The Golden Spikes Award is bestowed annually to the best amateur baseball player in the United States. The award, created by USA Baseball and sponsored by the Major League Baseball Players Association, was first presented in 1978. It is given to an amateur player who best exhibits and combines "exceptional on-field ability and exemplary sportsmanship".
Ten winners of the Golden Spikes Award are members of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame, including Bob Horner, the inaugural winner in 1978. Seven Golden Spikes Award winners went on to become the first overall MLB draft pick. while Horner is the only one to hit four home runs in one MLB game. Furthermore, 17 players won the Dick Howser Trophy (considered to be the Heisman Trophy of college baseball) alongside the Golden Spikes Award. No player has won the award more than once, and no Golden Spikes recipient has yet been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
The winner has been announced annually during a live broadcast of ESPN's SportsCenter since 2014. Immediately following the announcement, the award winner and the other finalists are honored at a banquet in Los Angeles.|alt=Tim Lincecum, wearing a black baseball cap and grey baseball uniform with the words SAN FRANCISCO across, delivers a pitch]]
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|Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
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|Name of the player
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|The player's position(s) at the time he won the award
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|The player's college when he won the award
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|Player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year
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|Player won the Rookie of the Year Award
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|Player also won the Dick Howser Trophy in the same year
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|Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
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|Player is active
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|+Winners
!scope="col"|Year
!scope="col"|Player
!scope="col"|Position
!scope="col"|School
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|3B
|Arizona State
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|SS
|New Orleans
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|1B
|Mississippi State
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|3B
|Oklahoma State
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|P
|LSU
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|P
|Miami-Dade Community College
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|C
|Georgia Tech
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|OF
|Florida State
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|3B
|Miami (FL)
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|P
|Baylor
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|SS
|Clemson
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|3B
|Nebraska
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|P
|Washington
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|P
|Vanderbilt
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|C
|Florida State
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|P
|San Diego State
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|C/OF
|College of Southern Nevada
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|P
|UCLA
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|C
|Florida
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|3B
|San Diego
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|1B/P
|Kentucky
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|OF
|Arkansas
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|OF
|Mercer
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|1B / P
|Louisville
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|1B
|California
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|C
|Oregon State
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|P
|Arkansas
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|1B
|Texas
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|Dylan Crews
|OF
|LSU
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|Charlie Condon
|1B/OF
|Georgia
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!scope="row" style="text-align:center; background:#cfecec;"|Wehiwa Aloy
|SS
|Arkansas
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Winners by School
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+Winners
!scope="col"|School
!scope="col"|Amount
!scope="col"|Most Recent
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|Alabama
|1
|1983
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|Arizona
|1
|1980
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|Arizona State
|3
|1991
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|Arkansas
|3
|2025
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|Baylor
|1
|1999
|-
|-
|Cal State Fullerton
|3
|1995
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|California
|1
|2018
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|Clemson
|1
|2002
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|Florida
|1
|2012
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|Florida State
|4
|2008
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|Georgia
|1
|2024
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|Georgia Tech
|1
|1994
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|Kentucky
|1
|2014
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|Long Beach State
|1
|2004
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|Louisville
|1
|2017
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|LSU
|2
|2023
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|Mercer
|1
|2016
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|Miami (FL)
|1
|1998
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|Miami-Dade College
|1
|1990
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|Michigan
|1
|1987
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|Mississippi State
|1
|1985
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|Nebraska
|1
|2005
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|New Orleans
|1
|1982
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|Oklahoma State
|1
|1988
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|Oregon State
|1
|2019
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|San Diego
|1
|2013
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|San Diego State
|2
|2009
|-
|South Carolina
|1
|2000
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|Southern
|1
|2003
|-
|USC
|1
|2001
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|Southern Nevada
|1
|2010
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|Texas
|1
|2022
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|UCLA
|1
|2011
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|Vanderbilt
|1
|2007
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|Washington
|1
|2006
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|Wichita State
|1
|1993
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See also
- List of college baseball awards
Notes
References
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