Golden Spikes Award

The Golden Spikes Award is awarded annually to the best amateur baseball player. It is awarded by USA Baseball and sponsored by the Major League Baseball Players Association. Though the award can be presented to any amateur player, it has always been given to a college baseball player.

[edit] Past winners

Year	Name	School
1978	Bob Horner	Arizona State
1979	Tim Wallach	Cal State Fullerton
1980	Terry Francona	Arizona
1981	Mike Fuentes	Florida State
1982	Augie Schmidt	New Orleans
1983	Dave Magadan	Alabama
1984	Oddibe McDowell	Arizona State
1985	Will Clark	Mississippi State
1986	Mike Loynd	Florida State
1987	Jim Abbott	Michigan
1988	Robin Ventura	Oklahoma State
1989	Ben McDonald	Louisiana State University
1990	Alex Fernández	Miami-Dade Community College
1991	Mike Kelly	Arizona State
1992	Phil Nevin	Cal State Fullerton
1993	Darren Dreifort	Wichita State
1994	Jason Varitek	Georgia Tech
1995	Mark Kotsay	Cal State Fullerton
1996	Travis Lee	San Diego State
1997	J. D. Drew	Florida State
1998	Pat Burrell	University of Miami
1999	Jason Jennings	Baylor
2000	Kip Bouknight	South Carolina
2001	Mark Prior	Southern California
2002	Khalil Greene	Clemson University
2003	Rickie Weeks	Southern University
2004	Jered Weaver	Long Beach State
2005	Alex Gordon	University of Nebraska
2006	Tim Lincecum	University of Washington
2007	David Price	Vanderbilt University