Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year

The Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year is an annual award given to the Mid-American Conference's most outstanding baseball player. The award was first given after the 1986 season. As of 2024^[update], Ohio's Rudy Rott is the only two-time winner of the award.

Mid-American Conference Baseball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding baseball player in the Mid-American Conference
Country	United States
First award	1986
Currently held by	Hayden Jatczak, Kent State

Winners

Larry Bigbie was the first of two consecutive Ball State winners in 1999.

Marc Krauss was the first Ohio player to win the award.

Season	Player	School	Position	Reference
1986	Thomas Howard	Ball State	Outfield	[1][2]
1987	Dave Bettendorf	Kent State	Third base	[1][3]
1988	Tim Naehring	Miami	Shortstop	[1][4]
1989	Clark Huntey	Central Michigan	Catcher	[1][5]
1990	Denny McNamara		Outfield	[1][6]
1991	Scott Conant	Western Michigan	Third base	[1][7]
1992	Mike Gulan	Kent State		[1][8]
1993	Chris Sexton	Miami	Outfield	[1][2]
1994	Kevin Young	Central Michigan	Third base	[1][9]
1995	Toby Kominek			[1][10]
1996	Ed Farris	Ball State	First base	[1][11]
1997	Greg Ryan	Eastern Michigan		[1][12]
1998	Tom Kuempel	Marshall		[1][13]
1999	Larry Bigbie	Ball State	Outfield	[1][14]
2000	Shayne Ridley		Shortstop	[1][15]
2001	John VanBenschoten	Kent State	First base	[1][8]
2002	Kelly Hunt	Bowling Green		[1]
2003	Brad Snyder	Ball State	Outfield	[1][16]
2004	Brian Bixler	Eastern Michigan	Shortstop	[1][17]
2005	Nolan Reimold	Bowling Green	Outfield	[1][18]
2006	Emmanuel Burriss	Kent State	Shortstop	[1][19]
2007	Tyler Stovall	Central Michigan	Outfield	[1][20]
2008	Greg Rohan	Kent State	First base	[1][21]
2009	Marc Krauss	Ohio	Third base	[1][22]
2010	Kolbrin Vitek	Ball State	Utility	[1][23]
2011	Tom Murphy	Buffalo	Catcher	[1][24]
2012	George Roberts	Kent State	First base	[1][25]
2013	Jason Kanzler	Buffalo	Outfield	[1][26]
2014	Sean Godfrey	Ball State		[1][27]
2015	Mitch Longo	Ohio		[1][28]
2016	Alex Call	Ball State		[29][30]
2017	Tanner Allison	Western Michigan		[31][7]
2018	Rudy Rott	Ohio	First base	[32]
2019	Rudy Rott (2)			[33]
2021	Chris Meyers	Toledo		[34]
2022	Matt Kirk	Eastern Michigan	Outfield	[35]
2023	Jeron Williams	Toledo	Shortstop	[36]
2024	Nathan Archer	Bowling Green	Outfield	[37]
2025	Hayden Jatczak	Kent State	Third base	[38]

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Ball State (1973)	8	1986, 1996, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2010, 2014, 2016
Kent State (1951)	7	1987, 1992, 2001, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2025
Central Michigan (1972)	5	1989, 1990, 1994, 1995, 2007
Ohio (1947)	4	2009, 2015, 2018, 2019
Bowling Green (1952)	3	2002, 2005, 2024
Eastern Michigan (1972)		1997, 2004, 2022
Buffalo (1999)[a]	2	2011, 2013
Miami (1948)		1988, 1993
Toledo (1951)		2021, 2023
Western Michigan (1948)		1991, 2017
Marshall (1954/1997)[b]	1	1998
Akron (1992)	0	—
Northern Illinois (1973/1997)[c]

• ^a Buffalo discontinued its baseball program after the 2017 season.
• ^b Marshall was a member from 1954 to 1969 and then again from 1997 until 2005.
• ^c Northern Illinois was a member from 1973 to 1986, then left until 1997.

See also

• Mid-American Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Year