Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball honors and awards

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This is a list of major awards and honors won by members of the Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball team, which represents the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the Big Ten Conference of NCAA Division I. The program began play in 1889.

Nebraska has been to 19 NCAA baseball tournaments and advanced to four super regionals (2000, 2001, 2002, 2005) and three College World Series (2001, 2002, 2005). The Cornhuskers have won eight regular season conference championships (1929, 1948, 1950, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2017, 2021) and four conference tournament championships (1999–2001, 2005). They have had eighteen 40-win seasons, including nine since 1999, as well as three 50-win seasons. The Cornhuskers won the program's first Big Ten championship in 2017.

National awards[edit]

Winner Finalist Semifinalist
Darin Erstad – 1995
Ken Harvey – 1999
Alex Gordon – 2005
Scott Schreiber – 2018
Shane Komine – 2000
Dan Johnson – 2001
Alex Gordon – 2004, 2005
  • ABCA Player of the Year[3]
Jed Morris – 2002
Alex Gordon – 2005
Ken Harvey – 1999
Shane Komine – 2002
Justin Cowan – 2000
Mitch Abeita – 2008
Alex Gordon – 2005
Jake Meyers – 2017
Spencer Schwellenbach – 2021
Dave Van Horn – 2001

NCBWA District Player of the Year[edit]

Shane Komine – 2000
Dan Johnson – 2001
Jeff Leise – 2002
Matt Hopper – 2003
Alex Gordon – 2004, 2005
Luke Gorsett –2006

All-Americans[edit]

Nebraska has received a combined 105 All-America certificates from the ABCA, Baseball America, Baseball Weekly, Collegiate Baseball, NCBWA, Perfect Game, and Sporting News. The program has also received fifteen first-team freshman All-America certificates.[8]

  • First-team
Bob Cerv, OF – 1950
Don Brown, 3B – 1955
Gene Stohs, OF – 1972
Steve Stanicek, 1B – 1982
Paul Meyers, OF – 1986
Troy Brohawn, P – 1993
Marc Sagmoen, OF – 1993
Darin Erstad, OF – 1995
Ken Harvey, 1B – 1999
Shane Komine, P – 2000, 2001
John Cole, OF/2B – 2001
Dan Johnson, 1B – 2001
Matt Hopper, DH – 2001
Jeff Leise, OF – 2002
Jed Morris, C – 2002
Alex Gordon, 3B – 2004, 2005
  • Second-team
Don Brown, IF – 1955
Bob Churchich, IF – 1966
Bob Munson, OF – 1973
Paul Meyers, OF – 1985
Troy Brohawn, UTIL – 1993
Shane Komine, P – 2000–02
Dan Johnson, 1B – 2001
John Cole, OF – 2001
Matt Hopper, 1B – 2003
Aaron Marsden, P – 2003
Luke Gorsett, OF – 2006
Cody Asche, 3B – 2011
Jake Hohensee – 2018
Max Anderson, 2B – 2023
  • Third-team
Bob Diers, OF – 1951
Jerry Dunn, OF – 1952
Ray Novak, P – 1952
Fred Seger, IF – 1954
Bill Giles, 1B – 1955
Stan Bahnsen, P – 1965
Dan Boever, OF – 1983
Mike Duncan, 1B – 1985
Bill McGuire, C – 1985
Kevin Jordan, 2B – 1990
Troy Brohawn, P – 1993
Marc Sagmoen, OF – 1993
Todd Sears, 1B – 1997
Justin Cowan, C – 2000
Matt Hopper, DH/1B – 2000, 2003
John Cole, OF – 2001
Shane Komine, SP – 2002
Jed Morris, C – 2002
Aaron Marsden, P – 2003
Joba Chamberlain, P – 2005
Johnny Dorn, P – 2005, 2008
Ryan Wehrle, SS – 2006
Tony Watson, P – 2006
Michael Pritchard, DH – 2012
Chance Sinclair, P – 2014
Jake Meyers, UTIL – 2017
Scott Schreiber, 1B – 2018
Brice Matthews, SS – 2023
  • First-team Freshman
Bobby Benjamin, OF – 1988
Darin Petersen, SS – 1992
Todd Sears, 1B – 1995
Shane Komine, P – 1999
Matt Hopper, DH – 2000
Jamie Rodrigue, P – 2000
Alex Gordon, 3B – 2003
Tim Schoeninger, P – 2003
Johnny Dorn, P – 2005
Tony Watson, P – 2005
Kyle Kubat, P – 2012
Pat Kelly, 2B – 2012
Chad Luensmann, P – 2016
Colby Gomes, P – 2019
Leighton Banjoff, DH – 2020
Max Anderson, 3B – 2021

