Baseball America Freshman of the Year
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The Baseball America Freshman of the Year is an award is given annually to the best freshman (first-year) baseball player in the NCAA Division I. The award is sponsored by the Baseball America magazine and was first awarded in 1982.
[edit] Award Winners
| Year | Player | School | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Cory Snyder | Brigham Young | 3B |
| 1983 | Rafael Palmeiro | Mississippi State | OF |
| 1984 | Greg Swindell | Texas | P |
| 1985 | Jack McDowell | Stanford | P |
| Ron Wenrich | Georgia | OF | |
| 1986 | Robin Ventura | Oklahoma State | 3B |
| 1987 | Paul Carey | Stanford | OF |
| 1988 | Kirk Dressendorfer | Texas | P |
| 1989 | Alex Fernandez | Miami (Florida) | P |
| 1990 | Jeffrey Hammonds | Stanford | OF |
| 1991 | Brooks Kieschnick | Texas | P-DH |
| 1992 | Todd Walker | Louisiana State | 2B |
| 1993 | Brett Laxton | Louisiana State | P |
| 1994 | R.A. Dickey | Tennessee | P |
| 1995 | Kyle Peterson | Stanford | P |
| 1996 | Pat Burrell | Miami (Florida) | 3B |
| 1997 | Brian Roberts | North Carolina | SS |
| 1998 | Xavier Nady | California | 2B-SS |
| 1999 | James Jurries | Tulane | 2B |
| 2000 | Keith Howard | Miami (Florida) | 3B-SS |
| 2001 | Michael Aubrey | Tulane | P-OF |
| 2002 | Stephen Drew | Florida State | SS |
| 2003 | Ryan Braun | Miami (Florida) | SS |
| 2004 | Wade LeBlanc | Alabama | P |
| 2005 | Joe Savery | Rice | UT |
| 2006 | Pedro Alvarez | Vanderbilt | 3B |
| 2007 | Dustin Ackley | UNC | 1B |
| 2008 | Chris Hernandez | University of Miami | P |
