Southeastern Conference Baseball Player of the Year
# Southeastern Conference Baseball Player of the Year

The Southeastern Conference Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southeastern Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1993 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 2003 season, the Southeastern 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.

The award has been shared twice, once by Stephen Head of Ole Miss and Jon Zeringue of LSU in 2004, and once by Dylan Crews of LSU and Sonny DiChiara of Auburn. Only one player has won the award twice—Matt LaPorta of Florida in 2005 and 2007. LSU has the most all-time winners, with six. One SEC member has yet to have a winner: 2012 arrival Missouri.

## Key

| * | 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1993 | Russ Johnson | LSU | Shortstop |
| 1994 | Todd Walker | LSU | Second baseman |
| 1995 | Todd Helton* | Tennessee | First baseman |
| 1996 | Eddy Furniss | LSU | First baseman |
| 1997 | Tim Hudson | Auburn | Pitcher |
| 1998 | Jeff Pickler | Tennessee | Second baseman |
| 1999 | Hunter Bledsoe | Vanderbilt | Third baseman |
| 2000 | Kip Bouknight* | South Carolina | Pitcher |
| 2001 | Chris Burke | Tennessee | Shortstop |
| 2002 | Yaron Peters | South Carolina | First baseman |
| 2003 | Aaron Hill | LSU | Shortstop |
| 2004 | Stephen Head Jon Zeringue | Ole Miss LSU | Pitcher Outfielder |
| 2005 | Matt LaPorta | Florida | First baseman |
| 2006 | Ryan Strieby | Kentucky | First baseman |
| 2007 | Matt LaPorta (2) | Florida | First baseman |
| 2008 | Gordon Beckham | Georgia | Shortstop |
| 2009 | Kent Matthes | Alabama | Outfielder |
| 2010 | Hunter Morris | Auburn | First baseman |
| 2011 | Mike Zunino | Florida | Catcher |
| 2012 | Raph Rhymes | LSU | Outfielder |
| 2013 | Tony Kemp | Vanderbilt | Second baseman |
| 2014 | A. J. Reed* | Kentucky | Pitcher/first baseman |
| 2015 | Andrew Benintendi* | Arkansas | Outfielder |
| 2016 | Boomer White | Texas A&M | Third baseman |
| 2017 | Brent Rooker | Mississippi State | First baseman |
| 2018 | Jonathan India | Florida | Third baseman |
| 2019 | J.J. Bleday | Vanderbilt | Outfielder |
| 2021 | Tanner Allen | Mississippi State | Outfielder |
| 2022 | Dylan Crews Sonny DiChiara | LSU Auburn | Outfielder Infielder |
| 2023 | Dylan Crews (2) | LSU | Outfielder |

## Winners by school

| School (year joined) | Winners | Years |
| - | - | - |
| LSU (1932) | 8 | 1993, 1994, 1996, 2003, 2004, 2012, 2022, 2023 |
| Florida (1932) | 4 | 2005, 2007, 2011, 2018 |
| Tennessee (1932) | 3 | 1995, 1998, 2001 |
| Vanderbilt (1932) | 3 | 1999, 2013, 2019 |
| Auburn (1932) | 2 | 1997, 2010 |
| Kentucky (1932) | 2 | 2006, 2014 |
| South Carolina (1991) | 2 | 2000, 2002 |
| Mississippi State (1932) | 2 | 2017, 2021 |
| Alabama (1932) | 1 | 2009 |
| Georgia (1932) | 1 | 2008 |
| Ole Miss (1932) | 1 | 2004 |
| Arkansas (1991) | 1 | 2015 |
| Texas A&M (2012) | 1 | 2016 |
| Missouri (2012) | 0 | — |
