title: National Pitcher of the Year Award
text: # National Pitcher of the Year Award
  
  The National Pitcher of the Year Award is a college baseball award given to the best pitcher of the college baseball season by the College Baseball Foundation. The current holder of the award is Cooper Hjerpe of the Oregon State Beavers.
  
  ## Winners
  
  Key :
  
  | ‡ | Player also won the Golden Spikes Award and/or Dick Howser Trophy in the same year |
  | - | - |
  | Year | Winner | School | Ref |
  | 2009 | Stephen $Strasburg^‡$ | San Diego State | |
  | 2010 | Alex Wimmers | Ohio State | |
  | 2011 | Trevor $Bauer^‡$ | UCLA | |
  | 2012 | Mark Appel | Stanford | |
  | 2013 | Jon Gray | Oklahoma | |
  | 2014 | Aaron Nola | LSU | |
  | 2015 | Carson Fulmer | Vanderbilt | |
  | 2016 | Eric Lauer | Kent State | |
  | 2017 | Steven Gingery | Texas Tech | |
  | 2018 | Luke Heimlich | Oregon State | |
  | 2019 | Ethan Small | Mississippi State | |
  | 2020 | Not awarded | — | — |
  | 2021 | Kevin $Kopps^‡$ | Arkansas |
  | 2022 | Cooper Hjerpe | Oregon State | |
  | 2023 | Paul $Skenes^‡$ | LSU | |
  