Indiana University Athletics
Devin Taylor Selected to 2024 Golden Spikes Preseason Watch List
2/9/2024 2:05:00 PM | Baseball
CARY, N.C. – Sophomore outfielder Devin Taylor was named to the 55-man preseason watch list for the 2024 Golden Spikes Award, as announced by USA Baseball on Friday (Feb. 9) afternoon.
The Golden Spikes, the premier individual award in college baseball, selects the best player in college baseball each year. Previous winners include World Series Champions and MVP's such as Buster Posey and Kris Bryant.
Taylor, a unanimous pick for Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year among the major outlets, broke onto the scenes as a freshman last season in Bloomington.
The Cincinnati, Ohio native hit .315 with 16 home runs and 59 RBI's enroute to becoming the third player in program history to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year. He set the freshman RBI record at IU and finished second in home runs as a freshman, only behind teammate Carter Mathison (19; 2022).
Taylor will help anchor an impressive collection of talent in the IU lineup that also features juniors Mathison, Brock Tibbitts, Nick Mitchell and Josh Pyne. He and Iowa pitcher Brody Brecht were the only Big Ten players selected to the initial 55-person list.
The Golden Spikes Award will continue to monitor the talent in college baseball throughout the year and will reveal a midseason watch list in April before announcing semifinalists in May and finalists in June.
Taylor is the sixth Hoosier to make the Golden Spikes Preseason Watch List and the first since IU's dynamic duo of Kyle Schwarber and Sam Travis in 2014.
IU begins its 2024 campaign a week from today (Feb. 16) against No. 12 Duke in the "Baseball at the Beach" event in Conway, S.C.
The Golden Spikes, the premier individual award in college baseball, selects the best player in college baseball each year. Previous winners include World Series Champions and MVP's such as Buster Posey and Kris Bryant.
Taylor, a unanimous pick for Big Ten Preseason Player of the Year among the major outlets, broke onto the scenes as a freshman last season in Bloomington.
The Cincinnati, Ohio native hit .315 with 16 home runs and 59 RBI's enroute to becoming the third player in program history to be named Big Ten Freshman of the Year. He set the freshman RBI record at IU and finished second in home runs as a freshman, only behind teammate Carter Mathison (19; 2022).
Taylor will help anchor an impressive collection of talent in the IU lineup that also features juniors Mathison, Brock Tibbitts, Nick Mitchell and Josh Pyne. He and Iowa pitcher Brody Brecht were the only Big Ten players selected to the initial 55-person list.
The Golden Spikes Award will continue to monitor the talent in college baseball throughout the year and will reveal a midseason watch list in April before announcing semifinalists in May and finalists in June.
Taylor is the sixth Hoosier to make the Golden Spikes Preseason Watch List and the first since IU's dynamic duo of Kyle Schwarber and Sam Travis in 2014.
IU begins its 2024 campaign a week from today (Feb. 16) against No. 12 Duke in the "Baseball at the Beach" event in Conway, S.C.
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