Big Ten Conference Baseball Freshman of the Year

Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year

Awarded for| the most outstanding freshman player in the Big Ten Conference
Country| United States
History
First award| 1988
Most recent| Devin Taylor, Indiana

The Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year is an annual college baseball award presented to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding freshman player. The award was first given following the 1988 season to Dan Wilson of Minnesota.

## Key

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*  | Awarded a College National Player of the Year award:
the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award

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†  | Major League Baseball All-Star
‡  | Member of the National Baseball Hall of Fame

## Winners

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Season  | Player  | School  | Position  | Reference

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1988  | Dan Wilson | Minnesota | C | [1]
1989  | Bubba Smith | Illinois | 1B/P
1990  | Scott Klingenbeck | Ohio State | P
1991  | Mark Merila | Minnesota | 2B
1992  | Matt Beaumont | Ohio State | P
1993  | Scott Weaver | Michigan | OF
1994  | C. J. Thieleke | Iowa | 2B
1995  | Dan Seimetz | Ohio State | DH
1996  | Jason Alcaraz | Michigan | OF
1997  | Keith Batchelder | Northwestern | OF
1998  | Jeremy Kurella | Northwestern | SS
1999  | Mike Campo | Penn State | CF
2000  | Nick Swisher†  | Ohio State | 1B
2001  | Doug Deeds | Ohio State | DH
2002  | Scott Lewis | Ohio State | P
2003  | Glen Perkins | Minnesota | P
2004  | Jacob Howell | Ohio State | OF
2005  | Ryan Sontag | Michigan State | OF
2006  | J. B. Shuck | Ohio State | P
2007  | Matt Bischoff | Purdue | P
2008  | Eric Jokisch | Northwestern | P
2009  | Alex Dickerson | Indiana | DH
2010  | Ryan Jones | Michigan State | 2B
2011  | Josh Dezse | Ohio State | UT
2012  | Sam Travis | Indiana | 1B
2013  | Kevin Duchene | Illinois | P | [2]
2014  | Tanner Tully | Ohio State | P | [3]
2015  | Jake Bivens | Michigan | 2B | [4]
2016  | Chad Luensmann | Nebraska | P | [5]
2017  | Tyler Blohm | Maryland | P | [6]
2018  | Patrick Fredrickson | Minnesota | P | [7]
2019  | Maxwell Costes | Maryland | 1B | [8]
2021  | Max Anderson | Nebraska | 3B | [9]
2022  | Keaton Anthony | Iowa | OF | [10]
2023  | Devin Taylor | Indiana | OF | [11]
2024  | Luke Gaffney | Purdue | 1B | [12]
2025  | Jake Hanley | Indiana | 1B | [13]

## Winners by school

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School (year joined)  | Winners  | Years

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Ohio State (1912)  | 10  | 1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2014
Indiana (1900)  | 4  | 2009, 2012, 2023, 2025
Minnesota (1896)  | 4  | 1988, 1991, 2003, 2018
Indiana (1900)  | 3  | 2009, 2012, 2023
Michigan (1896)  | 3  | 1993, 1996, 2015
Northwestern (1896)  | 3  | 1997, 1998, 2008
Illinois (1896)  | 2  | 1989, 2013
Iowa (1900)  | 2  | 1994, 2022
Maryland (2014)  | 2  | 2017, 2019
Michigan State (1953)  | 2  | 2005, 2010
Nebraska (2011)  | 2  | 2016, 2021
Purdue (1896)  | 2  | 2007, 2024
Penn State (1993)  | 1  | 1999
Rutgers (2014)  | 0  | —
Oregon (2024)  | 0  | —
UCLA (2024)  | 0  | —
USC (2024)  | 0  | —
Washington (2024)  | 0  | —
Wisconsin (1896)a | 0  | —

## Notes

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a Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.

## References

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1. ^ "Big Ten Conference Baseball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
2. ^ "Big Ten Announces All-Conference Baseball Teams and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
3. ^ "Big Ten Announces 2014 Baseball All-Conference Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 20, 2014. Archived from the original on April 14, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
4. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 19, 2015. Archived from the original on May 21, 2015. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
5. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 24, 2016. Archived from the original on July 26, 2018. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
6. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 23, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2020.[dead link]
7. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 22, 2018. Archived from the original on July 9, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
8. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 12, 2019. Archived from the original on June 1, 2019. Retrieved February 8, 2020.
9. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 30, 2021. Archived from the original on May 30, 2021. Retrieved May 31, 2021.
10. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball All-Big Ten Honors and Individual Award Winners". BigTen.org. May 24, 2022. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved May 24, 2022.
11. ^ "Big Ten Announces Baseball Postseason Awards Recipients". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 22, 2023. Archived from the original on May 23, 2023. Retrieved May 22, 2023.
12. ^ "Big Ten Conference Announces 2024 Baseball Postseason Awards". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 21, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2025.
13. ^ "Big Ten Conference Announces Baseball Postseason Awards". BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. May 20, 2025. Retrieved June 6, 2025.

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