The Big Ten Conference Player of the Year is a college softball award given to the Big Ten Conference's most outstanding player. The award was first given following the 1985 season, with both pitchers and position players eligible. After the 1992 season, the Big Ten Conference Softball Pitcher of the Year award was created to honor the most outstanding pitcher.
Key *Awarded a College National Player of the Year award: the USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year
Winners SeasonPlayerSchoolPositionReference1985 NorthwesternP1986 MinnesotaP/C1987MichiganP/1B1988 MichiganP 1989 MichiganP/3B1990 IowaP1991MinnesotaIowaIF P1992MichiganOF1993 (2)MichiganOF1994IndianaC1995MichiganU1996 (2)MichiganU1997 IowaP1998 Michigan1B1999 (2)Michigan1B2000 NorthwesternDP2001 MichiganOF2002Ohio StateU2003 MichiganU2004 MichiganSS 2005 Northwestern1B 2006 (2)Northwestern1B 2007 (3)Northwestern1B 2008 NorthwesternSS 2009 (2)NorthwesternSS 2010 MichiganMichiganU3B 2011 Michigan3B 2012 (2)Michigan1B 2013 MichiganSS 2014 (2)MichiganSS 2015 MinnesotaP 2016 (3)MichiganSS 2017MinnesotaC 2018 (2)MinnesotaC 2019Wisconsin1B 2021 MichiganOF 2022 NorthwesternOF2023 Indiana2B2024MinnesotaSS2025NebraskaP2026UCLAINF
Winners by school School Winners Years Michigan 19 1987, 1988, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2021 Northwestern 8 1985, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2022 Minnesota 5 1986, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2024 Iowa 3 1990, 1991, 1997 Indiana 2 1994, 2023 Nebraska 1 2025 Ohio State 1 2002 UCLA 1 2026 Wisconsin 1 2019 Illinois 0 — Maryland 0 — Michigan State 0 — Penn State 0 — Purdue 0 — Rutgers 0 —
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