Posted: Jun 20, 2016
The 2016 recipients of the NJCAA Baseball Marucci Elite Hitter Award have been released by the NJCAA. Selections – based on the highest batting average in each district were made by each division's respective sport committee.
| 2016 MARUCCI NJCAA DIVISION I BASEBALL ELITE HITTERS | |||||||
| DISTRICT | REGION(S) | PLAYER | COLLEGE | POS | CLASS | AVG | |
| Central | 6 | Brylie Ware | Neosho County (KS) |
3B | Fr. | .560 | |
| East Central | 7, 17 | Brandon Melendez | Chattanooga State (TN) |
2B | So. | .451 | |
| Eastern | 10, 15, 20 | Manuel Mesa | ASA New York | OF | So. | .491 | |
| Gulf | 8 | Rhett Aplin | Seminole State (FL) | DH | So. | .443 | |
| Northern | 4, 11, 24 | Jared Gates | Iowa Western | 2B | So. | .437 | |
| South Central | 2, 16, 23 | Cameron Warren | Seminole State (OK) | DH | So. | .470 | |
| Southeastern | 22 | Will Campbell | Chattahoochee Valley, AL |
OF | So. | .438 | |
| Southern | 14 | Austin Sojka | Panola (TX) |
3B | So. | .464 | |
| Southwestern | 5 | Hosea Nelson | Clarendon (TX) |
OF | So. | .531 | |
| Western | 1, 9, 18 | Caleb Henderson | Central Arizona | DH | So. | .431 | |