Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball honors and awards

The 2011 Nebraska baseball team

This is a list of Nebraska Cornhuskers baseball honors and awards.

National Awards[]

Golden Spikes Award

1995 Darin Erstad (Finalist)
1999 Ken Harvey (Finalist)
2005 Alex Gordon (Winner)

Brooks Wallace Award

2005 Alex Gordon (Winner)

ABCA Player of the Year

2002 Jed Morris (Finalist)
2005 Alex Gordon (Winner)

Dick Howser Award

2000 Shane Komine (Finalist)
2001 Dan Johnson (Finalist)
2004 Alex Gordon (Finalist)
2005 Alex Gordon (Winner)

Rotary Smith Award

1999 Ken Harvey (Finalist)
2002 Shane Komine (Semifinalist)

Johnny Bench Award

2000 Justin Cowan (Finalist)

Easton/Redline National Defensive Player of the Year

1999 Ken Harvey (Winner)

All-Americans[]

1st Team

Year	Player	Position
1950	Bob Cerv	OF	American Baseball, Coaches Association
1955	Don Brown	INF	American Baseball, Coaches Association
1972	Gene Stohs	OF	The Sporting News
1982	Steve Stanicek	1B	Baseball America
1986	Paul Meyers	OF	The Sporting News
1993	Troy Brohawn	LHP	Collegiate Baseball
1993	Marc Sagmoen	OF	Collegiate Baseball, U.S. Baseball Assoc., NCBWA & ABCA
1995	Darin Erstad	OF	Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, NCBWA & ABCA
1999	Ken Harvey	1B	Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, Baseball Weekly, NCBWA & ABCA
2000 & '01	Shane Komine	P	Baseball Weekly, Collegiate Baseball, The Sporting News, NCBWA & ABCA
2001	John Cole	OF/2B	ABCA, Baseball America
2001	Dan Johnson	1B	Baseball Weekly, NCBWA, The Sporting News
2001	Matt Hopper	DH	The Sporting News
2002	Jeff Leise	OF	ABCA
2002	Jed Morris	C	Collegiate Baseball, Baseball Weekly, NCBWA & ABCA
2004 & '05	Alex Gordon	3B	Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, Sports Weekly, NCBWA & ABCA

2nd Team

Year	Player	Position
1955	Don Brown	IF
1966	Bob Churchich	IF	ABCA
1973	Bob Munson	OF	ABCA
1985	Paul Meyers	OF	BA
1993	Troy Brohawn	UTIL	ABCA
2000	Shane Komine	SP	BA, ABCA
2001	Shane Komine	SP	ABCA, BA, TSN
2001	Dan Johnson	1B	ABCA, CB
2001	John Cole	OF	TSN
2002	Shane Komine	SP	ABCA, BA
2003	Matt Hopper	1B	BA
2003	Aaron Marsden	P	BA
2006	Luke Gorsett	OF	NCBWA
2011	Cody Asche	3B	CB

3rd Team

Year	Player	Position
1951	Bob Diers	OF
1952	Jerry Dunn	OF
1953	Ray Novak	P
1954	Fred Seger	IF
1955	Bill Giles	1B
1965	Stan Bahnsen	P
1983	Dan Boever	OF	BA
1985	Mike Duncan	1B
1985	Bill McGuire	C
1990	Kevin Jordan	2B
1993	Troy Brohawn	P	BA, NCBWA
1993	Marc Sagmoen	OF	BA
1997	Todd Sears	1B	NCBWA
2000	Justin Cowan	C	CB, NCBWA
2000	Matt Hopper	DH	ABCA
2001	John Cole	OF	CB
2002	Shane Komine	SP	NBCWA
2002	Jed Morris	C	BA
2003	Aaron Marsden	P	CB, NCBWA
2003	Matt Hopper	1B	CB, NCBWA
2005	Joba Chamberlain	P	CB
2005	Johnny Dorn	P	CB, NCBWA, ABCA
2006	Ryan Wehrle	SS	CB
2006	Tony Watson	P	NCBWA, CB
2008	Johnny Dorn	P	NCBWA
2012	Michael Pritchard	DH	NCBWA

