Southeastern Conference Baseball Player of the Year

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Southeastern Conference Player of the Year
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Awarded for the most outstanding baseball player in the Southeastern Conference
Country United States
First awarded 1993
Currently held by Andrew Benintendi, Arkansas

The Southeastern Conference Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southeastern Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1993 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 2003 season, the Southeastern Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher. It is selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.[1]

The award has been shared once, by Stephen Head of Ole Miss and Jon Zeringue of LSU in 2004. Only one player has won the award twice—Matt LaPorta of Florida in 2005 and 2007. LSU has the most all-time winners, with six. Three SEC members have yet to have a winner—charter member Mississippi State and 2012 arrivals Missouri and Texas A&M.

Key

* 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

Season Player School Position Reference
1993 Russ Johnson LSU Shortstop [2]
1994 Todd Walker LSU Second baseman [2]
1995 Todd Helton* Tennessee First baseman [2]
1996 Eddy Furniss LSU First baseman [2]
1997 Tim Hudson Auburn Pitcher [2]
1998 Jeff Pickler Tennessee Second baseman [2]
1999 Hunter Bledsoe Vanderbilt Third baseman [2]
2000 Kip Bouknight* South Carolina Pitcher [2]
2001 Chris Burke Tennessee Shortstop [2]
2002 Yaron Peters South Carolina First baseman [2]
2003 Aaron Hill LSU Shortstop [2]
2004 Stephen Head
Jon Zeringue		 Ole Miss
LSU		 Pitcher
Outfielder		 [2]
2005 Matt LaPorta Florida First baseman [2]
2006 Ryan Strieby Kentucky First baseman [2]
2007 Matt LaPorta (2) Florida First baseman [2]
2008 Gordon Beckham Georgia Shortstop [2]
2009 Kent Matthes Alabama Outfielder [2]
2010 Hunter Morris Auburn First baseman [2]
2011 Mike Zunino Florida Catcher [2]
2012 Raph Rhymes LSU Outfielder [1]
2013 Tony Kemp Vanderbilt Second baseman [3]
2014 A. J. Reed* Kentucky Pitcher/first baseman[4] [5][6]
2015 Andrew Benintendi* Arkansas Outfielder [7]

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
LSU (1932) 6 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2012
Florida (1932) 3 2005, 2007, 2011
Tennessee (1932) 3 1995, 1998, 2001
Auburn (1932) 2 1997, 2010
Kentucky (1932) 2 2006, 2014
South Carolina (1991) 2 2000, 2002
Vanderbilt (1932) 2 1999, 2013
Alabama (1932) 1 2009
Georgia (1932) 1 2008
Ole Miss (1932) 1 2004
Arkansas (1991) 1 2015
Mississippi State (1932) 0 —
Missouri (2012) 0 —
Texas A&M (2012) 0 —

References

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