Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Year

The Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Atlantic Coast Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1969 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 2005 season, the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher.

Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding baseball player in the Atlantic Coast Conference
Country	United States
First award	1969
Currently held by	James Tibbs III, Florida State

Key

*	Awarded a national Player of the Year award: the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes Award
Player (X)	Denotes the number of times the player had been awarded the Player of the Year award at that point

Winners

Jason Varitek of Georgia Tech won the award in 1993.

Mark Teixira also won the award in 2000 as a Georgia Tech YellowJacket.

Miami's Ryan Braun won the award in 2005 as a junior.

Buster Posey won the award in 2008 while playing for Florida State.

Colin Moran of North Carolina won the award in 2013.

Season	Player	School	Position	Reference
1969	Chris Cammack	NC State	Third baseman	[1]
1970	Eddie Hill	North Carolina	First baseman	[1]
1971	Mike Caldwell	NC State	Pitcher	[1]
1972	Bob Grossman	Maryland	Pitcher	[1]
1973	Craig White	Clemson	Outfielder	[1]
1974	Steve Cline	Clemson	Pitcher	[1]
1975	Denny Walling	Clemson	Outfielder	[1]
1976	Chuck Porter	Clemson	Pitcher	[1]
1977	Kenny Baker	Wake Forest	Outfielder	[1]
1978	Greg Norris	North Carolina	Pitcher	[1]
1979	Jim Atkinson	North Carolina	Third baseman	[1]
1980	Scott Bradley	North Carolina	Third baseman	[1]
1981	Brick Smith	Wake Forest	First baseman	[1]
1982	Bill Merrifield	Wake Forest	Shortstop	[1]
1983	Bill Merrifield (2)	Wake Forest	Shortstop	[1]
1984	Tracy Woodson	NC State	First baseman	[1]
1985	Jim McCollom	Clemson	First baseman	[1]
1986	Chuck Baldwin	Clemson	First baseman	[1]
1987	Riccardo Ingram	Georgia Tech	Outfielder	[1]
1988	Turtle Zaun	NC State	First baseman	[1]
1989	Brian Barnes	Clemson	Pitcher	[1]
1990	Brian Kowitz	Clemson	Pitcher	[1]
1991	Andy Bruce	Georgia Tech	Third baseman	[1]
1992	Derek Hacopian	Maryland	Outfielder	[1]
1993	Jason Varitek	Georgia Tech	Catcher	[1]
1994	Ryan Jackson	Duke	First baseman	[1]
1995	Shane Monahan	Clemson	Outfielder	[1]
1996	Kris Benson*	Clemson	Pitcher	[1]
1997	J. D. Drew*	Florida State	Outfielder	[1]
1998	Brian Roberts	North Carolina	Shortstop	[1]
1999	Marshall McDougall	Florida State	Second baseman	[1]
2000	Mark Teixeira*	Georgia Tech	Third baseman	[1]
2001	John-Ford Griffin	Florida State	Outfielder	[1]
2002	Khalil Greene*	Clemson	Shortstop	[1]
2003	Jamie D'Antona	Wake Forest	Third baseman	[1]
2004	Joe Koshansky	Virginia	Pitcher/First baseman	[1]
2005	Ryan Braun	Miami (FL)	Third baseman	[1]
2006	Sean Doolittle	Virginia	Pitcher/First baseman	[1]
2007	Tony Thomas, Jr.	Florida State	Second baseman	[1]
2008	Buster Posey*	Florida State	Catcher	[1]
2009	Dustin Ackley	North Carolina	First baseman	[1]
2010	Yasmani Grandal	Miami (FL)	Catcher	[1]
2011	Brad Miller	Clemson	Shortstop	[1]
2012	James Ramsey	Florida State	Outfielder	[1]
2013	Colin Moran	North Carolina	Third Base	[1]
2014	DJ Stewart	Florida State	Outfielder	[1]
2015	Will Craig	Wake Forest	Pitcher/First baseman	[2]
2016	Seth Beer*	Clemson	Outfielder/First baseman	[1]
2017	Brendan McKay*	Louisville	Pitcher/First baseman	[3]
2018	Joey Bart	Georgia Tech	Catcher	[4]
2019	Bobby Seymour	Wake Forest	First Baseman	[5]
2021	Matheu Nelson	Florida State	Catcher	[6]
2022	Max Wagner	Clemson	Third Baseman	[7]
2023	Kyle Teel	Virginia	Catcher	[8]
2024	James Tibbs III	Florida State	Outfielder	[9]
2025	Alex Lodise	Florida State	Shortstop	[10]

Winners by school

Note that because NCAA baseball is a spring sport, the year of joining the ACC is the calendar year before the first season of competition.

School (year joined)[11]	Winners	Years
Clemson (1953)	14	1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 2002, 2011, 2016, 2022
Florida State (1991)	10	1997, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2021, 2024, 2025
North Carolina (1953)	7	1970, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1998, 2009, 2013
Wake Forest (1953)	7	1977, 1981, 1982, 1983, 2003, 2015, 2019
Georgia Tech (1978)	5	1987, 1991, 1993, 2000, 2018
NC State (1953)	4	1969, 1971, 1984, 1988
Virginia (1953)	3	2004, 2006, 2023
Miami (FL) (2004)	2	2005, 2010
Maryland (1953)[a]	2	1972, 1992
Duke (1953)	1	1994
Louisville (2014)	1	2017
Boston College (2005)	0	—
California (2025)	0	—
Notre Dame (2013)	0	—
Pittsburgh (2013)	0	—
Stanford (2025)	0	—
Virginia Tech (2004)	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a The University of Maryland left the ACC in 2014 to join the Big Ten Conference.^[12]