The Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year is an annual college baseball award presented to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding freshman player. The award was first given following the 1988 season to Dan Wilson of Minnesota.
Key *Awarded a College National Player of the Year award: the Dick Howser Trophy or the Golden Spikes AwardMajor League Baseball All-StarMember of the National Baseball Hall of Fame
Winners SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionReference 1988 Minnesota C 1989 Illinois 1B/P 1990 Ohio State P 1991 Minnesota 2B 1992 Ohio State P 1993 Michigan OF 1994 Iowa 2B 1995 Ohio State DH 1996 Michigan OF 1997 Northwestern OF 1998 Northwestern SS 1999 Penn State CF 2000 Ohio State 1B 2001 Ohio State DH 2002 Ohio State P 2003 Minnesota P 2004 Ohio State OF 2005 Michigan State OF 2006 Ohio State P 2007 Purdue P 2008 Northwestern P 2009 Indiana DH 2010 Michigan State 2B 2011 Ohio State UT 2012 Indiana 1B 2013 Illinois P 2014 Ohio State P 2015 Michigan 2B 2016 Nebraska P 2017 Maryland P 2018 Minnesota P 2019 Maryland 1B 2021 Nebraska 3B 2022 Iowa OF 2023 Indiana OF2024Purdue1B2025Indiana1B2026NebraskaOF
Winners by school School (year joined) Winners Years Ohio State (1912) 10 1990, 1992, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2014 Indiana (1900) 4 2009, 2012, 2023, 2025 Minnesota (1896) 4 1988, 1991, 2003, 2018 Indiana (1900) 3 2009, 2012, 2023 Michigan (1896) 3 1993, 1996, 2015 Nebraska (2011) 3 2016, 2021, 2026 Northwestern (1896) 3 1997, 1998, 2008 Illinois (1896) 2 1989, 2013 Iowa (1900) 2 1994, 2022 Maryland (2014) 2 2017, 2019 Michigan State (1953) 2 2005, 2010 Purdue (1896) 2 2007, 2024 Penn State (1993) 1 1999 Rutgers (2014) 0 — Oregon (2024) 0 — UCLA (2024) 0 — USC (2024) 0 — Washington (2024) 0 — Wisconsin (1896) 0 —
Notes Wisconsin discontinued its baseball program after the 1991 season.
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