Tuesday February 10, 2015
Courtesy of TheACC.com
LINK: TEN PLAYERS NAMED TO GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD WATCH LIST
GREENSBORO, N.C. – Ten ACC baseball players have been named to the 50-man preseason USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award watch list, announced Tuesday.
The league is represented on the watch list by Boston College’s Chris Shaw, Clemson’s Steven Duggar, Duke’s Michael Matuella, Florida State’s DJ Stewart, Louisville’s Kyle Funkhouser, Miami’s Zack Collins and Andrew Suarez, North Carolina’s Trent Thornton, and Virginia’s Nathan Kirby and Brandon Waddell.
ACC players have previously won the award four times: Georgia Tech’s Jason Varitek (1994), Florida State’s J.D. Drew (1997), Clemson’s Khalil Greene (2002), and Florida State’s Buster Posey (2008).
The preseason watch list features 50 of the nation’s top amateur players, and will be a “rolling” list until May 22 — when the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists are announced — ensuring that athletes can play themselves into consideration for the award throughout the collegiate and high school seasons.
On April 9, USA Baseball will release its 60-man midseason watch list, shaped by the Golden Spikes Award committee. On May 22, USA Baseball will announce the semifinalists for the 2015 Golden Spikes Award. The semifinalists list will be sent to a voting body consisting of past USA Baseball National Team coaches and press officers, members of the media that follow the amateur game closely, select professional baseball personnel, current USA Baseball staff and the 37 previous winners of the award, representing a group of more than 200 voters.
Fan voting will once again be a part of the Golden Spikes Award in 2015. Friday, May 22, marks the day when amateur baseball fans across the country will be able to vote for their favorite semifinalists at GoldenSpikesAward.com. As part of this selection process, all voters will be asked to choose three players from the list. On Tuesday, June 3, USA Baseball will announce the finalists, and voting will once again commence that same day.
The 2015 Golden Spikes Award winner will be named on Tuesday, June 23, at a presentation in Los Angeles. The finalists and their families will be honored at the Rod Dedeaux Foundation Dinner that evening at the Jonathan Club in downtown Los Angeles.
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