College World Series Most Outstanding Player

The College World Series Most Outstanding Player Award is given to the best player in the College World Series.

Award Winners

Year	Player	School	Class	Position
1949	Tom Hamilton	University of Texas at Austin	Senior	1B
1950	Ray VanCleef	Rutgers University	Junior	OF
1951	Sidney Hatfield	University of Tennessee	Junior	1B-P
1952	James O'Neill	College of the Holy Cross	Senior	P
1953	J.L. Smith	University of Texas at Austin	Junior	P
1954	Tom Yewcic	Michigan State University	Senior	C
1955	Tom Borland	Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College	Senior	P
1956	Jerry Thomas	University of Minnesota	Junior	P
1957	Cal Emery	Pennsylvania State University	Sophomore	1B
1958	Bill Thom	University of Southern California	Junior	P
1959	Jim Dobson	Oklahoma State University	Sophomore	3B
1960	John Erickson	University of Minnesota	Senior	2B
1961	Littleton Fowler	Oklahoma State University	Sophomore	P
1962	Bob Garibaldi	Santa Clara University	Sophomore	P
1963	Bud Hollowell	University of Southern California	Junior	C
1964	Joe Ferris	University of Maine	Sophomore	P
1965	Sal Bando	Arizona State University	Senior	3B
1966	Steve Arlin	Ohio State University	Junior	P
1967	Ron Davini	Arizona State University	Junior	C
1968	Bill Seinsoth	University of Southern California	Junior	1B
1969	John Dolinsek	Arizona State University	Junior	OF
1970	Gene Ammann	Florida State University	Junior	P
1971	Jerry Tabb	University of Tulsa	Freshman	1B
1972	Russ McQueen	University of Southern California	Sophomore	P
1973	Dave Winfield	University of Minnesota	Senior	OF-P
1974	George Milke	University of Southern California	Sophomore	P
1975	Mickey Reichenbach	University of Texas at Austin	Sophomore	1B
1976	Steve Powers	University of Arizona	Senior	DH-P
1977	Bob Horner	Arizona State University	Sophomore	2B
1978	Rod Boxberger	University of Southern California	Junior	P
1979	Tony Hudson	California State University, Fullerton	Sophomore	P
1980	Terry Francona	University of Arizona	Junior	OF
1981	Stan Holmes	Arizona State University	Senior	OF
1982	Dan Smith	University of Miami	Junior	P
1983	Calvin Schiraldi	University of Texas at Austin	Junior	P
1984	John Fishel	California State University, Fullerton	Junior	OF
1985	Greg Ellena	University of Miami	Junior	DH
1986	Mike Senne	University of Arizona	Senior	OF
1987	Paul Carey	Stanford University	Freshman	OF
1988	Lee Plemel	Stanford University	Senior	P
1989	Greg Brummett	Wichita State University	Senior	P
1990	Mike Rebhan	University of Georgia	Senior	P
1991	Gary Hymel	Louisiana State University	Senior	C
1992	Phil Nevin	California State University, Fullerton	Junior	3B
1993	Todd Walker	Louisiana State University	Sophomore	2B
1994	Chip Glass	University of Oklahoma	Senior	OF
1995	Mark Kotsay	California State University, Fullerton	Sophomore	OF-P
1996	Pat Burrell	University of Miami	Freshman	3B
1997	Brandon Larson	Louisiana State University	Junior	SS
1998	Wes Rachels	University of Southern California	Senior	2B
1999	Marshall McDougall	Florida State University	Junior	2B
2000	Trey Hodges	Louisiana State University	Senior	P
2001	Charlton Jimerson	University of Miami	Senior	OF
2002	Huston Street	University of Texas at Austin	Freshman	P
2003	John Hudgins	Stanford University	Junior	P
2004	Jason Windsor	California State University, Fullerton	Senior	P
2005	David Maroul	University of Texas at Austin	Senior	3B
2006	Jonah Nickerson	Oregon State University	Junior	P
2007	Jorge Reyes	Oregon State University	Freshman	P
2008	Tommy Mendonca	Fresno State	Sophomore	3B
2009	Jared Mitchell	Louisiana State University	Junior	OF
2010	Jackie Bradley Jr.	University of South Carolina	Sophomore	OF
2011	Scott Wingo	University of South Carolina	Senior	2B
2012	Rob Refsnyder	University of Arizona	Senior	OF
2013	Adam Plutko	University of California, Los Angeles	Junior	P
2014	Dansby Swanson	Vanderbilt University	Sophomore	IF
2015	Josh Sborz	University of Virginia	Junior	P
2016	Andrew Beckwith	Coastal Carolina University	Junior	P
2017	Alex Faedo	University of Florida	Junior	P
2018	Adley Rutschman	Oregon State University	Freshman	C
2019	Kumar Rocker	Vanderbilt University	Freshman	P
2020	series cancelled
2021	Will Bednar	Mississippi State University	Sophomore	P