DURHAM, N.C. – USA Baseball has named Duke junior left-hander Graeme Stinson to its 55-player preseason Golden Spikes Award watch list as announced by the organization Thursday afternoon. The award, which recognizes the top amateur baseball player in the country, will be presented in partnership with the Rod Dedeaux Foundation on June 14.
“We are pleased to announce the fifty-five athletes who have been selected to the Preseason Watch List for the forty-second annual Golden Spikes Award,” said Paul Seiler, Executive Director/CEO of USA Baseball. “The athletes who make up this year’s initial watch list span multiple schools and divisions of amateur baseball and, for the first time since 2001, includes the reigning Golden Spikes Award winner.