Freshman

Year	Player	Position
1988	Bobby Benjamin	OF	CB (1st Team)
1992	Darin Petersen	SS	CB (1st Team)
1992	Jed Dalton	OF	CB (2nd Team)
1995	Todd Sears	1B	CB (1st Team)
1999	Shane Komine	RHP	CB (1st Team)
2000	Matt Hopper	DH	CB (1st Team), BA (1st Team), BW (1st Team)
2000	Jamie Rodrigue	LHP	CB (1st Team), BA (2nd Team)
2002	Daniel Bruce	OF	CB (HM)
2002	Phil Shirek	RHP	CB (HM)
2002	Brian Duensing	LHP	CB (HM)
2003	Alex Gordon	3B	CB
2003	Tim Schoeninger	RHP	CB
2005	Johnny Dorn	RHP	BA (1st), CB
2005	Tony Watson	LHP	CB
2012	Kyle Kubat	LHP	CB
2012	Pat Kelly	2B	CB, NCBWA (1st)

NCBWA District Awards[]

NCBWA District Player of the Year

Year	Player	Position
2000	Shane Komine	SP
2001	Dan Johnson	1B
2002	Jeff Leise	OF
2003	Matt Hopper	1B
2004	Alex Gordon	3B
2005	Alex Gordon	3B
2006	Luke Gorsett	OF

Conference Awards[]

Note: Nebraska moved from the Big 12 Conference to the Big Ten Conference in the summer of 2011.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Player of the Year

1995 - Darin Erstad
2002 - Jed Morris
2003 - Matt Hopper
2004 - Alex Gordon
2005 - Alex Gordon

Pitcher of the Year

2000 - Shane Komine
2001 - Shane Komine
2003 - Aaron Marsden

Coach of the Year

2001 - Dave Van Horn
2003 - Mike Anderson
2005 - Mike Anderson

1st Team

Year	Player	Position
1958	Larry Lewis	OF
	Gene Torczon	OF
	Jim Kane	C
	Dwight Siebler	P
1959	Ken Ruisinger	1B
1962	Steve Smith	OF
1962	Don Purcell	C
1965	Stan Bahnsen	P
1966	Bob Brand	1B
	Bob Churchich	3B
	Alex Walter	OF
	Gary Neibauer	P
1972	Sam Sharpe	2B
1972	Gene Stohs	OF
1973	Bob Munson	OF
1977	Paul Haas	OF
1977	Steve McManaman	DH
1979	Joe Scherger	OF
1980	Joe Scherger	OF
	Jeff Hunter	3B
	Tim Burke	P
1981	Chris Chavez	SS
1981	Roger Hill	CF
1982	Steve Stanicek	1B
	Roger Hill	CF
	Anthony Kelley	P
1983	Dan Boever	1B
1984	Bill McGuire	C/RP
	Scott Hooper	3B
	Mike Duncan	1B
1985	Bill McGuire	C
	Larry Mims	SS
	Paul Meyers	OF
1986	Paul Meyers	OF
1986	Phil Harrison	LHP

Year	Player	Position
1988	Ken Ramos	OF
	Jeff Taylor	1B
	Pat Leinen	LHP
1990	Bobby Benjamin	1B
	Kevin Jordan	UT
	Dave Matranga	RP
1991	Dave Matranga	RP
1991	Bill Vosik	3B
1992	Jeff Murphy	C
1993	Steve Boyd	RP
	Troy Brohawn	DH/SP
	Marc Sagmoen	OF
1994	Derek Dukart	3B
	Darin Erstad	OF
	Mike Bellows	RP
1995	Darin Erstad	OF
	Alvie Shepherd	DH
	Jonas Armenta	RP
1997	Todd Sears	UT
1997	Francis Collins	OF
1999	Ken Harvey	1B
2000	Justin Cowan	C
	Shane Komine	SP
	Matt Hopper	DH
	Dan Johnson	1B
2001	John Cole	OF/2B
	Matt Hopper	DH
	Shane Komine	SP
	Dan Johnson	1B
	Thom Ott	RP
2002	Jeff Leise	OF
	Aaron Marsden	SP
	Jed Morris	C

Year	Player	Position
2003	Matt Hopper	1B
	Curtis Ledbetter	DH
	Aaron Marsden	SP
	Quinton Robertson	SP
2004	Alex Gordon	3B
2005	Alex Gordon	3B
	Curtis Ledbetter	1B
	Johnny Dorn	SP
	Joba Chamberlain	SP
2006	Brandon Buckman	1B
	Ryan Wehrle	SS
	Luke Gorsett	OF
	Tony Watson	SP
	Brett Jensen	RP
2008	Jake Opitz	2B
	Mitch Abeita	C
	Johnny Dorn	SP
2010	Adam Bailey	OF
2011	Cody Asche	3B
2012	Chad Christensen	SS
	Rich Sanguinetti	OF
	Michael Pritchard	DH
2013	Chad Christensen	OF
2013	Pat Kelly	2B

