2026 All-Big 12 Baseball Yearly Honors Announced

Key Points:

• Landon Hairston of Arizona State was named Big 12 Player of the Year, leading the conference in multiple offensive categories including batting average (.421) and home runs (27), while Maxx Yehl of West Virginia earned Big 12 Pitcher of the Year with the lowest ERA (2.10) in the conference.
• Baylor’s Tyce Armstrong was honored as Big 12 Newcomer of the Year, Cincinnati’s Enzo Infelise was named Freshman of the Year, and BYU’s Ashton Johnson received the Scholar-Athlete of the Year award for his academic and athletic achievements.
• Kansas coach Dan Fitzgerald was named Big 12 Coach of the Year for the second consecutive season after leading the Jayhawks to their first Big 12 regular season title and setting program records for conference wins.
• The All-Big 12 First Team included 19 players, with Hairston and Yehl as unanimous selections, while another 19 players made the Second Team; additionally, 12 freshmen were recognized on the All-Big 12 Freshman Team.
• These awards and honors were determined by votes from the league’s head coaches, who were not allowed to vote for their own players.