COLLEGE BASEBALL AWARDS

Buster Posey Award

The Buster Posey Award, originally called the Johnny Bench Award, was created in 2000 to honor college baseball's top catcher. It is dedicated to the former Cincinnati catcher Johnny Bench. A panel of selected sportscasters, sportswriters, Division I Head Coaches and professional scouts participate in the final vote, usually at the annual College World Series, to determine the winner.

Year

2024 - Cole Messinam, South Carolina
2023 - Kyle Teel, Virginia
2022 - Kevin Parada, Georgia Tech
2021 - Adley Rutschman, Oregon State
2020 - Patrick Bailey, North Carolina State
2019 - Adley Rutschman, Oregon State
2018 - Joey Bart, Georgia Tech
2017 - Matt Whatley, Oral Roberts
2016 - Zach Collins, Miami
2015 - Garrett Stubbs, USC
2014 - Max Pentecost, Kennesaw State
2013 - Stuart Turner, Mississippi
2012 - Mike Zunino, Florida
2011 - Jake Lowery, James Madison
2010 - Bryan Holaday, TCU
2009 - JT Wise, Oklahoma
2008 - Buster Posey, Florida State
2007 - Edward Easley, Mississippi State
2006 - Jake Smith, East Carolina
2005 - Jeff Clement, USC
2004 - Kurt Suzuki, Fullerton State
2003 - Ryan Garko, Stanford
2002 - Jeremy Brown, Alabama
2001 - Kelly Shoppach, Baylor
2000 - Brad Cresse, LSU