Dick Howser Trophy

Dick Howser Trophy
Logo for the Dick Howser Trophy
Given for	College baseball's best player
Country	United States
Presented by	National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
History
First award	1987
Most recent	Brady Singer, Florida
Website	Dick Howser Trophy

The Dick Howser Trophy is bestowed annually to the national college baseball player of the year.^[1] The award is named after former collegiate and Major League Baseball (MLB) player and manager Dick Howser, who died of brain cancer in 1987 at the age of 51.^[1] In that same year, the award was established by friends of Howser^[2] and presented to Mike Fiore, the inaugural winner.^[3][4][5][6]

Three winners of the Dick Howser Trophy are members of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.^[7] Three winners—Kris Benson, David Price, and Stephen Strasburg—went on to become the first overall MLB draft pick.^[8]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.^[9]Jered Weaver is the only award winner to pitch a no-hitter,^[10] while Mark Teixeira holds the record for most games with home runs from both sides of the plate.^[11] Furthermore, seventeen players won the Golden Spikes Award alongside the Dick Howser Trophy.^[12]Brooks Kieschnick is the only player to win the trophy more than once.^[13]

The winners from 1987 to 1998 were selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).^[14] 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.^[4] The most recent recipient of the award is Brady Singer of the University of Florida.

Contents

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  1 Winners
  


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  2 See also
  


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  3 Notes
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

Winners

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

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

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

Andrew Benintendi received the award in 2015.

Key

Year	Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player (X)	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[a]
§	Denotes player also won the Golden Spikes Award in the same year
	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
	Player is active

Winners

Year	Player	Position	School	Ref
1987	Mike Fiore	Outfielder	Miami (FL)	[15]
1988	Robin Ventura§	Third baseman	Oklahoma State	[16]
1989	Scott Bryant	Outfielder	Texas	[17]
1990	Alex Fernández§	Pitcher	Miami-Dade Community College	[18]
1991	Frank Rodriguez	Pitcher	Howard College	[16]
1992	Brooks Kieschnick	Utility player	Texas	[19]
1993	Brooks Kieschnick(2)	Utility player	Texas	[16]
1994	Jason Varitek§	Catcher	Georgia Tech	[20]
1995	Todd Helton	First baseman	Tennessee	[21]
1996	Kris Benson	Pitcher	Clemson	[16]
1997	J. D. Drew§	Outfielder	Florida State	[22]
1998	Eddy Furniss	First baseman	LSU	[23]
1999	Jason Jennings§^	Pitcher	Baylor	[24]
2000	Mark Teixeira	Third baseman	Georgia Tech	[25]
2001	Mark Prior§	Pitcher	Southern California	[26]
2002	Khalil Greene§	Shortstop	Clemson	[27]
2003	Rickie Weeks§	Second baseman	Southern	[28]
2004	Jered Weaver§	Pitcher	Long Beach State	[29]
2005	Alex Gordon§	Third baseman	Nebraska	[16]
2006	Brad Lincoln	Pitcher	Houston	[5]
2007	David Price§	Pitcher	Vanderbilt	[30]
2008	Buster Posey§^	Catcher	Florida State	[16]
2009	Stephen Strasburg§	Pitcher	San Diego State	[31]
2010	Anthony Rendon	Third baseman	Rice	[6]
2011	Taylor Jungmann	Pitcher	Texas	[32]
2012	Mike Zunino§	Catcher	Florida	[33]
2013	Kris Bryant§^	Third baseman	San Diego	[34]
2014	A. J. Reed§	Utility player	Kentucky	[35]
2015	Andrew Benintendi§	Outfielder	Arkansas	[36]
2016	Seth Beer	Outfielder	Clemson	[37]
2017	Brendan McKay§	Pitcher/First baseman	Louisville	[38]
2018	Brady Singer§	Pitcher	Florida	[39]

See also

• 
  Baseball portal
  

• List of college baseball awards


• College baseball awards in the United States

Notes

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   ^ Won either in the same year or several years later.
   

References

General

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  "Dick Howser Trophy". Baseball-Almanac.com. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
  

Specific

1. 
   ^ ^ab English, Antonya (June 16, 2012). "Florida Gators catcher Mike Zunino wins Dick Howser Trophy for college baseball player of the year". Tampa Bay Times. Archived from the original on February 4, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
   


2. 
   ^ "Baseball's Adams Named A Dick Howser Trophy Semifinalist" (Press release). Creighton University. May 21, 2011. Retrieved October 25, 2012.
   


3. 
   ^ 2009 Dick Howser Trophy. National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). Retrieved August 31, 2009.
   


4. 
   ^ ^ab "Dick Howser Trophy". Baseball-Almanac.com. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
   


5. 
   ^ ^ab "Houston pitcher Lincoln wins Howser Trophy". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Associated Press. June 17, 2006. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
   


6. 
   ^ ^ab Martin, Jeffrey (July 2, 2010). "Rice's Rendon claims prestigious Dick Howser Trophy". The Houston Chronicle. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
   


7. 
   ^ "College Baseball Hall of Fame – Hall of Famers". CollegeBaseballHall.com. College Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
   


8. 
   ^ "1st Picks Overall in the MLB June Amateur Draft". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
   


9. 
   ^ "Rookie of the Year Awards & Rolaids Relief Award Winners". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
   


10. 
    ^ "MLB No-Hitters". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Retrieved September 19, 2012.
    


11. 
    ^ Noble, Marty (June 25, 2012). "Switch-hit homers: Channeling The Mick". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
    


12. 
    ^ "Golden Spikes Award by USA Baseball". Baseball-Almanac.com. Baseball Almanac. Retrieved August 12, 2012.
    


