Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year

Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year
Awarded forthe most outstanding baseball Player in the Southern Conference
CountryUnited States
First awarded1972
Currently held byJustice Bigbie, Western Carolina

The Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southern Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given after the 1972 season. The Southern Conference began sponsoring baseball in 1947.

Key

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 Reference
1972 Reggie Dunnavant Richmond [1]
1973 Steve Arrington The Citadel [1]
1974 Mike Ramsey Appalachian State [1]
1975 George Weicker Davidson [1]
1976 Richard Wieters The Citadel [1]
1977 Richard Wieters (2) The Citadel [1]
1978 Wayne Tolleson Western Carolina [1]
1979 Randy Ingle Appalachian State [1]
1980 Gary Robinette East Tennessee State [1]
1981 Mel Kinsey Western Carolina [1]
1982 Bill White The Citadel [1]
1983 Mike Cherry The Citadel [1]
1984 Tony Welborn Appalachian State [1]
1985 Scott Gay Western Carolina [1]
1986 Len Stratton Appalachian State [1]
1987 Clint Fairey Western Carolina [1]
1988 Clint Fairey (2) Western Carolina [1]
1989 Clint Fairey (3)
Scott Waugh 		Western Carolina
Appalachian State 		[1]
1990 Grant Brittain Western Carolina [1]
1991 Kevin Bellomo Western Carolina [1]
1992 Matt Raleigh Western Carolina [1]
1993 Todd Greene Georgia Southern [1]
1994 Mike Tidick Western Carolina [1]
1995 Steve Wilson Georgia Southern [1]
1996 Tommy Peterman Georgia Southern [1]
1997 Alex Tolbert Western Carolina [1]
1998 Martin Barrow Western Carolina [1]
1999 Chris Moore Western Carolina [1]
2000 Matt Easterday Georgia Southern [1]
2001 Philip Hartig The Citadel [1]
2002 Lee Curtis College of Charleston [1]
2003 Alan Beck Western Carolina [1]
2004 Caleb Moore East Tennessee State [1]
2005 Jay Heafner Davidson [1]
2006 A. J. Davdiuk Furman [1]
2007 Kenny Smith Western Carolina [1]
2008 Jeremie Tice College of Charleston [1]
2009 Joey Bergman
Chase Austin 		College of Charleston
Elon 		[1]
2010 Matt Leeds College of Charleston [1]
2011 Victor Roache Georgia Southern [1]
2012 Marty Gantt College of Charleston [1]
2013 Ryan Kinsella Elon [1]
2014 Forrest Brandt
Casey Jones 		Davidson
Elon 		[1]
2015 Kyle Lewis Mercer [2]
2016 Kyle Lewis (2) Mercer
2017 Bryson Bowman Western Carolina
2018 Andrew Mortiz UNC Greensboro
2019 Justice Bigbie Western Carolina

Winners by school

School (year joined) Winners Years
Western Carolina (1977) 17 1978, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2017, 2019
The Citadel (1947) 6 1973, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 2001
Appalachian State[a] (1972) 5 1974, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1989
College of Charleston[b] (1998) 5 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Georgia Southern[c] (1993) 5 1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2011
Davidson[d] (1947) 3 1975, 2005, 2014
Elon[e] (2003) 3 2009, 2013, 2014
East Tennessee State[f] (1979) 2 1980, 2004
Mercer (2015) 2 2015, 2016
Furman (1947) 1 2006
Richmond[g] (1947) 1 1972
UNC Greensboro (1981) 1 2018
  1. ^ Appalachian State departed the SoCon for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2014 season.
  2. ^ College of Charleston departed the SoCon for the Colonial Athletic Association after the 2013 season.
  3. ^ Georgia Southern departed the SoCon for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2014 season.
  4. ^ Davidson was not a member of the SoCon from 1989 through 1992, and departed for the Atlantic 10 Conference after the 2014 season.
  5. ^ Elon departed the SoCon for the Colonial Athletic Association after the 2014 season.
  6. ^ East Tennessee State departed the SoCon for the Atlantic Sun Conference after the 2005 season, but returned beginning with the 2015 season.
  7. ^ Richmond departed the SoCon to become an Independent after the 1976 season.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq 2015 SoCon Baseball Media Guide. Southern Conference. 13 February 2015. p. 65. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
  2. ^ "SoCon coaches select all-conference baseball teams". Southern Conference. May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.