College World Series Most Outstanding Player

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The College World Series Most Outstanding Player is an award for the best individual performance during the College World Series in Omaha, Nebraska. The recipient of the award is announced at the completion of the College World Series Championship Game. The award is similar to Major League Baseball's World Series Most Valuable Player award.

The winner of the award receives a miniature replica of "The Road to Omaha" sculpture at Rosenblatt Stadium. The award measures 16 inches high. There have been 10 recipients of this award who were on not on the winning team of the College World Series. The College World Series started in 1947 but the awarded was not given out until 1949.

[edit] Voting process

The press attending the championship game vote on the Most Outstanding Player during the game. In the fifth inning, ballots are distributed. The voting is closed by the eighth inning. The Most Outstanding Player is announced following the awarding of trophies to the runner-up and championship teams.

[edit] List of College World Series Most Outstanding Players

Year	Name	Position	School
1947	Not Awarded
1948	Not Awarded
1949	Charles Teague		Wake Forest
1950	Ray VanCleef	OF	Rutgers
1951	Sidney Hatfield	P/1B	Tennessee
1952	James O'Neill	P	Holy Cross
1953	J.L Smith	P	Texas
1954	Tom Yewcic	C	Michigan State
1955	Tom Borland	P	Oklahoma State
1956	Jerry Thomas	P	Minnesota
1957	Cal Emery	P/1B	Penn State
1958	Bill Thom	P	Southern California
1959	Jim Dobson	3B	Oklahoma State
1960	John Erickson	2B	Minnesota
1961	Littleton Fowler	P	Oklahoma State
1962	Bob Giribaldi	P	Santa Clara
1963	Bud Hollowell	C	Southern California
1964	Joe Ferris	P	Maine
1965	Sal Bando	3B	Arizona State
1966	Steve Arlin	P	Ohio State
1967	Ron Davini	C	Arizona State
1968	Bill Seinsoth	1B	Southern California
1969	John Dolinsek	OF	Arizona State
1970	Gene Ammann	P	Florida State
1971	Jerry Tabb	1B	Tulsa
1972	Russ McQueen	P	Southern California
1973	Dave Winfield	P/OF	Minnesota
1974	George Milke	P	Southern California
1975	Mickey Reichenbach	1B	Texas
1976	Steve Powers	P/DH	Arizona
1977	Bob Horner	3B	Arizona State
1978	Rod Boxberger	P	Southern California
1979	Tony Hudson	P	Cal State Fullerton
1980	Terry Francona	OF	Arizona
1981	Stan Holmes	OF	Arizona State
1982	Dan Smith	P	Miami
1983	Calvin Schiraldi	P	Texas
1984	John Fishel	1B/OF	Cal State Fullerton
1985	Gregg Ellena	DH	Miami
1986	Mike Senne	OF	Arizona
1987	Paul Carey	OF	Stanford
1988	Lee Plemel	P	Stanford
1989	Greg Brummett	P	Witicha State
1990	Mike Rebhan	P	Georgia
1991	Gary Hymel	C	LSU
1992	Phil Nevin	3B	Cal State Fullerton
1993	Todd Walker	2B	LSU
1994	Chip Glass	OF	Oklahoma
1995	Mark Kotsay	OF/P	Cal State Fullerton
1996	Pat Burrell		Miami
1997	Brandon Larson	SS	LSU
1998	Wes Rachels	2B	Southern California
1999	Marshall McDougall	2B	Florida State
2000	Trey Hodges	P	LSU
2001	Charlton Jimerson	OF	Miami
2002	Huston Street	P/IF	Texas
2003	John Hudgins	P	Stanford
2004	Jason Windsor	P	Cal State Fullerton
2005	David Maroul	3B	Texas
2006	Jonah Nickerson	P	Oregon State
2007	Jorge Reyes	P	Oregon State

v • d • e College World Series Most Outstanding Player Award

1940s	1949: Teague

1950s	1950: VanCleef • 1951: Hatfield • 1952: O'Neill • 1953: Smith • 1954: Yewcic • 1955: Borland • 1956: Thomas • 1957: Emery • 1958: Thom • 1959: Dobson

1960s	1960: Erickson • 1961: Fowler • 1962: Garibaldi • 1963: Hollowell • 1964: Ferris • 1965: Bando • 1966: Arlin • 1967: Davini • 1968: Seinsoth • 1969: Dolinsek

1970s	1970: Ammann • 1971: Tabb • 1972: McQueen • 1973: Winfield • 1974: Milke • 1975: Reichenbach • 1976: Powers • 1977: Horner • 1978: Boxberger • 1979: Hudson

1980s	1980: Francona • 1981: Holmes • 1982: Smith • 1983: Schiraldi • 1984: Fishel • 1985: Ellena • 1986: Senne • 1987: Carey • 1988: Plemel • 1989: Brummett

1990s	1990: Rebhan • 1991: Hymel • 1992: Nevin • 1993: Walker • 1994: Glass • 1995: Kotsay • 1996: Burrell • 1997: Larson • 1998: Rachels • 1999: McDougall

2000s	2000: Hodges • 2001: Jimerson • 2002: Street • 2003: Hudgins • 2004: Windsor • 2005: Maroul • 2006: Nickerson • 2007: Reyes

NCAA Division I Men's College World Series
1940s	1947 1948 1949
1950s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959
1960s	1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979
1980s	1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999
2000s	2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009