2nd Team

Year	Player	Position
1977	Kirk Eymann	P
1977	Joe Scherger	OF
1978	Joe Scherger	OF
1978	Dan Dixon	OF
1979	Tim Burke	P
1980	Stan Haas	OF
1980	Cliff Faust	P
1986	Larry Mims	2B
1987	Ron Crowe	3B
	Todd Bunge	OF
	Steve Spurgeon	RP
1988	Bobby Benjamin	OF
1988	Joe Federico	DH
1989	Ken Ramos	OF
1989	Doug Twitty	UT
1990	Bill Vosik	3B
1990	Shawn Buchanan	OF

Year	Player	Position
1991	Brian McArn	OF
1991	Mike Zajeski	RHP
1993	Brian Martin	RHP
1993	Sean McKenna	C
1994	Troy Brohawn	LHP
1995	Bob Courter	RHP
	Jed Dalton	3B
	Mel Motley	OF
	Darin Petersen	SS
	Craig Sanders	RHP
1996	Francis Collins	OF
1996	Spencer Van Linge	RHP
1998	Ken Harvey	DH
2000	Adam Stern	OF
2001	Jeff Leise	OF
2001	Jed Morris	C
2003	Jeff Leise	OF

Year	Player	Position
2004	Zach Kroenke	SP
	Jake Mullinax	2B
	Justin Pekarek	RP
2005	Joe Simokaitis	SS
	Daniel Bruce	OF
	Zach Kroenke	SP
	Brett Jensen	RP
2006	Andrew Brown	UTL
2006	Johnny Dorn	SP
2007	Jeff Tezak	DH
2007	Tony Watson	SP
2008	Thad Weber	SP
2010	DJ Belfonte	OF
2011	Casey Hauptman	RP
2012	Josh Scheffert	3B
2013	Michael Pritchard	DH

3rd Team

Year	Player	Position
2012	Richard Stock	1B
	Pat Kelly	2B
	Kyle Kubat	SP
2013	Blake Headley	3B
	Kash Kalkowski	1B
	Rich Sanguinetti	OF

Honorable Mention

Year	Player	Position
1978	Pete O’Brien	1B
	Gary Nolting	P
	Tim Carroll	OF
1979	Bob Gebler	OF
	Steve Oakley	OF
	Jim McManus	P
1980	Steve Stanicek	1B
1981	Tim Sinovich	1B
1982	Mark Mauer	DH
	Todd Oakes	P
	Jeff Anderson	P
1983	Kurt Eubanks	2B
	Turner Gill	SS
	Reggie Dymally	OF
	Ben Amaya	C
	Jeff Carter	OF
	Jeff Koenigsman	P
	Jeff Anderson	P
1984	Paul Meyers	OF
	Mark Davis	OF
	Dave Turney	OF
	Kurt Eubanks	2B
	Jeff Anderson	P
1985	Mike Duncan	1B
1985	Burt Beattie	3B
1986	Burt Beattie	C
1986	Todd Bunge	OF
1987	Mark Kister	1B
	Ken Sirak	SS
	Ken Ramos	OF
	John Lepley	SP

Year	Player	Position
1988	Tim Pettengill	C
1989	Pat Leinen	SP
1990	Brian McArn	OF
1991	Shawn Buchanan	OF
1992	John Izumi	SP
	Mike Zajeski	SP
	Dale Hagy	2B
	Josh Bullock	SP
	Steve Boyd	RP
1993	Jed Dalton	OF
	Derek Dukart	3B
	Darin Erstad	OF
	James Garcia	OF
	Darin Petersen	2B
1994	Jed Dalton	OF
1994	Tom Bergan	SP
1995	Todd Sears	1B
1995	Scott Wulfing	2B
1996	Todd Sears	1B
1996	Pat Driscoll	SP
1997	Steve Fish	SP
1998	Bryan Schmidt	SS
	Matt Schuldt	SP
	Ken Harvey	DH
1999	Shane Komine	SP
	Jamal Strong	OF
	Jeff Hedman	DH
2000	Jamie Rodrigue	SP
2000	Will Bolt	2B
2001	Jeff Blevins	3B
2001	Adam Stern	OF

