SEC lands 16 players on 2023 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List

USA Baseball is out with its 2023 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List, and the SEC is well represented.

There are 16 players from the SEC on the 45-player list, which was announced on Wednesday. The SEC leads all conferences with the number of representatives, followed by the ACC with 7 and the Pac-12 with 4.

LSU and Wake Forest, the nation’s consensus top two ranked teams, each have 3 players to lead all programs.

The list also features 8 schools with two players: Florida, Grand Canyon, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Stanford, Tennessee, Vanderbilt, and Virginia.

The 2023 list features 7 players from last season’s Midseason Watch List, including Dylan Crews (LSU), who is appearing on his fifth Golden Spikes Award watch list overall. Additionally, Enrique Bradfield Jr. (Vanderbilt), Chase Burns (Tennessee) and Chase Dollander (Tennessee) all made the cut.

Tommy White (LSU) is another 2022 semifinalist who made his way to the 2023 midseason list. Paul Skenes (LSU), a semifinalist in 2021, also earned a spot on this year’s midseason list.

Here’s the full list:

A complete list of the 45-player 2023 USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List is as follows:

Name; Position; School; Conference
Kris Armstrong; INF; Jacksonville; ASUN
Enrique Bradfield Jr.; OF; Vanderbilt; SEC
Brody Brecht; RHP; Iowa; Big Ten
Chase Burns; RHP; Tennessee; SEC
Homer Bush Jr.; OF; Grand Canyon; WAC
Jac Caglianone; LHP/1B; Florida; SEC
Ryan Campos; C; Arizona State; Pac-12
Gavin Casas; 1B; South Carolina; SEC
Brady Cerkownyk; C; Connors State; Region 2
Max Clark; INF; Franklin High School
Charlie Condon; 1B/OF; Georgia; SEC
Jacob Cozart; C; NC State; ACC
Dylan Crews; OF; LSU; SEC
Chase Davis; OF; Arizona; Pac-12
Chase Dollander; RHP; Tennessee; SEC
Mitch Farris; LHP; Wingate; South Atlantic
Cam Fisher; OF; Charlotte; C-USA
Jake Gelof; INF/OF; Virginia; ACC
Jacob Gonzalez; INF; Ole Miss; SEC
Mike Gutierrez; LHP; UC-Santa Barbara; Big West
Hunter Haas; INF; Texas A&M; SEC
Tanner Hall; RHP; Southern Miss; Sun Belt
Josh Hartle; LHP; Wake Forest; ACC
Hunter Hollan; LHP; Arkansas; SEC
Carter Holton; LHP; Vanderbilt; SEC
Walker Jenkins; OF; South Brunswick High School
Rhett Lowder; RHP; Wake Forest; ACC
Nolan McLean; RHP/OF/INF; Oklahoma State; Big 12
Noble Meyer; RHP; Jesuit High School
Braden Montgomery; RHP/OF; Stanford; Pac-12
Yohandy Morales; INF; Miami; ACC
Ethan Petry; OF; South Carolina; SEC
Josh Rivera; INF; Florida; SEC
Nolan Schanuel; INF/OF; FAU; C-USA
Nolan Schubart; OF/1B; Oklahoma State; Big 12
Paul Skenes; RHP; LSU; SEC
Sean Sullivan; LHP; Wake Forest; ACC
Kyle Teel; C/INF; Virginia; ACC
Tommy Troy; INF/OF; Stanford; Pac-12
Brock Vradenburg; INF; Michigan State; Big Ten
Bryson Ware; INF/OF; Auburn; SEC
JJ Wetherholt; INF; West Virginia; Big 12
Tommy White; 3B; LSU; SEC
Jacob Wilson; INF; Grand Canyon; WAC
Trey Yesavage; RHP; East Carolina; AAC

Keith Farner

A former newspaper veteran, Keith Farner is a news manager for Saturday Down South.