Golden Spikes Award

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". Along with the Dick Howser Trophy, the Golden Spikes Award is considered the most prestigious in amateur baseball.

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. In that same year, he was the first overall MLB draft pick and proceeded to win the Rookie of the Year Award. Seven Golden Spikes Award winners went on to become the first overall MLB draft pick. Only Horner achieved the MLB Rookie of the Year Award in the same year (although Jason Jennings and Buster Posey were voted the top rookies of the National League several years after winning the Golden Spikes Award). Jim Abbott, Jered Weaver and Tim Lincecum are the only award winners to pitch an MLB no-hitter, 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. The most recent recipient of the award is Wehiwa Aloy of the Arkansas Razorbacks. Although it can be given to any amateur player, the award has always been given to a college baseball player.

Winners

Year	Player	Position	School	*Italics*	^	§
Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year
Name of the player
The player's position(s) at the time he won the award
The player's college when he won the award
Player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year
Player won the Rookie of the Year Award
Player also won the Dick Howser Trophy in the same year
Member of the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Player is active

Year	Player	Position	School	Ref.	**	**	**	**	**	**	^	**	Not awarded	Dylan Crews	Charlie Condon	Wehiwa Aloy
	3B	Arizona State
	3B	Cal State Fullerton
	1B	Arizona
	OF	Florida State
	SS	New Orleans
	3B	Alabama
	OF	Arizona State
	1B	Mississippi State
	P	Florida State
	P	Michigan
	3B	Oklahoma State
	P	LSU
	P	Miami-Dade Community College
	OF	Arizona State
	3B	Cal State Fullerton
	P	Wichita State	title=Shocks' Dreifort chosen for Golden Spikes award	url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZiMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WeYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3673,3808011&dq=golden+spikes+award&hl=en	date=October 28, 1993	page=4C	access-date=August 5, 2012	agency=Associated Press	newspaper=Lawrence Journal-World	archive-date=January 9, 2016	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160109082656/https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZiMyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WeYFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3673,3808011&dq=golden+spikes+award&hl=en	url-status=live}}
	C	Georgia Tech
	OF	Cal State Fullerton
	1B	San Diego State
	OF	Florida State
	3B	Miami (FL)
	P	Baylor
	P	South Carolina
	P	Southern California
	SS	Clemson
	2B	Southern
	P	Long Beach State	title=Programs & Events – Golden Spikes – Jered Weaver wins 2004 Golden Spikes Award	url=http://mlb.mlb.com/pa/programs/spikes.jsp	access-date=August 6, 2012	work=MLB Players Association	publisher=MLB Advanced Media	archive-date=July 26, 2014	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140726232601/http://mlb.mlb.com/pa/programs/spikes.jsp	url-status=live}}
	3B	Nebraska	title=Nebraska's Gordon wins Golden Spikes Award	url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/baseball/2005-06-24-golden-spikes-award_x.htm	date=June 24, 2005	access-date=August 6, 2012	agency=Associated Press	newspaper=USA Today}}
	P	Washington
	P	Vanderbilt
	C	Florida State
	P	San Diego State
	C/OF	College of Southern Nevada
	P	UCLA
	C	Florida	last=Finkelstein	first=Zachary	date=July 6, 2012	title=Zunino named Golden Spikes Award winner	url=http://seattle.mariners.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20120706&content_id=34593510&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425173413/http://m.mlb.com/news/article/34593510	archive-date=2016-04-25	work=MLB.com}}
	3B	San Diego	title=San Diego's Bryant wins 36th Golden Spikes Award as nation's best player	url=https://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2013-07-20/san-diegos-bryant-wins-36th-golden-spikes-award-nations-best-player	date=July 20, 2013	access-date=August 11, 2013	work=USA Baseball	publisher=NCAA.com	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130908002258/http://www.ncaa.com/news/baseball/article/2013-07-20/san-diegos-bryant-wins-36th-golden-spikes-award-nations-best-player	archive-date=2013-09-08	url-status=dead}}
