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Patrick Bailey Earns Spot On Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List
2/13/2020 3:35:00 PM | Baseball
DURHAM, N.C. – For the second consecutive season, NC State baseball's Patrick Bailey has earned a spot on the Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List, as announced on Thursday afternoon.
USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award recognizes the nation's top amateur baseball player. The 43rd Golden Spikes Award will be presented on June 11 in Omaha, Neb.
The preseason watch list features 55 players, as 18 different collegiate athletic conferences are represented on the list.
This is the fourth-straight season that the program has had at least one player represented on either the preseason watch list, midseason watch list or list of semifinalists.
Bailey has recently been tabbed a consensus preseason All-American after earning the distinction from Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, DI Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game. He additionally has been named one of the top 50 prospected for the 2020 MLB Draft by MLB Pipeline.
Last year, the Greensboro, N.C. native started 60 games behind the plate, compiling a .288 clip with 68 hits, 17 doubles, 10 homers and a .513 slugging percentage. Defensively, he committed just five errors in 476 chances for a .989 fielding percentage, and threw out 33 percent of base runners attempting to swipe a bag.
Thanks to a strong 2019 campaign, he was named a Buster Posey Award Semifinalist, awarded to the top collegiate catcher of the year, and spent the summer with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. Additionally, he was an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-Region honoree, First Team All-ACC selection and Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American.
2020 Golden Spikes Award Timeline
Feb. 14: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award fan nominations begin
April 6: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award fan nominations end
April 9: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list announced
May 14: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists announced, fan voting begins
May 24: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists fan voting ends
May 28: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists announced, fan voting begins
June 7: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists fan voting ends
June 11: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award trophy presentation
About The Golden Spikes Award
Since 1978, USA Baseball has honored the top amateur baseball player in the nation with the Golden Spikes Award. The award is given each year to the player who best exhibits exceptional on-field ability and exemplary sportsmanship. In 2019, Oregon State's Adley Rutschman won the prestigious award in a presentation on ESPN's Baseball Tonight. Past winners also 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), David Price (2007), Buster Posey (2008), Stephen Strasburg (2009), Bryce Harper (2010), Trevor Bauer (2011), Mike Zunino (2012), Kris Bryant (2013), A.J. Reed (2014), Andrew Benintendi (2015) Kyle Lewis (2016), Brendan McKay (2017) and Andrew Vaughn (2018).
About USA Baseball
USA Baseball is the national governing body for the sport of baseball in the United States and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The organization selects and trains the World Baseball Classic, Olympic, Premier12 and Pan Am teams (and all other USA Baseball Professional Teams); the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team; the USA Baseball 18U, 15U and 12U National Teams; and the USA Baseball Women's National Team, all of which participate in various international competitions each year. The organization is responsible for the continued proliferation and health of the sport and leads a number of amateur initiatives including PLAYBALL and Pitch Smart. USA Baseball also presents the Golden Spikes Award annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country. For more information, please visit the organization's official websites: USABaseball.com, USABaseball.Education, PLAYBALL.org, PitchSmart.org, GoldenSpikesAward.com and USABaseballShop.com.
USA Baseball's Golden Spikes Award recognizes the nation's top amateur baseball player. The 43rd Golden Spikes Award will be presented on June 11 in Omaha, Neb.
The preseason watch list features 55 players, as 18 different collegiate athletic conferences are represented on the list.
This is the fourth-straight season that the program has had at least one player represented on either the preseason watch list, midseason watch list or list of semifinalists.
Bailey has recently been tabbed a consensus preseason All-American after earning the distinction from Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, DI Baseball, NCBWA and Perfect Game. He additionally has been named one of the top 50 prospected for the 2020 MLB Draft by MLB Pipeline.
Last year, the Greensboro, N.C. native started 60 games behind the plate, compiling a .288 clip with 68 hits, 17 doubles, 10 homers and a .513 slugging percentage. Defensively, he committed just five errors in 476 chances for a .989 fielding percentage, and threw out 33 percent of base runners attempting to swipe a bag.
Thanks to a strong 2019 campaign, he was named a Buster Posey Award Semifinalist, awarded to the top collegiate catcher of the year, and spent the summer with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team. Additionally, he was an American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) All-Region honoree, First Team All-ACC selection and Collegiate Baseball Third Team All-American.
2020 Golden Spikes Award Timeline
Feb. 14: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award fan nominations begin
April 6: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award fan nominations end
April 9: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list announced
May 14: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists announced, fan voting begins
May 24: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists fan voting ends
May 28: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists announced, fan voting begins
June 7: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists fan voting ends
June 11: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award trophy presentation
About The Golden Spikes Award
Since 1978, USA Baseball has honored the top amateur baseball player in the nation with the Golden Spikes Award. The award is given each year to the player who best exhibits exceptional on-field ability and exemplary sportsmanship. In 2019, Oregon State's Adley Rutschman won the prestigious award in a presentation on ESPN's Baseball Tonight. Past winners also 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), David Price (2007), Buster Posey (2008), Stephen Strasburg (2009), Bryce Harper (2010), Trevor Bauer (2011), Mike Zunino (2012), Kris Bryant (2013), A.J. Reed (2014), Andrew Benintendi (2015) Kyle Lewis (2016), Brendan McKay (2017) and Andrew Vaughn (2018).
About USA Baseball
USA Baseball is the national governing body for the sport of baseball in the United States and is a member of the United States Olympic Committee and the World Baseball Softball Confederation. The organization selects and trains the World Baseball Classic, Olympic, Premier12 and Pan Am teams (and all other USA Baseball Professional Teams); the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team; the USA Baseball 18U, 15U and 12U National Teams; and the USA Baseball Women's National Team, all of which participate in various international competitions each year. The organization is responsible for the continued proliferation and health of the sport and leads a number of amateur initiatives including PLAYBALL and Pitch Smart. USA Baseball also presents the Golden Spikes Award annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country. For more information, please visit the organization's official websites: USABaseball.com, USABaseball.Education, PLAYBALL.org, PitchSmart.org, GoldenSpikesAward.com and USABaseballShop.com.
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