Nomination Criteria

Automatic nomination:

  1. Gatorade Player of the Year

  2. All-American honors

Consideration (must meet at least one criterion):

  1. District and/or OSAA classification state Player of the Year

  2. Recognition on a local or national club or summer team (i.e. Area Code, Perfect Game, Team USA, American Legion AAA, Mound Time Baseball)

  3. State or OSAA classification leader in combined major offensive or pitching statistical categories

  4. All-state or District first team selection, as voted on by coaches

At-large nominations:

  1. An athlete may be nominated by a member of the Oregon Sports Awards voting panel

  2. An athlete may be nominated by a coach, sports information director or athletic director. Nominations must be submitted to the Oregon Sports Awards team


Past Winners

2023-2024: Ryan VandenBrink, West Linn
2022-2023: no awards
2021-2022: Nate Vidlak, Hidden Valley
2020-2021: no awards
2019-2020: no awards
2018-2019: Mick Abel, Jesuit 2017-2018: Larson Kindreich, Crater
2016-2017: Tim Tawa, West Linn
2015-2016: Adley Rutschman, Sherwood
2014-2015: David Brosius, McMinnville
2013-2014: Elliot Cary, Clackamas
2012-2013: Austin Kelly, Clackamas
2011-2012: Carson Kelly, Westview


*2019-2020 finalists not named due to sport season cancellation*