Pac-12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year

Pac-12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding baseball player in the Pac-12 Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1978
Currently held by	Scott Kingery, Arizona

The Pac-12 Conference Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Pac-12 Conference's most outstanding player. From 1978–1998, an award was given to the most outstanding player in both the North and South divisions, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 1999 season, the divisions were eliminated and the Pac-12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher.

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

1999–present

Season	Player	School	Position	Reference
1999	Bloomquist, WillieWillie Bloomquist	Arizona State	Shortstop	[1]
2000	Myers, CaseyCasey Myers	Arizona State	Catcher	[1]
2001	Myers, CaseyCasey Myers (2)	Arizona State	Catcher	[1]
2002	Concepción, AlbertoAlberto Concepción	Southern California	Catcher	[1]
2003^†	Garko, RyanRyan Garko	Stanford	Catcher	[1]
2003^†	Pedroia, DustinDustin Pedroia	Arizona State	Shortstop	[1]
2004	Lowrie, JedJed Lowrie	Stanford	Second Base	[1]
2005^†	Crowe, TrevorTrevor Crowe	Arizona	Outfielder	[1]
2005^†	Ellsbury, JacobyJacoby Ellsbury	Oregon State	Outfielder	[1]
2006	Gillespie, ColeCole Gillespie	Oregon State	Outfielder	[1]
2007	Wallace, BrettBrett Wallace	Arizona State	First base	[1]
2008	Wallace, BrettBrett Wallace (2)	Arizona State	Third Base	[1]
2009	Kipnis, JasonJason Kipnis	Arizona State	Outfielder	[1]
2010	MacPhee, ZackZack MacPhee	Arizona State	Second Base	[1]
2011	Renda, TonyTony Renda	California	Infielder	[1]
2012	Mejia, AlexAlex Mejia	Arizona	Shortstop	[2]
2013	Conforto, MichaelMichael Conforto	Oregon State	Outfielder	[3]
2014	Conforto, MichaelMichael Conforto (2)	Oregon State	Outfielder
2015	Kingery, ScottScott Kingery	Arizona	Second baseman

North Division (1978–1998)

Season	Player	School	Position	Reference
1978	Elder, DaveDave Elder	Washington State	Third Base	[1]
1979	Dodd, TomTom Dodd	Oregon	Outfielder	[1]
1980	Walker, GlenGlen Walker	Washington State	Outfielder	[1]
1981	Hunsinger, AlAl Hunsinger	Oregon State	First base	[1]
1982	Wilson, JimJim Wilson	Oregon State	First base	[1]
1983	Reece, JeffJeff Reece	Oregon State	Pitcher	[1]
1984	Skurla, JohnJohn Skurla	Washington State	Outfielder	[1]
1985	Lovell, DonDon Lovell	Portland State	Outfielder	[1]
1986	Brundage, DaveDave Brundage	Oregon State	Pitcher	[1]
1987	Bowen, KenKen Bowen	Oregon State	Shortstop	[1]
1988	Olerud, JohnJohn Olerud	Washington State	Pitcher/Designated Hitter	[1]
1989	Kuykendall, TimTim Kuykendall	Washington State	Outfielder	[1]
1990	Walker, DaneDane Walker	Portland State	Outfielder	[1]
1991	Hatteberg, ScottScott Hatteberg	Washington State	Catcher	[1]
1992	Loomis, GeoffGeoff Loomis	Portland State	Third Base	[1]
1993	Christman, ScottScott Christman	Oregon State	Pitcher	[1]
1994	Smith, MasonMason Smith	Oregon State	Pitcher	[1]
1995	Blood, DarinDarin Blood	Gonzaga	Pitcher	[1]
1996	Miller, KevinKevin Miller	Washington	Shortstop	[1]
1997	Miller, KevinKevin Miller (2)	Washington	Shortstop	[1]
1998	Checketts, AndrewAndrew Checketts	Oregon State	Pitcher	[1]

South Division (1978–1998)

