Big Ten Conference Baseball Freshman of the Year

Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding freshman player in the Big Ten Conference
CountryUnited States
History
First award1988
Most recentDrew Grego, Nebraska

The Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year is an annual college baseball award presented to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding freshman player. The award was first given following the 1988 season to Dan Wilson of Minnesota.

Key

* Awarded a College National Player of the Year award:
the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award
† Major League Baseball All-Star
‡ Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

Winners

Season Player School Position Reference
1988 Dan Wilson Minnesota C [1]
1989 Bubba Smith Illinois 1B/P
1990 Scott Klingenbeck Ohio State P
1991 Mark Merila Minnesota 2B
1992 Matt Beaumont Ohio State P
1993 Scott Weaver Michigan OF
1994 C. J. Thieleke Iowa 2B
1995 Dan Seimetz Ohio State DH
1996 Jason Alcaraz Michigan OF
1997 Keith Batchelder Northwestern OF
1998 Jeremy Kurella Northwestern SS
1999 Mike Campo Penn State CF
2000 Nick Swisher† Ohio State 1B
2001 Doug Deeds Ohio State DH
2002 Scott Lewis Ohio State P
2003 Glen Perkins Minnesota P
2004 Jacob Howell Ohio State OF
2005 Ryan Sontag Michigan State OF
2006 J. B. Shuck Ohio State P
2007 Matt Bischoff Purdue P
2008 Eric Jokisch Northwestern P
2009 Alex Dickerson Indiana DH
2010 Ryan Jones Michigan State 2B
2011 Josh Dezse Ohio State UT
2012 Sam Travis Indiana 1B
2013 Kevin Duchene Illinois P [2]
2014 Tanner Tully Ohio State P [3]
2015 Jake Bivens Michigan 2B [4]
2016 Chad Luensmann Nebraska P [5]
2017 Tyler Blohm Maryland P [6]
2018 Patrick Fredrickson Minnesota P [7]
2019 Maxwell Costes Maryland 1B [8]
2021 Max Anderson Nebraska 3B [9]
2022 Keaton Anthony Iowa OF [10]
2023 Devin Taylor Indiana OF [11]
2024 Luke Gaffney Purdue 1B [12]
2025 Jake Hanley Indiana 1B [13]
2026 Drew Grego Nebraska OF [14]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Ohio State (1912) 10 1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2014
Indiana (1900) 4 2009, 2012, 2023, 2025
Minnesota (1896) 4 1988, 1991, 2003, 2018
Indiana (1900) 3 2009, 2012, 2023
Michigan (1896) 3 1993, 1996, 2015
Nebraska (2011) 3 2016, 2021, 2026
Northwestern (1896) 3 1997, 1998, 2008
Illinois (1896) 2 1989, 2013
Iowa (1900) 2 1994, 2022
Maryland (2014) 2 2017, 2019
Michigan State (1953) 2 2005, 2010
Purdue (1896) 2 2007, 2024
Penn State (1993) 1 1999
Rutgers (2014) 0 —
Oregon (2024) 0 —
UCLA (2024) 0 —
USC (2024) 0 —
Washington (2024) 0 —
Wisconsin (1896)a 0 —

Notes

a Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.

References

  1. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Big Ten Announces All-Conference Baseball Teams and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Big Ten Announces 2014 Baseball All-Conference Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 20, 2014. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 19, 2015. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  5. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 24, 2016. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 23, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  7. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 22, 2018. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 12, 2019. Archived from the original on June 1, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
  9. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 30, 2021. Archived from the original on May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
  10. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 24, 2022. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
  11. ↑ "Big Ten Announces Baseball Postseason Awards Recipients". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 22, 2023. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2024 Baseball Postseason Awards". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 21, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Announces Baseball Postseason Awards". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 20, 2025. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
  14. ↑ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2026 Baseball Postseason Awards". Big Ten Conference. Retrieved 19 May 2026.
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