Year	Player	Position
2002	Jeff Blevins	3B
2002	Will Bolt	2B
2003	John Grose	C
	Alex Gordon	3B
	Jake Mullinax	2B
	Joe Simokaitis	SS
2004	Curtis Ledbetter	1B
2004	Joe Simokaitis	SS
2005	Brian Duensing	SP
	Dustin Timm	RP
	Ryan Wehrle	2B
2006	Jeff Christy	C
	Andy Gerch	DH
	Nick Jaros	OF
	Jake Opitz	2B
2007	Mitch Abeita	C
	Andrew Brown	1B
	Craig Corriston	3B
	Johnny Dorn	SP
	Luke Wertz	RP
2008	Craig Corriston	1B
	Dan Jennings	RP
	Bryce Nimmo	OF
2009	Tyler Farst	1B
2010	Cody Asche	INF
2010	Kale Kiser	DH
2011	Kash Kalkowski	OF

Freshman

Year	Player	Position
2012	Pat Kelly	2B
	Austin Darby	OF
	Kyle Kubat	SP

Weekly Awards

1997
Feb. 24 Pitcher Steve Fish, Sr.
March 17 Player Todd Sears, Jr.
May 5 Pitcher Steve Fish, Sr.

1999
Feb. 15 Player Ken Harvey, Jr.
March 8 Player Ken Harvey, Jr.
April 12 Player Ken Harvey, Jr.
April 19 Player Ken Harvey, Jr.
April 19 Pitcher Shane Komine, Fr.

2000
March 20 Pitcher Jamie Rodrigue, Fr.
March 27 Pitcher Shane Komine, So.
April 10 Pitcher Shane Komine, So.
April 17 Player Dan Johnson, Jr.
May 1 Player Matt Hopper, Fr.
May 8 Pitcher Shane Komine, So.

2001
March 5 Pitcher Shane Komine, Jr.
April 16 Pitcher Shane Komine, Jr.

2002
Feb. 25 Pitcher Shane Komine, Sr.
March 4 Pitcher Jamie Rodrigue, Jr.
March 18 Pitcher Aaron Marsden, So.
March 25 Pitcher Shane Komine, Sr.
April 8 Player Jed Morris, Jr.
April 29 Pitcher Aaron Marsden, So.
May 13 Plsyer Jed Morris, Jr.

2003
March 4 Pitcher Brian Duensing, So.
April 1 Pitcher Zach Kroenke, Fr.
April 1 Pitcher Aaron Marsden, Jr.
April 22 Pitcher Aaron Marsden, Jr.
April 29 Player Curtis Ledbetter, So.
May 20 Pitcher Aaron Marsden, Jr.

2004
April 6 Pitcher Zach Kroenke, So.
April 20 Player Curtis Ledbetter, Jr.
May 24 Pitcher Justin Pekarek, Sr.

2005
March 1 Pitcher Joba Chamberlain, So.
March 22 Player Alex Gordon, Jr.
March 29 Player Alex Gordon, Jr.
April 26 Pitcher Joba Chamberlain, So.
May 17 Player Curtis Ledbetter, Sr.

2006
Feb. 21 Pitcher Joba Chamberlain, Jr.
March 7 Pitcher Joba Chamberlain, Jr.
March 14 Pitcher Johnny Dorn, So.
Mar. 28 Player Brandon Buckman, Sr.
April 4 Player Ryan Wehrle, So.
April 18 Pitcher Johnny Dorn, So.
April 25 Player Nick Jaros, Jr.

2007
Feb. 26 Player Jake Opitz, Jr.
March 12 Player Jeff Tezak, Jr.
March 26 Pitcher Tony Watson, Jr.
April 9 Player Andrew Brown, Sr.
April 9 Pitcher Tony Watson, Jr.
April 23 Pitcher Tony Watson, Jr.

2008
March 10 Pitcher Johnny Dorn, Sr.
March 17 Player Craig Corriston, Sr.
March 24 Player Nick Sullivan, Jr.

2009
March 2 Player Adam Bailey, Jr.
March 30 Player Tyler Farst, Jr.
May 18 Pitcher Sean Yost, Fr.

2010
March 22 Player Adam Bailey, Sr.
March 29 Pitcher Tom Lemke, Fr.

2012
March 19 Player Josh Scheffert, Jr.
April 16 Player Josh Scheffert, Jr.
May 14 Pat Kelly, Freshman

2013
April 22 Player Michael Pritchard, Jr.

References[]

^ "Nebraska baseball media guide". Huskers.com.
^ "Big 12 baseball".
^ "Big 10 baseball".

[1] "Nebraska baseball media guide". Huskers.com.

[2] "Big 12 baseball".

[3] "Big 10 baseball".

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