Only one of those players, however, has brought home college baseball's most coveted award -- the Golden Spikes. That honor belongs to the Hispanic Titanic. Mr. Melendez himself received the honor following his historic 2022 season,

USA Baseball today announced the preseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award presented by Chinook Seedery, beginning the process of identifying the best amateur baseball player in the nation for the 2025 season.

Alabama Crimson Tide starting shortstop Justin Lebron was named to the 2025 Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list on Friday.

LSU junior first baseman Jared Jones was named Friday by USA Baseball to the 2025 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List. The Golden Spikes

The pursuit of college baseball’s most prestigious individual award will not include one Oregon State Beavers player. It will include two. Outfielder Gavin Turley and shortstop Aiva Arquette have been named to the preseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award,

1. Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M: LaViolette, a first-team All-American in 2024, is a projected top-three pick in the MLB Draft this summer and is the leader of the top-ranked team in the preseason. He checks a lot of boxes for a Golden Spikes Award winner.

Aloy, also named to last year’s preseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award, started all 60 games at shortstop for the Razorbacks in 2024, his first season at Arkansas after transferring from Sacramento State.

The three Cavaliers on the GSA preseason watch list are the most for Virginia since 2008.

Outfielder Harrison Didawick tied the Virginia single-season home run record with 23 and the school mark for runs in a season with 78 last season.