College World Series Most Outstanding Player

Men's College World Series Most Outstanding Player
Awarded for	Best player in the Men's College World Series
Country	United States
History
First award	1949–present
Most recent	Dylan Dreiling, Tennessee

The Men's College World Series Most Outstanding Player is an award for the best individual performance during the NCAA Division I Men's College World Series^[a] (MCWS) in Omaha, Nebraska. The recipient of the award is announced at the completion of the MCWS Championship Series. The award is similar to Major League Baseball's World Series Most Valuable Player award. Division II introduced their own Most Outstanding Player award for their inaugural tournament in 1968 while Division III also has their own Most Outstanding Player for their baseball tournament.^[1]^[2]

Since 1999, the winner of the award has received a miniature replica of "The Road to Omaha" sculpture, which is situated at the current MCWS site of Charles Schwab Field Omaha. The award measures 16 inches high.^[3] There have been 10 recipients of this award who were on not on the winning team of the College World Series. The MCWS started in 1947 as the College World Series, but the award was not given out until 1949.

Voting process

The press attending the championship series vote on the Most Outstanding Player during the second and typically deciding game. In the fifth inning, ballots are distributed. The voting is closed by the eighth inning. The Most Outstanding Player is announced following the awarding of trophies to the runner-up and championship teams. If a third game of the championship series is necessary, the ballots taken during the second game are discarded, and a new round of balloting is conducted during the third and deciding game.

List

Key
Year	Links to the article about that corresponding Men's College World Series
†	Member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame
§	Indicates team did not win the series

Winners
Year	Name	Position	School
1949	Tom Hamilton	First baseman	Texas
1950	Ray Van Cleef	Outfielder	Rutgers^§
1951	Sidney Hatfield	Pitcher / First baseman	Tennessee^§
1952	James O'Neill	Pitcher	Holy Cross
1953	J. L. Smith	Pitcher	Texas^§
1954	Tom Yewcic	Catcher	Michigan State^§
1955	Tom Borland^†	Pitcher	Oklahoma A&M^§
1956	Jerry Thomas	Pitcher	Minnesota
1957	Cal Emery	Pitcher / First baseman	Penn State^§
1958	Bill Thom	Pitcher	Southern California
1959	Jim Dobson	Third baseman	Oklahoma State
1960	John Erickson	Second baseman	Minnesota
1961	Littleton Fowler	Pitcher	Oklahoma State^§
1962	Bob Garibaldi	Pitcher	Santa Clara^§
1963	Bud Hollowell	Catcher	Southern California
1964	Joe Ferris	Pitcher	Maine^§
1965	Sal Bando^†	Third baseman	Arizona State
1966	Steve Arlin^†	Pitcher	Ohio State
1967	Ron Davini	Catcher	Arizona State
1968	Bill Seinsoth	First baseman	Southern California
1969	John Dolinsek	Outfielder	Arizona State
1970	Gene Ammann	Pitcher	Florida State^§
1971	Jerry Tabb	First baseman	Tulsa^§
1972	Russ McQueen	Pitcher	Southern California
1973	Dave Winfield^†	Pitcher / Outfielder	Minnesota^§
1974	George Milke	Pitcher	Southern California
1975	Mickey Reichenbach	First baseman	Texas
1976	Steve Powers	Pitcher / Designated hitter	Arizona
1977	Bob Horner^†	Third baseman	Arizona State
1978	Rod Boxberger	Pitcher	Southern California
1979	Tony Hudson	Pitcher	Cal State Fullerton
1980	Terry Francona^†	Outfielder	Arizona
1981	Stan Holmes	Outfielder	Arizona State
1982	Dan Smith	Pitcher	Miami
1983	Calvin Schiraldi	Pitcher	Texas
1984	John Fishel	First baseman / Outfielder	Cal State Fullerton
1985	Greg Ellena	Designated hitter	Miami
1986	Mike Senne	Outfielder	Arizona
1987	Paul Carey	Outfielder	Stanford
1988	Lee Plemel	Pitcher	Stanford
1989	Greg Brummett		Wichita State
1990	Mike Rebhan		Georgia
1991	Gary Hymel	Catcher	LSU
1992	Phil Nevin	Third baseman	Cal State Fullerton^§
1993	Todd Walker^†	Second baseman	LSU
1994	Chip Glass	Outfielder	Oklahoma
1995	Mark Kotsay^†	Outfielder / Pitcher	Cal State Fullerton
1996	Pat Burrell	Outfielder	Miami^§
1997	Brandon Larson	Shortstop	LSU
1998	Wes Rachels	Second baseman	Southern California
1999	Marshall McDougall	Second baseman	Florida State^§
2000	Trey Hodges	Pitcher	LSU
2001	Charlton Jimerson	Outfielder	Miami
2002	Huston Street	Pitcher / Infielder	Texas
2003	John Hudgins	Pitcher	Stanford^§
2004	Jason Windsor	Pitcher	Cal State Fullerton
2005	David Maroul	Third baseman	Texas
2006	Jonah Nickerson	Pitcher	Oregon State
2007	Jorge Reyes	Pitcher	Oregon State
2008	Tommy Mendonca	Third baseman	Fresno State
2009	Jared Mitchell	Outfielder	LSU
2010	Jackie Bradley Jr.	Outfielder	South Carolina
2011	Scott Wingo	Second baseman	South Carolina
2012	Rob Refsnyder	Outfielder	Arizona
2013	Adam Plutko	Pitcher	UCLA
2014	Dansby Swanson	Shortstop	Vanderbilt
2015	Josh Sborz	Pitcher	Virginia
2016	Andrew Beckwith		Coastal Carolina
2017	Alex Faedo		Florida
2018	Adley Rutschman	Catcher	Oregon State
2019	Kumar Rocker	Pitcher	Vanderbilt
2020	Tournament canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Will Bednar	Pitcher	Mississippi State
2022	Dylan DeLucia		Ole Miss
2023	Paul Skenes		LSU
2024	Dylan Dreiling	Outfielder	Tennessee

