Southeastern Conference Baseball Freshman of the Year

The Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southeastern Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 2000 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. It is selected by the league's head coaches, who are not allowed to vote for their own players.^[1]

Southeastern Conference Baseball Freshman of the Year
Awarded for	Most outstanding freshman baseball player in the Southeastern Conference
Country	United States
First award	2000-present
Currently held by	Enrique Bradfield, Vanderbilt

Key

*	Awarded a National Freshman Player of the Year award from either Baseball America or the Collegiate Baseball

Winners

Season	Pitcher	School	Reference
2000	Mike Fontenot *	LSU	[2]
2001	Lane Mestepey	LSU	[2]
2002	Seth Smith	Ole Miss	[2]
2003	Stephen Head *	Ole Miss*	[2]
2004	Wade LeBlanc*	Alabama	[2]
2005	J.P. Arencibia	Tennessee	[2]
2006	Pedro Alvarez *	Vanderbilt	[2]
2007	Jordan Henry	Ole Miss	[2]
2008	Hunter Morris	Auburn	[2]
2009	Matty Ott Preston Tucker	LSU Florida	[2]
2010	Austin Maddox	Florida	[2]
2011	Tony Kemp	Vanderbilt	[2]
2012	Austin Cousino	Florida	[2]
2013	Alex Bregman	LSU	[2]
2014	Logan Shore	Florida	[3]
2015	Alex Lange	LSU	[3]
2016	Jake Mangum	Mississippi State
2017	Braden Shewmake	Texas A&M
2018	Heston Kjerstad	Arkansas
2019	J. T. Ginn	Mississippi State	[4]
2021	Enrique Bradfield	Vanderbilt	[5]
2022	Drew Beam	Tennessee
2023

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
LSU (1932)	5	2000, 2001, 2009, 2013, 2015
Florida (1932)	4	2009, 2010, 2012, 2014
Ole Miss (1932)	3	2002, 2003, 2007
Vanderbilt (1932)	3	2006, 2011, 2021
Mississippi State (1932)	2	2016, 2019
Tennessee (1932)	2	2005, 2022
Arkansas (1991)	1	2018
Alabama (1932)	1	2004
Texas A&M (2012)	1	2017
Auburn (1932)	1	2008
Kentucky (1932)	0	—
Georgia (1932)	0	—
South Carolina (1991)	0	—
Missouri (2012)	0	—