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John Olerud Award
Logo for the John Olerud Award
Awarded forBest two-way player in college baseball
CountryUnited States
Presented byCollege Baseball Foundation
History
First award2010
Most recentJac Caglianone, Florida
WebsiteJohn 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.

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 State Junior
2011 Danny Hultzen Virginia Junior
2012 Brian Johnson Florida Junior
2013 Marco Gonzales Gonzaga Junior
2014 A. J. Reed Kentucky Junior
2015 Brendan McKay Louisville Freshman
2016 Brendan McKay (2) Louisville Sophomore
2017 Brendan McKay (3) Louisville Junior
2018 Brooks Wilson Stetson Senior
2019 Aaron Schunk Georgia Junior
2020 Not presented; season canceled in progress due to COVID-19
2021 Spencer Schwellenbach Nebraska Junior
2022 Paul Skenes Air Force Sophomore
2023 Caden Grice Clemson Junior
2024 Jac Caglianone Florida Junior

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.
  11. "Nebraska's Schwellenbach receives college baseball's top two-way honor".
  12. "Paul Skenes Honored as John Olerud Two-Way POTY" (Press release). Air Force Falcons. June 14, 2022. Retrieved June 20, 2022.
  13. "Clemson baseball: Caden Grice is John Olerud Two-Way Player of Year". The Greenville News. June 13, 2023. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  14. "College Baseball Foundation names Jac Caglianone 2024 John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award winner". MLB.com. June 21, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024.

External links

John Olerud Award
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