Trevor Bauer Earns Baseball America Player of the Year Honors

Trevor Bauer Earns Baseball America Player of the Year Honors

June 15, 2011

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DURHAM, N.C. - UCLA junior right-hander Trevor Bauer headlines Baseball America's 2011 All-America team as the College Player of the Year, the national publication announced Wednesday morning. Bauer led the nation with 10 complete games (nine consecutive) and a Pac-10 record 203 strikeouts.

Bauer went 13-2 with a 1.25 ERA in 16 starts for UCLA in 2011, limiting the opposition to a .154 batting average in a team-high 136.2 innings. He has become the first ballplayer in school history to secure Baseball America's College Player of the Year award.

The resident of Valencia, Calif., has also been named a first-team All-America selection by Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Bauer was named National Player of the Year by Louisville Slugger/Collegiate Baseball after earning Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year honors.

Bauer established himself as UCLA's all-time record holder in career strikeouts (460), wins (34) and innings pitched (373.1). He also owns the top two marks on UCLA's single-season records list, having logged 203 strikeouts in 2011 and 165 in 2010.

Through NCAA super regionals, Bauer's Pac-10 record 203 strikeouts are 52 more than second-place Danny Hultzen, a left-hander from Virginia. In addition, Bauer currently ranks second in the nation in wins (13) and third in ERA (1.25).

Bauer was selected as the No. 3 overall pick in the first round of the 2011 MLB Draft by the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday, June 6.

BASEBALL AMERICA'S COLLEGE PLAYER OF THE YEAR SELECTIONS

Year Name Position School
1981 Mike Sodders 3B Arizona State
1982 Jeff Ledbetter OF/LHP Florida State
1983 Dave Magadan 1B Alabama
1984 Oddibe McDowell OF Arizona State
1985 Pete Incaviglia OF Oklahoma State
1986 Casey Close OF Michigan
1987 Robin Ventura 3B Oklahoma State
1988 John Olerud 1B/LHP Washington State
1989 Ben McDonald RHP LSU
1990 Mike Kelly OF Arizona State
1991 David McCarty 1B Stanford
1992 Phil Nevin 3B Cal State Fullerton
1993 Brooks Kieschnick DH/RHP Texas
1994 Jason Varitek C Georgia Tech
1995 Todd Helton 1B/LHP Tennessee
1996 Kris Benson RHP Clemson
1997 J.D. Drew OF Florida State
1998 Jeff Austin RHP Stanford
1999 Jason Jennings RHP/DH Baylor
2000 Mark Teixeira 3B Georgia Tech
2001 Mark Prior RHP Southern California
2002 Khalil Greene SS Clemson
2003 Rickie Weeks 2B Southern
2004 Jered Weaver RHP Long Beach State
2005 Alex Gordon 3B Nebraska
2006 Andrew Miller LHP North Carolina
2007 David Price LHP Vanderbilt
2008 Buster Posey C/RHP Florida State
2009 Stephen Strasburg RHP San Diego State
2010 Anthony Rendon 3B Rice
2011 Trevor Bauer RHP UCLA