Season	Player	School	Position	Reference
1978	Tolman, TimTim Tolman	Southern California	Outfielder	[1]
1979	Auten, JimJim Auten	UCLA	Outfielder	[1]
1980	Francona, TerryTerry Francona*	Arizona	Outfielder	[1]
1981	Sodders, MikeMike Sodders	Arizona State	Infielder	[1]
1982	Davis, AlvinAlvin Davis	Arizona State	First base	[1]
1983	Hardgrave, ErikErik Hardgrave	Stanford	First base	[1]
1984^†	McDowell, OddibeOddibe McDowell*	Arizona State	Outfielder	[1]
1984^†	McGwire, MarkMark McGwire	Southern California	First base	[1]
1985	Lundblade, RickRick Lundblade	Stanford	First base	[1]
1986^†	Lovullo, ToreyTorey Lovullo	UCLA	Infielder	[1]
1986^†	Sanchez, AlexAlex Sanchez	UCLA	Pitcher	[1]
1987^†	Lovullo, ToreyTorey Lovullo (2)	UCLA	Infielder	[1]
1987^†	Hale, ChipChip Hale	Arizona	Infielder	[1]
1988	Ingram, LintyLinty Ingram	Arizona State	Pitcher	[1]
1989^†	Erickson, ScottScott Erickson	Arizona	Pitcher	[1]
1989^†	Zinter, AlanAlan Zinter	Arizona	First base	[1]
1990	Ellis, PaulPaul Ellis	UCLA	Catcher	[1]
1991	McCarty, DavidDavid McCarty	Stanford	Outfielder	[1]
1992^†	Penix, TroyTroy Penix	California	First base	[1]
1992^†	Zuber, JonJon Zuber	California	Pitcher	[1]
1993^†	LoDuca, PaulPaul LoDuca	Arizona State	Catcher	[1]
1993^†	McGuire, RyanRyan McGuire	UCLA	First base	[1]
1994	Cruz, JacobJacob Cruz	Arizona State	Outfielder	[1]
1995^†	Hinch, A. J.A. J. Hinch	Stanford	Catcher	[1]
1995^†	Jenkins, GeoffGeoff Jenkins	Southern California	Outfielder	[1]
1996	Hinch, A. J.A. J. Hinch (2)	Stanford	Catcher	[1]
1997	Glaus, TroyTroy Glaus	UCLA	Third Base	[1]
1998	Valent, EricEric Valent	UCLA	Outfielder	[1]

Winners by school

School (year joined)^a	Winners	Years
Arizona State (1978)	14	1981, 1982, 1984^†, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003^†, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
Oregon State (1964)	11	1981, 1982, 1983, 1986, 1987, 1993, 1994, 1998, 2005^†, 2006, 2013
Stanford (1959)	7	1983, 1985, 1991, 1995^†, 1996, 2003^†, 2004,
UCLA (1959)	7	1979, 1986^†, 1987^†, 1990, 1993^†, 1997, 1998
Washington State (1962)	6	1978, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1989, 1991
Arizona (1978)	4	1980, 1987, 2005^†, 2012
Southern California (1959)	4	1978, 1984^†, 1995, 2002
California (1959)	3	1992^†, 1992^†, 2011
Portland State^b (1982)	3	1985, 1990, 1992
Washington (1959)	2	1996, 1997
Gonzaga^c (1982)	1	1995
Oregon^d (1964)	1	1979
Utah (2011)	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a For purposes of this table, the "year joined" reflects the year that each team joined the conference now known as the Pac-12 as currently chartered. Although the Pac-12 claims the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), founded in 1915, as part of its own history, that conference disbanded in 1959 due to infighting and scandal. That same year, five PCC members established the Athletic Association of Western Universities (AAWU) under a new charter that functions to this day. The Player of the Year Award was not established until 1978, by which time all of the final members of the PCC except for Idaho were reunited in what was then the Pac-8.
• ^b Portland State was an affiliate member of the Pac-10 from 1982–1998.
• ^c Gonzaga was an affiliate member of the Pac-10 from 1982–1995.
• ^d Oregon discontinued its baseball program after the 1981 season, re-instating it before the 2009 season.

References

1. "Pac-12 Conference Baseball Record Book". Pac-12.com. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
2. "2012 Baseball All-Conference Team". Pac-12.com. Retrieved 2 February 2013.
3. Horowitz, Gary (29 May 2013). "Oregon State dominates all-Pac-12 baseball honors". Salem Statesman Journal. Retrieved 2 June 2013.