Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year

The Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year is a baseball award given to the Southern Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given after the 1972 season. The Southern Conference began sponsoring baseball in 1947.

Southern Conference Baseball Player of the Year
Awarded for	the most outstanding baseball Player in the Southern Conference
Country	United States
First awarded	1972
Currently held by	Justice Bigbie, Western Carolina

Key

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	Reference
1972	Reggie Dunnavant	Richmond	[1]
1973	Steve Arrington	The Citadel	[1]
1974	Mike Ramsey	Appalachian State	[1]
1975	George Weicker	Davidson	[1]
1976	Richard Wieters	The Citadel	[1]
1977	Richard Wieters (2)	The Citadel	[1]
1978	Wayne Tolleson	Western Carolina	[1]
1979	Randy Ingle	Appalachian State	[1]
1980	Gary Robinette	East Tennessee State	[1]
1981	Mel Kinsey	Western Carolina	[1]
1982	Bill White	The Citadel	[1]
1983	Mike Cherry	The Citadel	[1]
1984	Tony Welborn	Appalachian State	[1]
1985	Scott Gay	Western Carolina	[1]
1986	Len Stratton	Appalachian State	[1]
1987	Clint Fairey	Western Carolina	[1]
1988	Clint Fairey (2)	Western Carolina	[1]
1989	Clint Fairey (3) Scott Waugh	Western Carolina Appalachian State	[1]
1990	Grant Brittain	Western Carolina	[1]
1991	Kevin Bellomo	Western Carolina	[1]
1992	Matt Raleigh	Western Carolina	[1]
1993	Todd Greene	Georgia Southern	[1]
1994	Mike Tidick	Western Carolina	[1]
1995	Steve Wilson	Georgia Southern	[1]
1996	Tommy Peterman	Georgia Southern	[1]
1997	Alex Tolbert	Western Carolina	[1]
1998	Martin Barrow	Western Carolina	[1]
1999	Chris Moore	Western Carolina	[1]
2000	Matt Easterday	Georgia Southern	[1]
2001	Philip Hartig	The Citadel	[1]
2002	Lee Curtis	College of Charleston	[1]
2003	Alan Beck	Western Carolina	[1]
2004	Caleb Moore	East Tennessee State	[1]
2005	Jay Heafner	Davidson	[1]
2006	A. J. Davdiuk	Furman	[1]
2007	Kenny Smith	Western Carolina	[1]
2008	Jeremie Tice	College of Charleston	[1]
2009	Joey Bergman Chase Austin	College of Charleston Elon	[1]
2010	Matt Leeds	College of Charleston	[1]
2011	Victor Roache	Georgia Southern	[1]
2012	Marty Gantt	College of Charleston	[1]
2013	Ryan Kinsella	Elon	[1]
2014	Forrest Brandt Casey Jones	Davidson Elon	[1]
2015	Kyle Lewis	Mercer	[2]
2016	Kyle Lewis (2)	Mercer
2017	Bryson Bowman	Western Carolina
2018	Andrew Mortiz	UNC Greensboro
2019	Justice Bigbie	Western Carolina

Winners by school

School (year joined)	Winners	Years
Western Carolina (1977)	17	1978, 1981, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2017, 2019
The Citadel (1947)	6	1973, 1976, 1977, 1982, 1983, 2001
Appalachian State[lower-alpha 1] (1972)	5	1974, 1979, 1984, 1986, 1989
College of Charleston[lower-alpha 2] (1998)	5	2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Georgia Southern[lower-alpha 3] (1993)	5	1993, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2011
Davidson[lower-alpha 4] (1947)	3	1975, 2005, 2014
Elon[lower-alpha 5] (2003)	3	2009, 2013, 2014
East Tennessee State[lower-alpha 6] (1979)	2	1980, 2004
Mercer (2015)	2	2015, 2016
Furman (1947)	1	2006
Richmond[lower-alpha 7] (1947)	1	1972
UNC Greensboro (1981)	1	2018

1. Appalachian State departed the SoCon for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2014 season.
2. College of Charleston departed the SoCon for the Colonial Athletic Association after the 2013 season.
3. Georgia Southern departed the SoCon for the Sun Belt Conference after the 2014 season.
4. Davidson was not a member of the SoCon from 1989 through 1992, and departed for the Atlantic 10 Conference after the 2014 season.
5. Elon departed the SoCon for the Colonial Athletic Association after the 2014 season.
6. East Tennessee State departed the SoCon for the Atlantic Sun Conference after the 2005 season, but returned beginning with the 2015 season.
7. Richmond departed the SoCon to become an Independent after the 1976 season.

References

1. 2015 SoCon Baseball Media Guide. Southern Conference. p. 65. Retrieved May 29, 2015.
2. "SoCon coaches select all-conference baseball teams". Southern Conference. May 18, 2015. Retrieved May 29, 2015.