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 award1972
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
1974 Mike Ramsey Appalachian State
1975 George Weicker Davidson
1976 Richard Wieters The Citadel
1977 Richard Wieters (2)
1978 Wayne Tolleson Western Carolina
1979 Randy Ingle Appalachian State
1980 Gary Robinette East Tennessee State
1981 Mel Kinsey Western Carolina
1982 Bill White The Citadel
1983 Mike Cherry
1984 Tony Welborn Appalachian State
1985 Scott Gay Western Carolina
1986 Len Stratton Appalachian State
1987 Clint Fairey Western Carolina
1988 Clint Fairey (2)
1989 Clint Fairey (3)
Scott Waugh Appalachian State
1990 Grant Brittain Western Carolina
1991 Kevin Bellomo
1992 Matt Raleigh
1993 Todd Greene Georgia Southern
1994 Mike Tidick Western Carolina
1995 Steve Wilson Georgia Southern
1996 Tommy Peterman
1997 Alex Tolbert Western Carolina
1998 Martin Barrow
1999 Chris Moore
2000 Matt Easterday Georgia Southern
2001 Philip Hartig The Citadel
2002 Lee Curtis College of Charleston
2003 Alan Beck Western Carolina
2004 Caleb Moore East Tennessee State
2005 Jay Heafner Davidson
2006 A. J. Davdiuk Furman
2007 Kenny Smith Western Carolina
2008 Jeremie Tice College of Charleston
2009 Joey Bergman
Chase Austin Elon
2010 Matt Leeds College of Charleston
2011 Victor Roache Georgia Southern
2012 Marty Gantt College of Charleston
2013 Ryan Kinsella Elon
2014 Forrest Brandt Davidson
Casey Jones Elon
2015 Kyle Lewis Mercer [2]
2016 Kyle Lewis (2) [3]
2017 Bryson Bowman Western Carolina
2018 Andrew Mortiz UNC Greensboro
2019 Justice Bigbie Western Carolina
2021 Colin Davis Wofford
2022 Hogan Windish UNC Greensboro
2023 Ryan Galanie Wofford
2024 Caleb Cozart UNC Greensboro
2025 Cooper Torres East Tennessee State [4]

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
East Tennessee State[e] (1979) 3 1980, 2004, 2025
Elon[f] (2003) 3 2009, 2013, 2014
UNC Greensboro (1981) 3 2018, 2022, 2024
Mercer (2015) 2 2015, 2016
Wofford (1998) 2 2021, 2023
Furman (1947) 1 2006
Richmond[g] (1947) 1 1972
  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. ^ East Tennessee State departed the SoCon for the Atlantic Sun Conference after the 2005 season, but returned beginning with the 2015 season.
  6. ^ Elon departed the SoCon for the Colonial Athletic Association after the 2014 season.
  7. ^ Richmond departed the SoCon to become an Independent after the 1976 season.

References

  1. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "SoCon 2025 Baseball Record Book" (PDF). Southern Conference. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
  4. ^ Dugan, Nick (10 June 2025). "Torres named All-American by Perfect Game". Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 24 June 2025.
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