page_title: Buster Posey Award
section_title: Winners
hierarchical_section_title: Buster Posey Award / Winners
caption_attribution_description: 2015 Johnny Bench Award winner Garrett Stubbs and the award's namesake.
context_page_description: The Buster Posey Award was created in 2000 to honor college baseball's top catcher in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. The award is administered by the Greater Wichita Area Sports Commission and presented after the conclusion of the College World Series. From 2000 to 2018 it was named the Johnny Bench Award. In 2012, BaseballSavings.com became the official sponsor of the award.
  Schools nominate their catchers during the season to create the official watch list. A select committee of 20 individuals narrows the watch list down to the semifinalists. Two rounds of voting by Division I head coaches determine the three finalists and eventual recipient of the Buster Posey Award. The current holder of the award is Adley Rutschman.
  In 2019 the award was renamed the Buster Posey Award.
caption: Garrett Stubbs (left), with Johnny Bench.
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