Anthony Chiusano | NCAA.com | July 19, 2022

Former college baseball players who have won the MLB Home Run Derby

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Only 13 collegiate stars have gone on to take first place in the MLB Home Run Derby since the All-Star weekend event was introduced in 1985. The most recent to do so was Florida product Pete Alonso, who won the 2021 event at Coors Field in Denver with the New York Mets. It was his second consecutive derby win, becoming the first former college baseball player to achieve the feat.

Before Alonso, only two MLB players in history had successfully defended their Home Run Derby title — Ken Griffey Jr. (1998-99) and Yoenis Cespedes (2013-14).

Let's take a look back at the complete list of former college baseball players to lift the trophy:

YEAR	PLAYER	MLB TEAM	COLLEGE	CAREER MLB HRS	CAREER NCAA HRS
1986	Wally Joyner*	California Angels	BYU (1981-83)	204	43
1987	Andre Dawson	Chicago Cubs	Florida A&M (1973-75)	438	Stats N/A
1992	Mark McGwire	Oakland Athletics	USC (1982-84)	583	53
1995	Frank Thomas	Chicago White Sox	Auburn (1987-89)	521	49
1996	Barry Bonds	San Francisco Giants	Arizona State (1983-85)	762	45
1997	Tino Martinez	New York Yankees	Tampa (1986-88)	339	54
2001	Luis Gonzalez	Arizona Diamondbacks	South Alabama (1987-88)	354	23
2002	Jason Giambi	New York Yankees	Long Beach State (1990-92)	440	1992 stats N/A
2006	Ryan Howard	Philadelphia Phillies	Missouri State (1998-01)	382	50
2015	Todd Frazier	Cincinnati Reds	Rutgers (2005-07)	218	42
2017	Aaron Judge	New York Yankees	Fresno State (2011-13)	191**	18
2018	Bryce Harper	Washington Nationals	College of Southern Nevada (NJCAA)# (2010)	282**	31
2019, 2021	Pete Alonso	New York Mets	Florida (2014-16)	130**	23

#Junior College
*Denotes that player was a co-winner
** Denotes active total

That's 12 different winners spread out across nine different conferences and two divisions in the NCAA — Dawson played for Florida A&M back when the Rattlers played in Division II — with another from junior college (Harper). The only two NCAA conferences with more than one representative is the Pac-12 (McGwire, Bonds) and the SEC (Frank Thomas and Pete Alonso).