Academic All-Americans[edit]

  • CoSIDA Academic All-American of the Year[8]
Jeff Leise – 2002, 2003

CoSIDA Academic All-Americans[edit]

Eric Mumm, OF – 1999
John Cole, OF – 2001
Jeff Leise, OF – 2002, 2003
Aaron Marsden, P – 2003
Brandon Buckman, 1B – 2006
D.J. Belfonte, OF – 2010
Gene Stohs, OF – 1970, 1972
Adrian Fiala, C – 1970
Steve Achelpohl, OF – 1972
Steve Oakley, OF – 1980
Matt Schuldt, P – 1998
Jeff Leise, OF – 2001
Shane Komine, P – 2002
Daniel Bruce, OF – 2005
Casey Hauptman, P – 2011
Todd Oakes, P – 1983
Mark Kister, C – 1985
Ryan Boldt, OF – 2015, 2016

Conference Awards[edit]

  • Big Eight Player of the Year[8]
Darin Erstad – 1995
  • Big 12 Player of the Year
Jed Morris – 2002
Matt Hopper –2003
Alex Gordon – 2004, 2005
  • Big 12 Pitcher of the Year
Shane Komine – 2000, 2001
Aaron Marsden – 2003
  • Big 12 Coach of the Year
Dave Van Horn – 2001
Mike Anderson – 2003, 2005
  • Big Ten Coach of the Year
Darin Erstad – 2017
  • Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Shane Komine – 1999
Matt Hopper – 2000
Johnny Dorn – 2005
  • Big Ten Freshman of the Year
Chad Luensmann – 2016

All-Big Eight[edit]

Larry Lewis, OF – 1958
Gene Torczon, OF – 1958
Jim Kane, C – 1958
Dwight Siebler, P – 1958
Ken Ruisinger, 1B – 1959
Steve Smith, OF – 1962
Don Purcell, C – 1962
Stan Bahnsen, P – 1965
Bob Brand, 1B – 1966
Bob Churchich, 3B – 1966
Alex Walter, OF – 1966
Gary Neibauer, P – 1966
Sam Sharpe, 2B – 1972
Gene Stohs, OF – 1972
Bob Munson, OF – 1973
Paul Haas, OF – 1977
Steve McManaman, DH – 1977
Joe Scherger, OF – 1979, 1980
Jeff Hunter, 3B – 1980
Tim Burke, P – 1980
Chris Chavez, SS – 1981
Roger Hill, CF – 1981, 1982
Steve Stanicek, 1B – 1982
Anthony Kelley, P – 1982


Dan Boever, 1B – 1983
Bill McGuire, C/RP – 1984, 1985
Scott Hooper, 3B – 1984
Mike Duncan, 1B – 1984
Larry Mims, SS – 1985
Paul Meyers, OF – 1985, 1986
Phil Harrison, P – 1986
Ken Ramos, OF – 1988
Jeff Taylor, 1B – 1988
Pat Leinen, P – 1988
Bobby Benjamin, 1B – 1990
Kevin Jordan, UTIL – 1990
Dave Matranga, P – 1990, 1991
Bill Vosik, 3B – 1991
Jeff Murphy, C – 1992
Steve Boyd, P – 1993
Troy Brohawn, DH/SP – 1993
Marc Sagmoen, OF – 1993
Derek Dukart, 3B – 1994
Darin Erstad, OF – 1994, 1995
Mike Bellows, P – 1994
Alvie Shepherd, DH – 1995
Jonas Armenta, P – 1995
Kirk Eymann, P – 1977
Joe Scherger, OF – 1977, 1978
Dan Dixon, OF – 1978
Tim Burke, P – 1979
Stan Haas, OF – 1980
Cliff Faust, P – 1980
Larry Mims, 2B – 1986
Ron Crowe, 3B – 1987
Todd Bunge, OF – 1987
Steve Spurgeon, P – 1987
Bobby Benjamin, OF – 1988
Joe Federico, DH – 1988
Ken Ramos, OF – 1989
Doug Twitty, UTIL – 1989
Bill Vosik, 3B – 1990
Shawn Buchanan, OF – 1990
Brian McArn, OF – 1991
Mike Zajeski, P – 1991
Brian Martin, P – 1993
Sean McKenna, C – 1993
Troy Brohawn, P – 1994
Bob Courter, P – 1995
Jed Dalton, 3B – 1995
Mel Motley, OF – 1995
Darin Petersen, SS – 1995
Craig Sanders, P – 1995
Francis Collins, OF – 1996
Spencer Van Linge, P – 1996

