Prevost Named to Golden Spikes Watch List
5/16/2014 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
May 16, 2014
DURHAM, N.C. - Senior Josh Prevost (Belle Mead, N.J.) was named to USA Baseball's 2014 Golden Spikes Award watch list. The prestigious award is given annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country.
The Seton Hall ace is one of just 30 players on the list and is the only representative of the BIG EAST Conference.
The watch list will continue to be a "rolling" list until the semifinalists for the award are announced on May 27, ensuring that athletes can play themselves into consideration for the award. The Golden Spikes Award trophy will be awarded live in Los Angeles on July 17.
USA Baseball officials will announce the list of semifinalists for the 2014 Golden Spikes Award on Tuesday, May 27. The list of athletes will then be sent to a voting body consisting of Golden Spikes Award winners, past USA Baseball National Team coaches and press officers, members of media that closely follow the amateur game, select professional baseball personnel, and current USA Baseball staff, representing a group of more than 200 voters in total.
Fan voting will once again be a part of the Golden Spikes Award in 2014. Tuesday, May 27 marks the day when amateur baseball fans from across the country will be able to vote for their favorite semifinalist on GoldenSpikesAward.com. As part of this selection process all voters will be asked to choose three players from the list of names.
Prevost is in the midst of a historically successful season for the Pirates. The 6-foot-8 right-hander is currently 11-2 with a 1.76 ERA in 13 starts this season. Prevost has been named BIG EAST Pitcher of the Week a conference-high six times and earned placement on the BIG EAST Weekly Honor Roll three times. He currently leads the conference in wins, earned run average, opponent batting average, innings pitched, strikeouts and complete games.
Prevost was recently named Seton Hall's Senior Male Athlete of the Year and earned placement on the College Baseball Hall of Fame's National Pitcher of the Year watch list.
Last year, University of San Diego infielder, Kris Bryant, took home the prestigious award, joining a group of recent winners that includes Mike Zunino (2012), Trevor Bauer (2011), Bryce Harper (2010), Stephen Strasburg (2009) and Buster Posey (2008).
Other past winners of the Golden Spikes Award include Terry Francona (1980), Will Clark (1985), Robin Ventura (1988), Jason Varitek (1994), J.D. Drew (1997), Mark Prior (2001), Jered Weaver (2004), Tim Lincecum (2006) and David Price (2007).
