This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball honors and awards. The program began play in 1889.
Nineteen Nebraska players have been named first-team All-Americans and Alex Gordon won the 2005 Golden Spikes Award as the country's best amateur player. Ten Cornhuskers have been named conference player or pitcher of the year across the Big Eight, Big 12, and Big Ten.
National awards Player of the year Golden Spikes Award: Alex Gordon (2005) Dick Howser Trophy: Alex Gordon (2005) ABCA: Alex Gordon (2005) Brooks Wallace Award: Alex Gordon (2005)
Coach of the year Baseball America: Dave Van Horn (2001)
Other national awards John Olerud Award:: Spencer Schwellenbach (2021) Easton Redline Defensive Player of the Year: Ken Harvey (1999) NCBWA district player of the year: Shane Komine (2000), Dan Johnson (2001), Jeff Leise (2002), Matt Hopper (2003), Alex Gordon (2004, 2005), Luke Gorsett (2006), Max Anderson (2023), Brett Sears (2024)
Conference awards Player of the year Big Eight: Darin Erstad (1995) Big 12: Shane Komine (2000), Jed Morris (2002), Matt Hopper (2003), Alex Gordon (2004, 2005) Big Ten: Spencer Schwellenbach (2021)
Pitcher of the year Big 12: Shane Komine (2001), Aaron Marsden (2003) Big Ten: Brett Sears (2024)
Freshman of the year Big 12: Shane Komine (1999), Matt Hopper (2000), Johnny Dorn (2005) Big Ten: Chad Luensmann (2016), Max Anderson (2021)
Newcomer of the year Big 12: Dan Johnson (2000), Aaron Marsden (2002), Joba Chamberlain (2005)
Coach of the year Big 12: Dave Van Horn (2001), Mike Anderson (2003, 2005) Big Ten: Darin Erstad (2017), Will Bolt (2021)
All-Americans Nebraska has had forty-six players account for fifty-two All-America selections, including nineteen first-team awards, from the ABCA, Baseball America, Baseball Weekly, Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, the NCBWA, Perfect Game, and Sporting News. The program has also received seventeen freshman All-America awards.
First-team
Second-team
Third-team
Freshman
All-conference selections First-team
Second-team
Third-team Richard Stock, 1B – 2012 Pat Kelly, 2B – 2012 Kyle Kubat, P – 2012 Blake Headley, 3B – 2013 Kash Kalkowski, 1B – 2013 Rich Sanguinetti, OF – 2013 Zach Hirsch, P – 2014 Josh Roeder, P – 2015 Jake Meyers, OF – 2016 Ben Miller, DH – 2016 Angelo Altavilla, SS – 2017 Jake Hohensee, P – 2017 Shay Schanaman, RP – 2023 Case Sanderson, OF – 2024
Retired jerseys 4 Alex Gordon 3B 2003–2005 2023 17 Darin Erstad OF 1993–1995 28 Shane Komine P 1999–2002
See also College baseball awards Nebraska Cornhuskers academic honors and awards
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