Dick Howser Trophy

Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox sports award The Dick Howser Trophy is bestowed annually to the national college baseball player of the year.<ref name="TBT">Template:Cite news</ref> 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.<ref name="TBT"/> In that same year, the award was established by friends of Howser<ref name="Creighton University">Template:Cite press release</ref> and presented to Mike Fiore, the inaugural winner.<ref>2009 Dick Howser Trophy Template:Webarchive. National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Retrieved August 31, 2009.</ref><ref name="Creighton University"/> It is considered to be the Heisman Trophy of college baseball.<ref name=BA>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="lincoln"/><ref name=rendon/>

Six winners of the Dick Howser Trophy are members of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Five winners—Kris Benson, David Price, Stephen Strasburg, Adley Rutschman, and Paul Skenes—went on to become the first overall MLB draft pick.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Jered Weaver is the only award winner to pitch a no-hitter,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while Mark Teixeira holds the record for most games with home runs from both sides of the plate.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Furthermore, seventeen players won the Golden Spikes Award alongside the Dick Howser Trophy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Brooks Kieschnick is the only player to win the trophy more than once.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The winners from 1987 to 1998 were selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).<ref>Template:Cite press release</ref> 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.<ref name="BA"/> The most recent recipient of the award is Charlie Condon of Georgia.

Winners

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Robin Ventura, who won the Dick Howser Trophy in 1988, is one of six award winners in the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Todd Helton, the 1995 winner, is the only award winner to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Mark Teixeira, the 2000 winner, holds the record for most games with switch-hit home runs.

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Jered Weaver, the 2004 recipient, is the only award winner to pitch a no-hitter.

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Andrew Benintendi received the award in 2015.

Key

Year	Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player Template:Small	Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point
Position	The player's position at the time he won the award
School	The player's college when he won the award
Italics	Denotes player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year
^	Player won the Rookie of the Year Award<ref group="lower-alpha">Won either in the same year or several years later.</ref>
§	Denotes player also won the Golden Spikes Award in the same year
*	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Template:Dagger	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Template:Double-dagger	Player is active

Winners

Year	Player	Position	School	Ref
Template:By	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	OF	Miami (FL)	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:By	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	3B	Oklahoma State	<ref name=posey/>
Template:By	Template:Sortname	OF	Texas	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:By	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	P	Miami-Dade Community College	<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Subscription required</ref>
Template:By	Template:Sortname	P	Howard College	<ref name=posey/>
Template:By	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	Utility	Texas	<ref>Template:Cite news </ref>
Template:By	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger Template:Small	Utility	Texas	<ref name=posey/>
Template:By	Template:Sortname§	C	Georgia Tech	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Template:By	Template:Sortname*	1B	Tennessee	<ref>Template:Cite news </ref>
Template:By	Template:Sortname	P	Clemson	<ref name=posey/>
Template:By	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger§	OF	Florida State	<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Subscription required</ref>
Template:By	Template:SortnameTemplate:Dagger	1B	Louisiana State	<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Subscription required</ref>
Template:By	Template:Sortname§^	P	Baylor	<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Subscription required</ref>
Template:By	Template:Sortname	3B	Georgia Tech	<ref>Template:Cite newsTemplate:Subscription required</ref>
Template:By	Template:Sortname§	P	Southern California	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002	Template:Sortname§	SS	Clemson	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2003	Template:Sortname§	2B	Southern	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004	Template:Sortname§	P	Long Beach State	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005	Template:Sortname§	3B	Nebraska	<ref name=posey/>
2006	Template:Sortname	P	Houston	<ref name="lincoln">Template:Cite news</ref>
2007	Template:Sortname§	P	Vanderbilt	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2008	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§^	C	Florida State	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	P	San Diego State	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	3B	Rice	<ref name=rendon>Template:Cite news</ref>
2011	Template:Sortname	P	Texas	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2012	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	C	Florida	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§^	3B	San Diego	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2014	Template:Sortname§	Utility	Kentucky	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	OF	Arkansas	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2016	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	OF	Clemson	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2017	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	P/1B	Louisville	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2018	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	P	Florida	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2019	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	C	Oregon State	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020	Not awarded<ref group="lower-alpha">Due to the COVID-19 pandemic</ref>	Template:Sort dash	Template:Sort dash
2021	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	P	Arkansas	<ref name=Kopps>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	1B	Texas	<ref name=Melendez>Template:Cite news</ref>
2023	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	P	Louisiana State	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2024	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	1B/OF	Georgia	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• List of college baseball awards
• College baseball awards in the United States

References

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External links

• National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) official website Template:Webarchive
• College Baseball Foundation official website
• American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) official website