	1B/P	Kentucky	url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/astros-prospect-aj-reed-wins-golden-spikes-award?ymd=20140717&content_id=85006888&vkey=news_mlb	title=Astros' prospect Reed wins Golden Spikes Award	first=Spencer	last=Fordin	website=MLB.com	date=July 17, 2014	access-date=July 22, 2014}}
	OF	Arkansas	title=Benintendi wins Golden Spikes Award	url=http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jun/23/benintendi-wins-golden-spikes-award/?breaking	date=June 23, 2015	access-date=June 23, 2015	work=USA Baseball	publisher=NCAA.com	archive-date=July 30, 2018	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180730140434/http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2015/jun/23/benintendi-wins-golden-spikes-award/?breaking	url-status=live}}
	OF	Mercer	title=Mercer's Kyle Lewis wins the Golden Spikes Award	url=http://web.usabaseball.com/article.jsp?ymd=20140508&content_id=187148296&vkey=news_gsa	date=June 30, 2016	access-date=July 21, 2016	work=USA Baseball	publisher=NCAA.com	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160707231752/http://web.usabaseball.com/article.jsp?ymd=20140508&content_id=187148296&vkey=news_gsa	archive-date=July 7, 2016}}
	1B / P	Louisville	url=http://web.usabaseball.com/article.jsp?ymd=20170629&content_id=239476650&vkey=news_gsa	title=Louisville's Brendan McKay Wins 2017 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award	publisher=USA Baseball	date=June 29, 2017	access-date=July 2, 2017	url-status=dead	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630121932/http://web.usabaseball.com/article.jsp?ymd=20170629&content_id=239476650&vkey=news_gsa	archive-date=June 30, 2017 }}
	1B	California	url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/collegesports/article/Andrew-Vaughn-becomes-Cal-s-first-ever-Golden-13035508.php	title=Andrew Vaughn becomes Cal's first Golden Spikes winner	date=2018-06-29	work=SFChronicle.com	access-date=2018-06-29	language=en-US	archive-date=2018-06-30	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630024752/https://www.sfchronicle.com/collegesports/article/Andrew-Vaughn-becomes-Cal-s-first-ever-Golden-13035508.php	url-status=live}}
	C	Oregon State	url=https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2019/06/oregon-states-adley-rutschman-claims-the-2019-golden-spikes-award-nations-top-individual-honor-for-amateur-baseball.html	title=Oregon State's Adley Rutschman claims the 2019 Golden Spikes Award, nation's top individual honor for amateur baseball	author=Nick Daschel	date=June 14, 2019	publisher=The Oregonian	work=www.oregonlive.com	access-date=June 15, 2019	archive-date=June 24, 2021	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201603/https://www.oregonlive.com/beavers/2019/06/oregon-states-adley-rutschman-claims-the-2019-golden-spikes-award-nations-top-individual-honor-for-amateur-baseball.html	url-status=live}}
			url=https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/usa-baseball-will-not-name-2020-golden-spikes-award-winner/	title=USA Baseball Will Not Name 2020 Golden Spikes Award Winner	last=Collazo	first=Carlos	date=April 14, 2020	work=Baseball America	access-date=April 15, 2020	archive-date=April 16, 2020	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416080945/https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/usa-baseball-will-not-name-2020-golden-spikes-award-winner/	url-status=live}}
	P	Arkansas	url=https://www.fox16.com/sports/local-sports/kevin-kopps-wins-2021-golden-spikes-award/	title=Kevin Kopps Wins 2021 Golden Spikes Award	work=KLRT - FOX16.com	date=15 July 2021	access-date=15 July 2021	archive-date=15 July 2021	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210715231211/https://www.fox16.com/sports/local-sports/kevin-kopps-wins-2021-golden-spikes-award/	url-status=live}}
	1B	Texas
	OF	LSU
	1B/OF	Georgia
	SS	Arkansas