Skenes wins 2023 Dick Howser Trophy". [[National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association.
  44. Meyer, Craig. (13 June 2024). "Georgia's Charlie Condon wins 2024 Dick Howser Trophy as top player in college baseball". Athens Banner-Herald.
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