John Olerud Award

The John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award (known colloquially as the John Olerud Award) is a college baseball award given to the best two-way player of the season. The award is named after former Washington State Cougars All-American pitcher and first baseman John Olerud. The current holder of the award is Aaron Schunk of the Georgia Bulldogs.

John Olerud Award
Logo for the John Olerud Award
Given forBest two-way player in college baseball
CountryUnited States
Presented byCollege Baseball Foundation
History
First award2010
Most recentAaron Schunk, Georgia
WebsiteJohn Olerud Award

Winners
Key
Denotes player also won the Golden Spikes Award and/or Dick Howser Trophy in the same year
Brendan McKay (left) with Frank Thomas receiving the 2015 John Olerud Award
Year Winner School Class Ref
2010 Mike McGee Florida StateJunior [1]
2011 Danny Hultzen VirginiaJunior [2]
2012 Brian Johnson FloridaJunior [3]
2013 Marco Gonzales GonzagaJunior [4]
2014 A. J. Reed KentuckyJunior [5]
2015 Brendan McKay LouisvilleFreshman [6]
2016 Brendan McKay (2) LouisvilleSophomore [7]
2017 Brendan McKay (3) LouisvilleJunior [8]
2018 Brooks Wilson StetsonSenior [9]
2019 Aaron Schunk GeorgiaJunior [10]

See also

References
  1. "McGee Wins Olerud Award". seminoles.com. July 5, 2010. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  2. "Hultzen wins Olerud Award". Augusta Free Press. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  3. "Brian Johnson John Olerud Award: UF's Brian Johnson wins John Olerud Award - Orlando Sentinel". Articles.orlandosentinel.com. July 1, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  4. O'Brien, Patrick. "Marco Gonzales Named John Olerud Two-Way Player Of Year - Spokane, North Idaho News & Weather". Khq.com. Retrieved May 29, 2014.
  5. "UK's Reed adds Olerud Award to collection of hardware". Louisville Courier-Journal. June 28, 2014. Retrieved June 29, 2014.
  6. "Brendan McKay named John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year". whas11.com. June 29, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  7. "Brendan McKay repeats as John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award winner". collegebaseballhall.org. July 1, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016.
  8. "College baseball: Louisville's Brendan McKay wins third straight John Olerud Award". ncaa.com. June 12, 2017. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
  9. Brady Fredericksen (June 15, 2018). "LCS grad Wilson named John Olerud award winner - Sports - News Chief - Winter Haven, FL". News Chief. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  10. Newman, Kyle (June 13, 2019). "Rockies' draft pick Aaron Schunk wins John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award". Denverpost.com. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.