AUSTIN, Texas – No. 16 Texas Baseball's Lebarron Johnson Jr. is one of 55 players named to the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List, the organization announced Friday. The Golden Spikes Award is given annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country.
Johnson, who was also named the Big 12 Preseason Pitcher of the Year, finished last season with an 8-4 record and a 2.91 ERA, highlighted by a one-run shutout of Miami in the second game of the NCAA Coral Gables Regional. The economics major held opponents to a .