Teams

School	Total
USC	7
LSU	6
Arizona State	5
Cal State Fullerton	5
Texas	5
Arizona	4
Miami	4
Oklahoma State	3
Oregon State	3
Stanford	3
Florida State	2
South Carolina	2
Tennessee	2
Vanderbilt	2
Coastal Carolina	1
Georgia	1
Holy Cross	1
Florida	1
Maine	1
Michigan State	1
Minnesota	1
Mississippi State	1
Ohio State	1
Oklahoma	1
Ole Miss	1
Penn State	1
Rutgers	1
Santa Clara	1
Tulsa	1
UCLA	1
Virginia	1
Wichita State	1

Footnotes

^ While the event's official name has been "Men's College World Series" since no later than 2008, the NCAA did not use "Men's" in the event branding until 2022.

References

External links

Most Outstanding Player Award in College World Series (Baseball-Almanac)
Most Outstanding Player Award Archived 2015-05-22 at the Wayback Machine. Men's College World Series official website. Retrieved 2009-09-04.

[1] While the event's official name has been "Men's College World Series" since no later than 2008, the NCAA did not use "Men's" in the event branding until 2022.

[2] ttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_champs_records/2021/D2.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[3] ttp://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/baseball_champs_records/2021/D3.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[4] "Road to Omaha Sculpture".

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v t e College World Series
Ballparks	Hyames Field (1947, 1948) Lawrence–Dumont Stadium (1949) Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium (1950–2010) Charles Schwab Field Omaha (2011–present)
Tournaments	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024
Broadcasters	CBS television coverage
Most Outstanding Players NCAA Division I Baseball Championship

v t e College baseball awards
National College Baseball Hall of Fame
National players of the year	Dick Howser Trophy Golden Spikes Award ABCA/Rawlings NCAA Division I Player of the Year Baseball America College Player of the Year Award Collegiate Baseball Player of the Year Rotary Smith Award (defunct)
Individual awards	Academic All-America of the Year (top student-athlete) College Baseball All-America Team Brooks Wallace Award (Top shortstop) College World Series Most Outstanding Player John Olerud Award (Top two-way player) Buster Posey Award (Top catcher) Stopper of the Year Award (Top relief pitcher) National Pitcher of the Year Award (Top pitcher) Roger Clemens Award (Top pitcher; defunct) Senior CLASS Award
Head coach awards	Baseball America College Coach of the Year Collegiate Baseball Coach of the Year NCBWA National Coach of the Year Skip Bertman Award
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