Pac-12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding baseball player in the Pac-12 Conference
CountryUnited States
First awarded1978
Currently held byJacob Melton, Oregon State

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

† Co-Players of the Year
* 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

Season Player School Position Reference
1999 Willie Bloomquist Arizona State SS [1]
2000 Casey Myers Arizona State C [1]
2001 Casey Myers (2) Arizona State C [1]
2002 Alberto Concepción Southern California C [1]
2003† Ryan Garko Stanford C [1]
2003† Dustin Pedroia Arizona State SS [1]
2004 Jed Lowrie Stanford 2B [1]
2005† Trevor Crowe Arizona OF [1]
2005† Jacoby Ellsbury Oregon State OF [1]
2006 Cole Gillespie Oregon State OF [1]
2007 Brett Wallace Arizona State 1B [1]
2008 Brett Wallace (2) Arizona State 3B [1]
2009 Jason Kipnis Arizona State OF [1]
2010 Zack MacPhee Arizona State 2B [1]
2011 Tony Renda California IF [1]
2012 Alex Mejia Arizona SS [2]
2013 Michael Conforto Oregon State OF [3]
2014 Michael Conforto (2) Oregon State OF
2015 Scott Kingery Arizona 2B [4]
2016 Brett Cumberland California C [5]
2017 Nick Madrigal Oregon State IF
2018 Andrew Vaughn California 1B
2019 Adley Rutschman Oregon State C
2021 Aaron Zavala Oregon OF / 3B
2022 Jacob Melton Oregon State OF
2023 Alberto Rios Stanford OF / C [6]

North Division (1978–1998)

Season Player School Position Reference
1978 Dave Elder Washington State 3B [1]
1979 Tom Dodd Oregon OF [1]
1980 Glen Walker Washington State OF [1]
1981 Al Hunsinger Oregon State 1B [1]
1982 Jim Wilson Oregon State 1B [1]
1983 Jeff Reece Oregon State P [1]
1984 John Skurla Washington State OF [1]
1985 Don Lovell Portland State OF [1]
1986 Dave Brundage Oregon State P [1]
1987 Ken Bowen Oregon State SS [1]
1988 John Olerud Washington State P/DH [1]
1989 Tim Kuykendall Washington State OF [1]
1990 Dane Walker Portland State OF [1]
1991 Scott Hatteberg Washington State C [1]
1992 Geoff Loomis Portland 3B [1]
1993 Scott Christman Oregon State P [1]
1994 Mason Smith Oregon State P [1]
1995 Darin Blood Gonzaga P [1]
1996 Kevin Miller Washington SS [1]
1997 Kevin Miller (2) Washington SS [1]
1998 Andrew Checketts Oregon State P [1]

South Division (1978–1998)

Season Player School Position Reference
1978 Tim Tolman Southern California OF [1]
1979 Jim Auten UCLA OF [1]
1980 Terry Francona* Arizona OF [1]
1981 Mike Sodders Arizona State IF [1]
1982 Alvin Davis Arizona State 1B [1]
1983 Erik Hardgrave Stanford 1B [1]
1984† Oddibe McDowell* Arizona State OF [1]
1984† Mark McGwire Southern California 1B [1]
1985 Rick Lundblade Stanford 1B [1]
1986† Torey Lovullo UCLA IF [1]
1986† Alex Sanchez UCLA P [1]
1987† Torey Lovullo (2) UCLA IF [1]
1987† Chip Hale Arizona IF [1]
1988 Linty Ingram Arizona State P [1]
1989† Scott Erickson Arizona P [1]
1989† Alan Zinter Arizona 1B [1]
1990 Paul Ellis UCLA C [1]
1991 David McCarty Stanford OF [1]
1992† Troy Penix California 1B [1]
1992† Jon Zuber California P [1]
1993† Paul LoDuca Arizona State C [1]
1993† Ryan McGuire UCLA 1B [1]
1994 Jacob Cruz Arizona State OF [1]
1995† A. J. Hinch Stanford C [1]
1995† Geoff Jenkins Southern California OF [1]
1996 A. J. Hinch (2) Stanford C [1]
1997 Troy Glaus UCLA 3B [1]
1998 Eric Valent UCLA OF [1]

Winners by school

School (year joined)a Winners Years
Oregon State (1964) 15 1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2005†, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2019, 2022
Arizona State (1978) 14 1981, 1982, 1984†, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003†, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Stanford (1959) 8 1983, 1985, 1991, 1995†, 1996, 2003†, 2004, 2023
UCLA (1959) 7 1979, 1986†, 1987†, 1990, 1993†, 1997, 1998
Washington State (1962) 6 1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991
California (1959) 5 1992†, 1992†, 2011, 2016, 2018
Arizona (1978) 4 1980, 1987, 2005†, 2012
Southern California (1959) 4 1978, 1984†, 1995, 2002
Portland Stateb (1982) 2 1985, 1990
Washington (1959) 2 1996, 1997
Gonzagac (1982) 1 1995
Oregond (1964) 1 1979
Utah (2011) 0
Portland 1 1992

Footnotes

References

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  2. ^ "2012 Baseball All-Conference Team". Pac-12.com. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
  3. ^ Horowitz, Gary (29 May 2013). "Oregon State dominates all-Pac-12 baseball honors". Salem Statesman Journal. Retrieved 2 June 2013.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ "2015 All-Conference Baseball Team named". Pac-12 Conference. 27 May 2015.
  5. ^ "Pac-12 Announces Baseball All-Conference Honors". Pac-12 Conference. 2 June 2016.
  6. ^ "Pac-12 announces 2023 baseball All-Conference honors". Pac-12 Conference. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
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