Dick Howser Trophy

The Dick Howser Trophy is bestowed annually to the national college baseball player of the year.^[1] The award is named after former collegiate and Major League Baseball (MLB) player and manager Dick Howser, who died as the result of brain cancer on June 17, 1987, at the age of 51.^[1] In that same year, the award was established by friends of Howser^[2] and presented to Mike Fiore, the inaugural winner.^[3][2] It is considered to be the Heisman Trophy of college baseball.^[4][5][6]

Dick Howser Trophy

Logo for the Dick Howser Trophy
Awarded for	College baseball's best player
Country	United States
Presented by	National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association
History
First award	1987
Most recent	Alex Lodise, Florida State
Website	Dick Howser Trophy

Six winners of the Dick Howser Trophy are members of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.^[7] Five winners—Kris Benson, David Price, Stephen Strasburg, Adley Rutschman, and Paul Skenes—went on to become the first overall MLB draft pick.^[8] Jason Jennings, Buster Posey, and Kris Bryant went on to win the Rookie of the Year Award several years after winning the Dick Howser Trophy.^[9] Jered Weaver is the only award winner to pitch a no-hitter,^[10] while Mark Teixeira holds the record for most games with home runs from both sides of the plate.^[11] Furthermore, seventeen players won the Golden Spikes Award alongside the Dick Howser Trophy.^[12] Brooks Kieschnick is the only player to win the trophy more than once.^[13]

The winners from 1987 to 1998 were selected by the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA).^[14] The National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) became the voting body in 1999, and now presents the award together with the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce in Florida.^[4] The most recent recipient of the award is Alex Lodise of Florida State.

Winners

Robin Ventura, who won the Dick Howser Trophy in 1988, is one of six award winners in the National College Baseball Hall of Fame.

Todd Helton, the 1995 winner, is the only award winner to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Mark Teixeira, the 2000 winner, holds the record for most games with switch-hit home runs.

Jered Weaver, the 2004 recipient, is the only award winner to pitch a no-hitter.

Andrew Benintendi received the award in 2015.

Key

Year	Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player (X)	Name of the player and number of times they had won the award at that point
Position	The player's position at the time he won the award
School	The player's college when he won the award
Italics	Denotes player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year
^	Player won the Rookie of the Year Award[a]
§	Denotes player also won the Golden Spikes Award in the same year
*	Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
†	Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
‡	Player is active

Winners

Year	Player	Position	School	Ref
1987	Mike Fiore†	OF	Miami (FL)	[15]
1988	Robin Ventura†§	3B	Oklahoma State	[16]
1989	Scott Bryant	OF	Texas	[17]
1990	Alex Fernández†§	P	Miami-Dade Community College	[18]
1991	Frank Rodriguez	P	Howard College	[16]
1992	Brooks Kieschnick†	Utility	Texas	[19]
1993	Brooks Kieschnick† (2)	Utility	Texas	[16]
1994	Jason Varitek§	C	Georgia Tech	[20]
1995	Todd Helton*	1B	Tennessee	[21]
1996	Kris Benson	P	Clemson	[16]
1997	J. D. Drew†§	OF	Florida State	[22]
1998	Eddy Furniss†	1B	Louisiana State	[23]
1999	Jason Jennings§^	P	Baylor	[24]
2000	Mark Teixeira	3B	Georgia Tech	[25]
2001	Mark Prior§	P	Southern California	[26]
2002	Khalil Greene§	SS	Clemson	[27]
2003	Rickie Weeks§	2B	Southern	[28]
2004	Jered Weaver§	P	Long Beach State	[29]
2005	Alex Gordon§	3B	Nebraska	[16]
2006	Brad Lincoln	P	Houston	[5]
2007	David Price§	P	Vanderbilt	[30]
2008	Buster Posey‡§^	C	Florida State	[16]
2009	Stephen Strasburg‡§	P	San Diego State	[31]
2010	Anthony Rendon‡	3B	Rice	[6]
2011	Taylor Jungmann	P	Texas	[32]
2012	Mike Zunino‡§	C	Florida	[33]
2013	Kris Bryant‡§^	3B	San Diego	[34]
2014	A. J. Reed§	Utility	Kentucky	[35]
2015	Andrew Benintendi‡§	OF	Arkansas	[36]
2016	Seth Beer‡	OF	Clemson	[37]
2017	Brendan McKay‡§	P/1B	Louisville	[38]
2018	Brady Singer‡	P	Florida	[39]
2019	Adley Rutschman‡§	C	Oregon State	[40]
2020	Not awarded[b]	—	—
2021	Kevin Kopps‡	P	Arkansas	[41]
2022	Ivan Melendez‡§	1B	Texas	[42]
2023	Paul Skenes‡	P	Louisiana State	[43]
2024	Charlie Condon‡§	1B/OF	Georgia	[44]
2025	Alex Lodise‡	SS	Florida State	[45]

See also

• Baseball portal

• List of college baseball awards
• College baseball awards in the United States

Notes

1. Won either in the same year or several years later.
2. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic