Brendan McKay, J.B. Bukauskas Headline Golden Spikes Watch List
| Name, Year, Position, School | |||
| Tyler Adkinson, Jr., OF, San Diego State | Blaine Knight, So., P, Arkansas | ||
| Joey Bart, So., C, Georgia Tech | Gunner Leger, Jr., P, Louisiana Lafayette | ||
| J.B. Bukauskas, Jr., P, North Carolina | Nick Madrigal, So., IF, Oregon State | ||
| Jake Burger, Jr., IF, Missouri St. | J.J. Matijevic, Jr., IF, Arizona | ||
| Griffin Canning, Jr., P, UCLA | Brendan McKay, Jr., IF/P, Louisville | ||
| Morgan Cooper, Jr., P, Texas | Kevin Merrell, Jr., IF/OF, South Florida | ||
| Alex Cunningham, Sr., P, Coastal Carolina | Casey Mize, So., P, Auburn | ||
| Greg Deichmann, Jr., OF, LSU | Eli Morgan, Jr., P, Gonzaga | ||
| Alex Faedo, Jr., P, Florida | David Peterson, Jr., P, Oregon | ||
| Ben Fisher, Sr., IF, Eastern Kentucky | Jared Poche, Sr., P, LSU | ||
| Steven Gingery, So., P, Texas Tech | Brent Rooker, Jr., OF, Mississippi State | ||
| Dre Gleason, Sr., IF, Austin Peay | Jake Scheiner, Jr., IF, Houston | ||
| Adam Haseley, Jr., OF/P, Virginia | Clarke Schmidt, Jr., P, South Carolina | ||
| Luke Heimlich, Jr., P, Oregon State | JP Sears, Jr., P, Citadel | ||
| Keston Hiura, Jr., IF/OF, UC Irvine | Danny Sexton, Jr., LHP, Wright State | ||
| Tyler Holton, So., P, Florida State | Brian Shaffer, Jr., P, Maryland | ||
| Tanner Houck, Jr., P, Missouri | Pavin Smith, Jr., IF/OF, Virginia | ||
| Marshall Kasowski, Jr., P, West Texas A&M | Keegan Thompson, Jr., P, Auburn | ||
| Jeren Kendall, Jr., OF, Vanderbilt | Logan Warmoth, Jr., IF, North Carolina | ||
| Nolan Kingham, So., RHP, Texas | Evan White, Jr., IF, Kentucky | ||
Louisville two-way star Brendan McKay and North Carolina fireballer J.B. Bukauskas headline the 40-player midseason Golden Spikes Award watchlist unveiled Wednesday by USA Baseball.
The award will be presented on June 29 in Los Angeles.
The list is a rolling one, allowing the Golden Spikes Award Advisory Board to add and subtract before semifinalists are named on May 31.
Auburn, LSU, North Carolina, Oregon State, Texas and Virginia each landed two athletes on the midseason watch list.
“The 2017 Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list highlights the depth of elite amateur talent across the entire country,” USA Baseball CEO and executive director Paul Seiler said in a statement. “These 40 athletes have performed at an elevated level and deserve to be honored at this point of their baseball seasons.”
McKay ranks second on the Top 100 Draft Prospects list, and Bukauskas ranks third. McKay was a semifinalist in both 2015 and ’16. Also named to the midseason watch list for the second straight year were Jake Burger (junior, if, Missouri State), Adam Haseley (junior, lhp/of, Virginia), Keston Hiura (junior, if/of, UC Irvine), Jeren Kendall (junior, of, Vanderbilt) and Clarke Schmidt (junior, rhp, South Carolina).
Kyle Lewis, the College Player of the Year last season, was the Golden Spikes winner in 2016.
Once semifinalists are identified, fans can vote online at GoldenSpikesAward.com from May 31-June 9. On June 14, USA Baseball will announce the finalists for the award, and fan voting will once again commence that same day. Fan voting for the finalists will end on June 23.
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