Roch Cholowsky named Big Ten Player of the Year for second time
Roch Cholowsky and the UCLA Bruins starred during the Big Ten Conference's All-Conference announcements on Tuesday.
After another terrific season for the UCLA Bruins , junior infielder Roch Cholowsky was named the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year for the second season in a row, becoming the third player to ever win the award multiple times. UCLA just completed their best regular season ever this past weekend, with the Bruins taking a 48-6 record into the Big Ten Conference tournament later this week. Cholowsky joins Minnesotaโs Luke Appert (2002-03) and Michiganโs Barry Larkin (1984-85) as the only players to win the Big Ten Conference Player of the Year in consecutive years.
Roch ๐ซ๐๐ง ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค. For the second consecutive season, @CholowskyRoch is your @B1Gbaseball ๐๐ฅ๐๐ฒ๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐ซ. He becomes just the third player in Big Ten history to win the award multiple times.
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com/opN1VwbkPR โ UCLA Baseball (@UCLABaseball) May 19, 2026 Itโd be no surprise if Cholowsky went first overall in this summerโs MLB Draft, with the shortstop batting . 330 this season with 21 home runs and 59 runs batted in. For his UCLA career, Cholowsky owns a .