All-Big 12[edit]

Todd Sears, UTIL – 1997
Francis Collins, OF – 1997
Ken Harvey, 1B – 1999
Justin Cowan, C – 2000
Shane Komine, P – 2000, 2001
Matt Hopper, DH – 2000, 2001
Dan Johnson, 1B – 2000, 2001
John Cole, OF/2B – 2001
Thom Ott, P – 2001
Jeff Leise, OF – 2002
Aaron Marsden, P – 2002, 2003
Jed Morris, C – 2002
Matt Hopper, 1B – 2003
Curtis Ledbetter, DH/1B – 2003, 2005
Quinton Robertson, P – 2003
Alex Gordon, 3B – 2004, 2005
Johnny Dorn, P – 2005, 2008
Joba Chamberlain, P – 2005
Brandon Buckman, 1B – 2006
Ryan Wehrle, SS – 2006
Luke Gorsett, OF – 2006
Tony Watson, P – 2006
Brett Jensen, P – 2006
Jake Opitz, 2B – 2008
Mitch Abeita, C – 2008
Adam Bailey, OF – 2010
Cody Asche, 3B – 2011
Ken Harvey, DH – 1998
Adam Stern, OF – 2000
Jeff Leise, OF – 2001, 2003
Jed Morris, C – 2001
Zach Kroenke, P – 2004, 2005
Jake Mullinax, 2B – 2004
Justin Pekarek, P – 2004
Joe Simokaitis, SS – 2005
Daniel Bruce, OF – 2005
Brett Jensen, P – 2005
Andrew Brown, UTIL – 2006
Johnny Dorn, P – 2006
Jeff Tezak, DH – 2007
Tony Watson, P – 2007
Thad Weber, P – 2008
DJ Belfonte, OF – 2010
Casey Hauptman, P – 2011

All-Big Ten[edit]

Chad Christensen, SS – 2012, 2013
Rich Sanguinetti, OF – 2012
Michael Pritchard, DH/OF – 2012, 2014
Pat Kelly, 2B – 2013, 2014
Chance Sinclair, P – 2014
Scott Schreiber, 1B/DH – 2016, 2017
Jake Meyers, UTIL – 2017
Josh Scheffert, 3B – 2012
Michael Pritchard, DH – 2013
Christian DeLeon, P – 2014
Blake Headley, 1B – 2014
Ryan Boldt, OF – 2015, 2016
Tanner Lubach, C – 2015
Chance Sinclair, P – 2015
Chad Luensmann, P – 2016
Steven Reveles, SS – 2016
Scott Schreiber, 1B – 2018
Jesse Wilkening, C – 2018
Cam Chick, DH – 2019
Aaron Palensky, OF – 2019
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

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Golden Spikes Award by USA Baseball on Baseball Almanac." Golden Spikes Award by USA Baseball on Baseball Almanac. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/aw_goldenspikes.shtml
  2. ^ "Dick Howser Trophy on Baseball Almanac." Dick Howser Trophy on Baseball Almanac. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Sept. 2016. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/awards/dick_howser_trophy.shtml
  3. ^ "ABCA/Rawlings Players of the Year". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  4. ^ "ROTARY SMITH AWARD". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  5. ^ "Buster Posey Award". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  6. ^ "Brooks Wallace Award". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  7. ^ "John Olerud Award". Retrieved 2022-03-01.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "2021 Baseball Media Guide" (PDF).
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