College World Series Most Outstanding Player

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Men's College World Series Most Outstanding Player
Awarded forBest player in the Men's College World Series
CountryUnited States
History
First award1949–present
Most recentPaul Skenes, LSU

The Men's College World Series Most Outstanding Player is an award for the best individual performance during the

World Series Most Valuable Player award. Division II introduced their own Most Outstanding Player award for their inaugural tournament in 1968 while Division III also has their own Most Outstanding Player for their baseball tournament.[1][2]

Since 1999, the winner of the award has received a miniature replica of "The Road to Omaha" sculpture, which is situated at the current MCWS site of Charles Schwab Field Omaha. The award measures 16 inches high.[3] There have been 10 recipients of this award who were on not on the winning team of the College World Series. The MCWS started in 1947 as the College World Series, but the award was not given out until 1949.

Voting process

The press attending the championship series vote on the Most Outstanding Player during the second and typically deciding game. In the fifth inning, ballots are distributed. The voting is closed by the eighth inning. The Most Outstanding Player is announced following the awarding of trophies to the runner-up and championship teams. If a third game of the championship series is necessary, the ballots taken during the second game are discarded, and a new round of balloting is conducted during the third and deciding game.

List

Key
Year Links to the article about that corresponding Men's College World Series
Member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame
§
Indicates team did not win the series
Winners
Year Name Position School
1949
Tom Hamilton First baseman Texas
1950 Ray Van Cleef Outfielder Rutgers§
1951 Sidney Hatfield Pitcher / First baseman Tennessee§
1952 James O'Neill Pitcher Holy Cross
1953 J. L. Smith Texas§
1954
Tom Yewcic Catcher Michigan State§
1955
Tom Borland Pitcher Oklahoma A&M§
1956
Jerry Thomas Minnesota
1957
Cal Emery Pitcher / First baseman Penn State§
1958
Bill Thom Pitcher Southern California
1959
Jim Dobson Third baseman Oklahoma State
1960
John Erickson Second baseman Minnesota
1961
Littleton Fowler Pitcher Oklahoma State§
1962
Bob Garibaldi Santa Clara§
1963
Bud Hollowell Catcher Southern California
1964
Joe Ferris Pitcher Maine§
1965
Sal Bando Third baseman Arizona State
1966
Steve Arlin Pitcher Ohio State
1967
Ron Davini Catcher Arizona State
1968
Bill Seinsoth First baseman Southern California
1969
John Dolinsek Outfielder Arizona State
1970
Gene Ammann Pitcher Florida State§
1971
Jerry Tabb First baseman Tulsa§
1972
Russ McQueen Pitcher Southern California
1973
Dave Winfield Pitcher / Outfielder Minnesota§
1974
George Milke Pitcher Southern California
1975
Mickey Reichenbach First baseman Texas
1976
Steve Powers Pitcher / Designated hitter Arizona
1977
Bob Horner Third baseman Arizona State
1978
Rod Boxberger Pitcher Southern California
1979
Tony Hudson Cal State Fullerton
1980
Terry Francona Outfielder Arizona
1981
Stan Holmes Arizona State
1982
Dan Smith Pitcher Miami
1983
Calvin Schiraldi Texas
1984
John Fishel First baseman / Outfielder Cal State Fullerton
1985
Greg Ellena Designated hitter Miami
1986
Mike Senne Outfielder Arizona
1987
Paul Carey Stanford
1988
Lee Plemel Pitcher Stanford
1989
Greg Brummett Wichita State
1990
Mike Rebhan Georgia
1991
Gary Hymel Catcher LSU
1992
Phil Nevin Third baseman Cal State Fullerton§
1993
Todd Walker Second baseman LSU
1994
Chip Glass Outfielder Oklahoma
1995
Mark Kotsay Outfielder / Pitcher Cal State Fullerton
1996
Pat Burrell Outfielder Miami§
1997
Brandon Larson Shortstop LSU
1998
Wes Rachels Second baseman Southern California
1999
Marshall McDougall Florida State§
2000
Trey Hodges Pitcher LSU
2001
Charlton Jimerson Outfielder Miami
2002
Huston Street Pitcher / Infielder Texas
2003
John Hudgins Pitcher Stanford§
2004
Jason Windsor Cal State Fullerton
2005
David Maroul Third baseman Texas
2006
Jonah Nickerson Pitcher Oregon State
2007
Jorge Reyes Oregon State
2008
Tommy Mendonca Third baseman Fresno State
2009
Jared Mitchell Outfielder LSU
2010
Jackie Bradley Jr. South Carolina
2011
Scott Wingo Second baseman South Carolina
2012
Rob Refsnyder Outfielder Arizona
2013
Adam Plutko Pitcher UCLA
2014
Dansby Swanson Shortstop Vanderbilt
2015
Josh Sborz Pitcher Virginia
2016 Andrew Beckwith Coastal Carolina
2017 Alex Faedo Florida
2018 Adley Rutschman Catcher Oregon State
2019 Kumar Rocker Pitcher Vanderbilt
2020 Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Will Bednar Pitcher Mississippi State
2022 Dylan DeLucia Ole Miss
2023 Paul Skenes LSU

Teams

School Total
USC 7
LSU 6
Arizona State 5
Cal State Fullerton 5
Texas 5
Arizona 4
Miami 4
Oklahoma State 3
Oregon State 3
Stanford 3
Florida State 2
South Carolina 2
Vanderbilt 2
Coastal Carolina 1
Georgia 1
Holy Cross 1
Florida 1
Maine 1
Michigan State 1
Minnesota 1
Mississippi State 1
Ohio State 1
Oklahoma 1
Ole Miss 1
Penn State 1
Rutgers 1
Santa Clara 1
Tennessee 1
Tulsa 1
UCLA 1
Virginia Cavaliers 1
Wichita State 1

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ While the event's official name has been "Men's College World Series" since no later than 2008, the NCAA did not use "Men's" in the event branding until 2022.

References

  1. ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_champs_records/2021/D2.pdf
  2. ^ http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_champs_records/2021/D3.pdf
  3. ^ "Road to Omaha Sculpture".

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