Buster Posey Award

The Buster Posey Award, formerly known as the Johnny Bench Award, was created in 2000 to honor college baseball's top catcher in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The award is administered by the Wichita Sports Commission and presented after the conclusion of the College World Series.

Originally named for Johnny Bench, it was renamed in 2019 after Johnny Bench announced the creation of his own national award for amateur catchers. The commission reviewed the statistics of the prior winners and unanimously chose to rename the award after Buster Posey.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Schools nominate their catchers during the season to create the official watch list. A select committee of 20 individuals narrows the watch list down to the semifinalists. Two rounds of voting by Division I head coaches determine the three finalists and eventual recipient of the Buster Posey Award. The current holder of the award is Caden Bodine.

Winners

Kelly Shoppach

Kurt Suzuki

Garrett Stubbs (left), with Johnny Bench.

Key

Year	Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Player	Name of the player
School	The player's college when he won the award
Class	The player's year in college when he won the award
^	Player won the MLB Rookie of the Year AwardTemplate:Refn
§	Player also won the Golden Spikes Award and Dick Howser Trophy in the same year
Template:Double-dagger	Player is active in MLBTemplate:Refn

Winners

Year	Name	School	Class	Ref(s)
2000	Template:Sortname	Louisiana State	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Subscription required</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2001	Template:Sortname	Baylor	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Subscription required</ref>
2002	Template:Sortname	Alabama	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2003	Template:Sortname	Stanford	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Subscription required</ref>
2004	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Cal State Fullerton		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005	Template:Sortname	Southern California		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006	Template:Sortname	East Carolina	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007	Template:Sortname	Mississippi State	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2008	Template:Sortname§^	Florida State		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2009	Template:Sortname	Oklahoma	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Subscription required</ref>
2010	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	TCU		<ref name=wfaa2>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011	Template:Sortname	James Madison	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2012	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	Florida		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2013	Template:Sortname	Ole Miss		<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014	Template:Sortname	Kennesaw State		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Southern California	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Miami	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2017	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Oral Roberts		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2018	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Georgia Tech		<ref name=bart>Template:Cite web</ref>
2019	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	Oregon State		<ref name=Rutschman>Template:Cite web</ref>
2020	Template:Sort
2021	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger§	Florida State	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2022	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Georgia Tech	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2023	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Virginia	Template:Sort	<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2024	Template:SortnameTemplate:Double-dagger	Sam Houston State		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2025	Template:Sortname	Coastal Carolina		<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

See also

• List of college baseball awards

External links

• Wichita Sports Commission