Dick 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 player and manager Dick Howser, who died of brain cancer in 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.
Six winners of the Dick Howser Trophy are members of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame. Four winners—Kris Benson, David Price, Stephen Strasburg, and Adley Rutschman—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. The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association 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 Adley Rutschman of Oregon State University.

Winners

YearLinks to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point
PositionThe player's position at the time he won the award
SchoolThe player's college when he won the award
ItalicsDenotes 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 College Baseball Hall of Fame
Player is active

YearPlayerPositionSchoolRef
OFMiami
3BOklahoma State
OFTexas
PMiami-Dade Community College
PHoward College
UtilityTexas
UtilityTexas
CGeorgia Tech
1BTennessee
'PClemson
OFFlorida State
1BLSU
PBaylor
3BGeorgia Tech
PSouthern California
2002SSClemson
20032BSouthern
2004PLong Beach State
20053BNebraska
2006PHouston
2007'PVanderbilt
2008CFlorida State
2009PSan Diego State
20103BRice
2011PTexas
2012CFlorida
20133BSan Diego
2014UtilityKentucky
2015OFArkansas
2016OFClemson
2017P/1BLouisville
2018PFlorida
2019COregon State