Big 12 Conference Baseball Player of the Year

The Big 12 Conference Pitcher of the Year is a baseball award given to the Big 12 Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1997 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 2001 season, the Big 12 Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher. It is selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.^[1]

Big 12 Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding baseball player in the Big 12 Conference
Country	United States
Presented by	Phillips 66
First award	1997
Currently held by	Kerrington Cross, Cincinnati

Key

†	Co-Players of the Year
*	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

Season	Player	School	Position	Class	Reference
1997	Joe Dillon	Texas Tech	1B	Senior	[2]
1998†	Jason Jennings	Baylor	P	Sophomore	[2]
1998†	Jason Tyner	Texas A&M	OF	Junior	[2]
1999	Jason Jennings*(2)	Baylor	P/DH	Junior	[2]
2000	Shane Komine	Nebraska	P	Sophomore	[2]
2001	Kelly Shoppach	Baylor	C	Sophomore	[2]
2002	Jed Morris	Nebraska	C	Junior	[2]
2003	Matt Hopper	Nebraska	IF	Senior	[2]
2004	Alex Gordon	Nebraska	3B	Sophomore	[2]
2005	Alex Gordon*(2)	Nebraska	3B	Junior	[2]
2006†	Tyler Mach	Oklahoma State	3B	Junior	[2]
2006†	Drew Stubbs	Texas	OF	Junior	[2]
2007	Kyle Russell	Texas	OF	Sophomore	[2]
2008	Jose Duran	Texas A&M	SS	Junior	[2]
2009	J. T. Wise	Oklahoma	C	Senior	[2]
2010†	Nick Martini	Kansas State	OF	Sophomore	[2]
2010†	Aaron Senne	Missouri	IF	Senior	[2]
2011	Tyler Naquin	Texas A&M	OF	Sophomore	[2]
2012	Josh Ludy	Baylor	C	Senior	[3]
2013	Ross Kivett	Kansas State	IF	Junior	[4]
2014	Zach Fish	Oklahoma State	OF	Junior	[2]
2015	Cody Jones	TCU	OF	Senior	[2]
2016	Eric Gutierrez	Texas Tech	1B	Senior	[2]
2017†	Hunter Hargrove	Texas Tech	IF	Senior	[5]
2017†	Evan Skoug	TCU	C	Junior	[5]
2018	Kody Clemens	Texas	IF	Junior	[6]
2019†	Josh Jung	Texas Tech	IF	Junior	[7]
2019†	Davis Wendzel	Baylor	IF	Junior	[7]
2021	Jace Jung	Texas Tech	IF	Freshman	[8]
2022	Ivan Melendez	Texas	IF	Junior	[9]
2023	JJ Wetherholt	West Virginia	IF	Sophomore	[10]
2024	Max Belyeu	Texas	OF	Sophomore	[11]
2025	Kerrington Cross	Cincinnati	IF	Senior	[12]

Winners by school

Because NCAA baseball is a spring sport, the year of joining is the calendar year before the first season of competition.

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Nebraska (1996)a	5	2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
Baylor (1996)	5	1998, 1999, 2001, 2012, 2019
Texas (1996)d	5	2006, 2007, 2018, 2022, 2024
Texas Tech (1996)	5	1997, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2021
Texas A&M (1996)c	3	1998, 2008, 2011
Kansas State (1996)	2	2010, 2013
Oklahoma State (1996)	2	2006, 2014
TCU (2012)	2	2016, 2017
Missouri (1996)c	1	2010
Oklahoma (1996) d	1	2009
West Virginia (2012)	1	2023
Cincinnati (2023)	1	2025
Arizona (2024)	0	—
Arizona State (2024)	0	—
BYU (2023)	0	—
Houston (2023)	0	—
Iowa State (1996)b	0	—
Kansas (1996)	0	—
Utah (2024)	0	—

Footnotes

• ^a Nebraska left in 2011 to join the Big Ten.
• ^b Iowa State discontinued its baseball program after the 2001 season.
• ^c Missouri and Texas A&M left in 2012 to join the SEC.
• ^d Oklahoma and Texas left in 2024 to join the SEC.