Dick Howser Trophy

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The Dick Howser Trophy is an award given annually to the collegiate player of the year. The award was created in 1987 and is sponsored by the St. Petersburg Area Chamber of Commerce and the National College Baseball Writers Association. The award is named after Dick Howser, a former Major League player and manager, who died of cancer in June of that year. American Baseball Coaches Association selected the winners from 1987 to 1998. In 1999, the National College Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) became the award's selectors, discontinuing their NCBWA Player of Year Award.

[edit] Dick Howser Trophy Winners

Year	Player	School	Position
1987	Mike Fiore	Miami (Florida)	OF
1988	Robin Ventura	Oklahoma State	3B
1989	Scott Bryant	Texas	DH-OF
1990	Alex Fernandez	Miami-Dade CC	P
1991	Frank Rodriguez	Howard College	P
1992	Brooks Kieschnick	Texas	P-DH
1993	Brooks Kieschnick	Texas	P-DH
1994	Jason Varitek	Georgia Tech	C
1995	Todd Helton	Tennessee	1B-P
1996	Kris Benson	Clemson	P
1997	J.D. Drew	Florida State	OF
1998	Eddy Furniss	Louisiana State	1B
1999	Jason Jennings	Baylor	P-DH
2000	Mark Teixeira	Georgia Tech	3B
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] NCBWA Player of Year Winners

Year	Player	School	Position
1988	Andy Benes	Evansville	P
1989	Ben McDonald	Louisiana State	P
1990	Mike Kelly	Arizona State	OF
1991	Bobby Jones	Fresno State	P
1992	Mike Smith	Indiana	SS
1993	Darren Dreifort	Wichita State	P-DH
1994	Jason Varitek	Georgia Tech	C
1995	Mark Kotsay	Cal State Fullerton	OF-P
1996	Kris Benson	Clemson	P
1997	Lance Berkman	Rice	1B
1998	Brad Wilkerson	Florida	P-OF