Taylor, Dickerson Make Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List
4/3/2025 3:00:00 PM | Baseball
CARY, N.C. – Halfway through the 2025 season, the Indiana Baseball team has two of the top-45 amateur baseball players in the country. Outfielders Devin Taylor and Korbyn Dickerson were listed on the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List, as announced by USA Baseball on Thursday (April 3) afternoon. The award is handed out annually to the best player in college baseball.
Taylor was on the original preseason list and is now joined by his outfielder counterpart, Dickerson. The two have combined for 23 home runs, 87 hits, 72 runs, 12 doubles and 79 RBIs through the first 29 games of the season. Both players have started all 29 games and have hit back-to-back in the order since the second weekend of the year.
After playing two seasons at Louisville, Dickerson made the jump into the transfer portal and landed in IU's program with head coach Jeff Mercer. He's completely taken off this season, turning into one of the leading candidates for Big Ten Player of the Year. Dickerson has the joint Big Ten lead in home runs (13) this season and is also top three in the conference in hits (45), RBIs (46) and runs scored (37).
Taylor – an All-American last season – is on pace to earn All-American honors again in 2025. He's recorded his third-straight season with 10 home runs and is two blasts away from breaking the program record. He's been a hit man at the plate with 42 base knocks. He also has the joint lead in the conference with 28 walks.
IU last had players on the Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List in 2014 when Kyle Schwarber and Sam Travis both made the in-season update. Schwarber was picked in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft while Travis went on to be named Big Ten Player of the Year in the same season.
The award will name semifinalists on May 18th following the end of the regular season. They will cut down to a group of finalists before naming the winner of the award during the 2025 Men's College World Series.
Taylor was on the original preseason list and is now joined by his outfielder counterpart, Dickerson. The two have combined for 23 home runs, 87 hits, 72 runs, 12 doubles and 79 RBIs through the first 29 games of the season. Both players have started all 29 games and have hit back-to-back in the order since the second weekend of the year.
After playing two seasons at Louisville, Dickerson made the jump into the transfer portal and landed in IU's program with head coach Jeff Mercer. He's completely taken off this season, turning into one of the leading candidates for Big Ten Player of the Year. Dickerson has the joint Big Ten lead in home runs (13) this season and is also top three in the conference in hits (45), RBIs (46) and runs scored (37).
Taylor – an All-American last season – is on pace to earn All-American honors again in 2025. He's recorded his third-straight season with 10 home runs and is two blasts away from breaking the program record. He's been a hit man at the plate with 42 base knocks. He also has the joint lead in the conference with 28 walks.
IU last had players on the Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List in 2014 when Kyle Schwarber and Sam Travis both made the in-season update. Schwarber was picked in the first round of the 2014 MLB Draft while Travis went on to be named Big Ten Player of the Year in the same season.
The award will name semifinalists on May 18th following the end of the regular season. They will cut down to a group of finalists before naming the winner of the award during the 2025 Men's College World Series.
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