13. 
    ^ Mann, Jonathan (March 27, 2009). "Baseball set to retire Brooks Kieschnick's No. 23 on Saturday". TexasSports.com. Texas Longhorns. Retrieved September 20, 2012.
    


14. 
    ^ "This is the ABCA" (Press release). American Baseball Coaches Association. July 17, 2012. Archived from the original on April 2, 2010. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
    


15. 
    ^ Salguero, Armando (March 4, 1988). "Howser Award gives U-M's Fiore some long-overdue recognition". The Miami News. p. 4B. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
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16. 
    ^ ^abcdef "Florida State's Posey named player of the year". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. June 14, 2008. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
    


17. 
    ^ "Sports People: Baseball; Longhorn Is Honored". The New York Times. June 2, 1989. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
    


18. 
    ^ "Alex Fernandez Wins College Award". Miami Herald. March 1, 1991. p. 6D. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
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19. 
    ^ "Kieschnick awarded Howser Trophy". St. Petersburg Times. March 27, 1993. p. 9.C. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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20. 
    ^ "Varitek receives Howser award". McCook Daily Gazette. Associated Press. June 8, 1994. p. 12. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
    


21. 
    ^ "Helton wins Howser Trophy Series: College Baseball". St. Petersburg Times. June 7, 1995. p. 3.C. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
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22. 
    ^ "Howser Winner". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. June 3, 1997. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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23. 
    ^ "Coaches pick Louisiana State first baseman as best player". Associated Press. June 2, 1998. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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24. 
    ^ "Baylor's Jennings is top national player". Austin American-Statesman. June 13, 1999. p. C8. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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25. 
    ^ "Georgia Tech's Teixeira receives Dick Howser Trophy". Associated Press. June 10, 2000. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
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26. 
    ^ "Prior claims Howser Trophy". Wilmington Morning Star. Associated Press. June 9, 2001. p. 4C. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
    


27. 
    ^ "Greene named winner of Dick Howser Trophy". Lodi News-Sentinel. Associated Press. June 15, 2002. p. 16. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
    


28. 
    ^ "Howser Award goes to Southern's Weeks". USA Today. June 13, 2003. Retrieved August 15, 2012.
    


29. 
    ^ "College baseball". Associated Press. June 19, 2004. p. C2. Retrieved October 1, 2012.
    


30. 
    ^ "Former Vanderbilt star Price named nation's top amateur player". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Associated Press. June 30, 2007. Retrieved August 5, 2012. Price also won the Dick Howser Trophy for athletic and scholastic achievements.
    


31. 
    ^ "Strasburg named 2009 Howser winner". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Associated Press. July 2, 2009. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
    


32. 
    ^ Falkoff, Robert (June 21, 2011). "Jungmann humbled as Howser winner". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
    


33. 
    ^ "Mike Zunino wins Howser Trophy". ESPN. ESPN Internet Ventures. Associated Press. June 15, 2012. Retrieved August 16, 2012.
    


34. 
    ^ Kruth, Cash (June 15, 2013). "No. 2 pick Bryant awarded Dick Howser Trophy". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved June 16, 2013.
    


35. 
    ^ Kruth, Cash (June 14, 2014). "Astros draftee Reed wins Howser Trophy". MLB.com. MLB Advanced Media. Retrieved June 16, 2014.
    


36. 
    ^ Red Sox pick Benintendi wins Howser Trophy, MLB.com. Published June 12, 2015. Retrieved June 12, 2015.
    


37. 
    ^ Clemson's Beer wins Howser Trophy as national player of year, USAToday.com. Published June 17, 2016. Retrieved June 18, 2016.
    


38. 
    ^ McKay Wins Dick Howser Trophy. GoCards.com. Published June 16, 2017. Retrieved June 16, 2017.
    


39. 
    ^ Florida's Brady Singer Selected as 32nd Dick Howser Trophy Recipient. FloridaGators.com. Published June 15, 2018. Retrieved June 17, 2018.
    

External links

• National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) official website


• College Baseball Foundation official website


• American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) official website

v t e Dick Howser Trophy

1987: Fiore 1988: Ventura 1989: S. Bryant 1990: Fernández 1991: Rodriguez 1992: Kieschnick 1993: Kieschnick 1994: Varitek 1995: Helton 1996: Benson 1997: Drew 1998: Furniss 1999: Jennings 2000: Teixeira 2001: Prior 2002: Greene 2003: Weeks 2004: Weaver 2005: Gordon 2006: Lincoln 2007: Price 2008: Posey 2009: Strasburg 2010: Rendon 2011: Jungmann 2012: Zunino 2013: K. Bryant 2014: Reed 2015: Benintendi 2016: Beer 2017: McKay 2018: Singer

v t e College baseball awards
National College Baseball Hall of Fame
National players of the year	Dick Howser Trophy Golden Spikes Award ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Player of the Year Baseball America College Player of the Year Award Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year Rotary Smith Award (defunct)
Individual awards	College Baseball All-America Team Brooks Wallace Award (Top shortstop) College World Series Most Outstanding Player John Olerud Award (Top two-way player) Johnny Bench Award (Top catcher) Stopper of the Year Award (Top relief pitcher) National Pitcher of the Year Award (Top pitcher) Roger Clemens Award (Top pitcher; defunct) Senior CLASS Award
Head coach awards	Baseball America College Coach of the Year Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year NCBWA National Coach of the Year Skip Bertman Award
Conference major awards	America East The American ACC ASUN A-10 Big East Big South Big Ten Big 12 Big West CAA C-USA Horizon Ivy MAAC MAC MEAC MVC MW NEC OVC Pac-12 Patriot SEC SoCon Southland Summit Sun Belt SWAC WCC WAC

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