Georgia’s Charlie Condon was selected the winner of the Golden Spikes Award on Saturday as the country’s top amateur baseball player.
Condon, who last week won the Dick Howser Trophy as college baseball’s national player of the year, sits atop the NCAA leaderboard in most major offensive categories. His 37 home runs were the most since Lance Berkman hit 41 for Rice in 1997. He also led the nation in batting average (.433), slugging percentage (1.009), total bases (233) and OPS (1.565).
The Southeastern Conference player of the year also ranked in the top six nationally in on-base percentage (.556) and runs scored (84).
Condon was the fifth Golden Spikes finalist in Georgia program history and the school’s first winner. He’s the 11th winner from the Southeastern Conference, most of any conference.
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