ABCA Player of the Year

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The ABCA Player of the Year is an award is given annually to the best baseball player in each division of the NCAA in the USA. The award is sponsored by the American Baseball Coaches Association and was first awarded in 1988.

1 Award Winners

[edit] Award Winners

[edit] Division I

Year	Player	School	Position
1988	Robin Ventura	Oklahoma State	3B
1989	Scott Bryant	Texas	DH
1990	Paul Ellis	UCLA	C
1991	Bobby Jones	Fresno State	P
1992	Brooks Kieschnick	Texas	UT
1993	Brooks Kieschnick	Texas	UT
1994	Jason Varitek	Georgia Tech	C
1995	Todd Helton	Tennessee	UT
1996	Kris Benson	Clemson	P
1997	J.D. Drew	Florida State	OF
1998	Damon Thames	Rice	SS
1999	Jason Jennings	Baylor	UT
2000	Kip Bouknight	South Carolina	P
2001	Mark Prior	Southern California	P
2002	Khalil Greene	Clemson	SS
2003	Rickie Weeks	Southern	2B
2004	Jered Weaver	Long Beach State	P
2005	Alex Gordon	Nebraska	3B
2006	Brad Lincoln	University of Houston	P
2007	David Price	Vanderbilt University	P
2008	Buster Posey	Florida State University	C

[edit] Division II

Year	Player	School	Position
1988	Tino Martinez	Tampa	1B
1989	Steve DiBartolomeo	New Haven	P
1990	Sam Militello	Tampa	P
1991	Mike Stevenson	Lewis	OF
1992	Michael Tucker	Longwood	SS
1993	Dom Gatti	Adelphi College	OF
1994	Rick Ladjevich	Central Missouri	3B
1995	Brett Tomko	Florida Southern	P
1996	Dave Townsend	Delta State	P
1997	Steve Gotowala	Cal State Chico	1B
1998	Brian Davis	West Georgia	SS
1999	B.J. Leach	Florida Southern	P
2000	Dee Haynes	Delta State	OF
2001	Chris Umphres	Central Missouri	1B
2002	Glenn Woolard	Kutztown State	P
2003	Mike Aviles	Concordia (NY)	SS
2004	Jud Thigpen	Delta State	OF
2005	Danny Powers	Central Missouri	P
2006	Lee Cruz	Tampa	OF
2007	Ben Barrone	Winona State University	C/P
2008	Keith Hernandez	Emporia State University	C

[edit] Division III

Year	Player	School	Position
1988	Ken Ritter	North Central	OF
1989	John Deutsch	Montclair State	1B
1990	Chris Delarwelle	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	3B
1991	Basilio Ortiz	Eastern Connecticut	OF
1992	Eric Owens	Ferrum	SS
1993	Tom D’Aquila	North Carolina Wesleyan	OF
1994	Tim Jorgensen	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	SS
1995	Tim Jorgensen	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	SS
1996	Joe Thomas	Marietta	1B-P
1997	Joe Thomas	Marietta	UT-P
1998	Pat Schultz	Mass-Dartmouth	OF
1999	Glen Braun	Carthage	OF
2000	Matt Gelotti	Southwestern	OF
2001	Matt DeSalvo	Marietta	P
2002	Drew Caravella	Ohio Wesleyan	1B
2003	Vince Mancuso	Wisconsin-Oshkosh	OF
2004	Brady Endl	Wisconsin-Whitewater	UT
2005	Luke Ullman	Wooster	SS
2006	Gerard Haran	New Jersey	C
2007	Kurt Yacko	Chapman University	UT
2007	Shawn Gilblair	Eastern Connecticut	UT
2008	Derek David	McMurry	3B/OF