ANAHEIM, CA. – USA Baseball announced Tuesday the selection of Southern Nevada’s Bryce Harper as the recipient of the 2010 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award (GSA). This year marks the 33rd consecutive year that the Golden Spikes Award has been presented to the nation’s premier amateur baseball player. In partnership with Major League Baseball...
A few weeks removed from college baseball players again dominating the selections in the 2016 Major League Draft, there once more is a significant college baseball influence among the Major League All-Star selections. Of the 79 total players who were selected for the 2016 All-Star Game (including nine who are replacement players), there are five more (29) that played college baseball...
A few weeks after college baseball players dominated the selections in the 2015 Major League Draft, there once again is a predominance of college baseball influence among the 2015 Major League All-Star selections. Of the 76 total players who were selected for the 2015 All-Star Game (including six who are replacement players), nearly twice as many (41) played college...
Thirty New Players Added… DURHAM, N.C. — USA Baseball released its 60-man midseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List on Tuesday, bringing the organization one step closer to naming the top amateur baseball player in the country. The Watch List will continue to be a “rolling” list until May 29 — when the final 30...
50 Players Receive Preseason Recognition… DURHAM, N.C. — USA Baseball announced its preseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List on Thursday, marking the organization’s first step toward identifying the top amateur baseball player in the country. Sponsored by Major League Baseball, the Golden Spikes Award will be presented in 2012 for the 35th time. The...
Here’s a look at some noteworthy players with college connections and other things going on in the world of college baseball… The Ax Man Cometh… If you have spent any time watching the MLB Playoffs, Baseball Tonight or the MLB Network this season you have likely heard the incredible story about how Milwaukee’s John...
NEW YORK – UCLA junior right-hander Trevor Bauer earned the 2011 Golden Spikes Award, as presented by USA Baseball on Friday evening during a live television program in MLB Network’s studios. Bauer becomes the first player in UCLA history to earn the Golden Spikes Award, which has honored the top amateur baseball player in...
#1 Pick Harper Heads List Of Signees… It came right down to the wire, but number one overall MLB draft pick Bryce Harper signed his first professional contract with the Washington Nationals just before the deadline late Monday night. The 17-year-old junior college player inked a five year contract worth a reported $9.9 million,...
Nine College Players Among Unsigned First Rounders… The countdown is on for big league teams to sign players who were selected in the 2010 MLB Draft. With the deadline Monday night at midnight E.T. (officially 12:01 am Tuesday, August 17), 17 first round draft picks remain unsigned. Nine of those 17 are college baseball...
Juco Coach Moves To D1 Ranks… LAS VEGAS – Tim Chambers has been named the sixth UNLV head baseball coach in history, Director of Athletics Jim Livengood announced Friday. One of the country’s most successful baseball mentors at the high school, American Legion and then junior college levels over the past two decades, Chambers...