Nick Madrigal and Luke Heimlich Named To Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List

Wednesday afternoon, USA Baseball announced the forty players being considered for the Golden Spikes Award. For the college baseball newbies, it’s more or less the Heisman of NCAA baseball. Included on that list were Beavs’ pitcher Luke Heimlich and shortstop Nick Madrigal.

Heimlich is currently 5th in the nation in ERA (0.77) with 63 strikeouts on the year and ranks 9th in the nation hits allowed Per nine innings with 4.91. Madrigal is batting .392 with 11 doubles, one triple, three homers and 19 RBIs.

Other teams with two players named to the list include North Carolina, Texas, LSU, Virginia, and Auburn. The Pac-12 has five players total on the list.

Of players named to the list, Oregon State has defeated one (JJ Matijevic of Arizona) and has one remaining on the schedule. That matchup will be against Oregon Ducks pitcher David Peterson, on May 11th or 12th, depending on what they do with their rotation between now and then.

Here’s the complete list of players named, in alphabetical order:

Tyler Adkinson, Jr., OF, San Diego State

Joey Bart, So., C, Georgia Tech

J.B. Bukauskas, Jr., P, North Carolina

Jake Burger, Jr., IF, Missouri St.

Griffin Canning, Jr., P, UCLA

Morgan Cooper, Jr., P, Texas

Alex Cunningham, Sr., P, Coastal Carolina

Greg Deichmann, Jr., OF, LSU

Alex Faedo, Jr., P, Florida

Ben Fisher, Sr., IF, Eastern Kentucky

Steven Gingery, So., P, Texas Tech

Dre Gleason, Sr., IF, Austin Peay

Adam Haseley, Jr., OF/P, Virginia

Luke Heimlich, Jr., P, Oregon State

Keston Hiura, Jr., IF/OF, UC Irvine

Tyler Holton, So., P, Florida State

Tanner Houck, Jr., P, Missouri

Marshall Kasowski, Jr., P, West Texas A&M

Jeren Kendall, Jr., OF, Vanderbilt

Nolan Kingham, So., RHP, Texas

Blaine Knight, So., P, Arkansas

Gunner Leger, Jr., P, Louisiana Lafayette

Nick Madrigal, So., IF, Oregon State

J.J. Matijevic, Jr., IF, Arizona

Brendan McKay, Jr., IF/P, Louisville

Kevin Merrell, Jr., IF/OF, South Florida

Casey Mize, So., P, Auburn

Eli Morgan, Jr., P, Gonzaga

David Peterson, Jr., P, Oregon

Jared Poche, Sr., P, LSU

Brent Rooker, Jr., OF, Mississippi State

Jake Scheiner, Jr., IF, Houston

Clarke Schmidt, Jr., P, South Carolina

JP Sears, Jr., P, Citadel

Danny Sexton, Jr., LHP, Wright State

Brian Shaffer, Jr., P, Maryland

Pavin Smith, Jr., IF/OF, Virginia

Keegan Thompson, Jr., P, Auburn

Logan Warmoth, Jr., IF, North Carolina

Evan White, Jr., IF, Kentucky

USA Baseball will announce the semifinalists for the 2017 Golden Spikes Award on May 31st.