The 2026 Small College Baseball Player of the Year Semi-Finalists

The @TCU_Baseball Commit Completely Re-WRITING the college baseball record books

Hey @JeffPassan what you think?

RYAN BRADFORD, YOU ARE THE MANNNNN! @ryanbradford0

To Say we witnessed one of the most historic season in college baseball ever might be and understatement… When the idea of this award got started about a year ago I don’t think anyone that’s involved with it could have imagined the first winner doing what he did…

Dagen Brewer of @PittStGorillas is the #d2baseball finalist for the first-ever @SCBPOTY. @TheMIAA

The Finalists Drop… Tomorrow…..

3 of the Junior College Semi-Finalist all in one game currently over on @espn plus at the @JUCOWorldSeries

In 1982, Jeff Ledbetter put Florida State (@FSUBaseball) on the map by setting the modern college baseball single-season home run record. Three years later, Pete Incaviglia made it his own, launching 48 for Oklahoma State (@OSUBaseball) in 1985 - a number that stood untouched for decades. The 90s brought some close calls. Tim Jorgensen set the NCAA Division III mark with 39 at Wisconsin-Oshkosh (@UWOBaseball) in 1995. Steve Hacker hit 37 for Missouri State (@MoStateBSB) that same year. Then 1997 changed everything - Lance Berkman (41 at Rice (@RiceBaseball)) and Brandon Larson (40 at LSU(@LSUbaseball)) became just the third and fourth players ever to clear 40 in a season. The NJCAA record came in 1999 when Kade Johnson hit 38 for Seminole State (OK) (@SSCbaseball) For 25 years, that was that. The closest anyone came? Charlie Condon, the 2024 Golden Spikes winner, hit 37 out of Georgia (@BaseballUGA) This year, Kameron Yearsley matched him at John A. Logan (@LoganVolsBsbl). Then Ryan Bradford showed up. The Johnson County CC (KS) (@JCCCBaseball) freshman spent most of the year chasing Yearsley. He tied the NJCAA record at 38 with a walk-off grand slam in an elimination game. Two games later, in the first game of a regional final, he went yard three times - breaking the record and becoming only the fifth player ever to reach the 40-homer plateau in a single season. Now he's sitting at 41 heading into the Junior College World Series (@JUCOWorldSeries). He's on the No. 1 seed. He's playing at Suplizo Field in Grand Junction, Colorado - a hitter-friendly park at elevation. He's averaging a home run every 5.58 at-bats. He's already had nine multi-homer games this year. And he's got anywhere from two to seven games left to swing it. Pete's record was supposed to be untouchable. But look at the numbers. Look at the ballpark. Look at the stakes. One of college baseball's most unbreakable records might just fall in Grand Junction.

The 2026 Small College Baseball Player of the Year Semi-Finalists