Golden Spikes Award Watch List
The 2026 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List is as follows:
| First Name | Last Name | Position | Year | School | Conference |
| Jarren | Advincula | INF | Junior | Georgia Tech | ACC |
| Brady | Ballinger | INF | Junior | Kansas | Big 12 |
| Trey | Beard | LHP | Junior | Florida State | ACC |
| Eric | Becker | INF | Junior | Virginia | ACC |
| Tyler | Bell | INF | Sophomore | Kentucky | SEC |
| Carson | Bolemon | LHP/INF | Senior (HS) | Southside Christian (HS) | |
| Coleman | Borthwick | RHP/INF | Senior (HS) | South Walton (HS) | |
| Drew | Burress | OF | Junior | Georgia Tech | ACC |
| Roch | Cholowsky | INF | Junior | UCLA | Big Ten |
| Derek | Curiel | OF | Sophomore | LSU | SEC |
| Daniel | Cuvet | INF | Junior | Miami | ACC |
| Jason | DeCaro | RHP | Junior | North Carolina | ACC |
| Evan | Dempsey | RHP/OF | Junior | FGCU | ASUN |
| Hunter | Elliott | LHP | R-Junior | Ole Miss | SEC |
| Grady | Emerson | INF | Senior (HS) | Fort Worth Christian (HS) | |
| Casan | Evans | RHP | Sophomore | LSU | SEC |
| Harrison | Feinberg | OF | R-Senior | Northeastern | CAA |
| Jackson | Flora | RHP | Junior | UC Santa Barbara | Big West |
| Cameron | Flukey | RHP | Junior | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt |
| Henry | Ford | INF/OF | Junior | Tennessee | SEC |
| Gabe | Gaeckle | RHP | Junior | Arkansas | SEC |
| Gavin | Gallaher | INF | Junior | North Carolina | ACC |
| AJ | Gracia | OF | Junior | Virginia | ACC |
| Chris | Hacopian | INF | Junior | Texas A&M | SEC |
| Jake | Hanley | INF | Sophomore | Indiana | Big Ten |
| Ryder | Helfrick | C | Junior | Arkansas | SEC |
| Aidan | King | RHP | Sophomore | Florida | SEC |
| Ethan | Kleinschmit | LHP | Junior | Oregon State | Pac-12 |
| Aidan | Knaak | RHP | Junior | Clemson | ACC |
| Vahn | Lackey | C/INF | Junior | Georgia Tech | ACC |
| Tommy | LaPour | RHP | Junior | TCU | Big 12 |
| Justin | Lebron | INF | Junior | Alabama | SEC |
| Mulivai | Levu | INF | Junior | UCLA | Big Ten |
| Kade | Lewis | INF | Junior | Wake Forest | ACC |
| Jacob | Lombard | INF | Senior (HS) | Gulliver Schools (HS) | |
| Maddox | Molony | INF | Junior | Oregon | Big Ten |
| Lucas | Moore | OF | Junior | Louisville | ACC |
| Blake | Morningstar | RHP | Junior | Wake Forest | ACC |
| Ethan | Norby | LHP | Junior | East Carolina | American |
| Jack | Ohman | RHP | Sophomore | Yale | Ivy League |
| Ricky | Ojeda | LHP | Junior | UC Irvine | Big West |
| Liam | Peterson | RHP | Junior | Florida | SEC |
| Tony | Pluta | RHP | Senior | Arizona | Big 12 |
| Ace | Reese | INF | Junior | Mississippi State | SEC |
| Chris | Rembert | INF/OF | Sophomore | Auburn | SEC |
| Gio | Rojas | LHP/UTL | Senior (HS) | Stoneman Douglas (HS) | |
| Zion | Rose | OF | Junior | Louisville | ACC |
| Sawyer | Solitaria | UTL | Sophomore | Kent State | Mid-American |
| Caden | Sorrell | OF | Junior | Texas A&M | SEC |
| Sawyer | Strosnider | OF | Sophomore | TCU | Big 12 |
| Carson | Tinney | C | Junior | Texas | SEC |
| Dylan | Volantis | LHP | Sophomore | Texas | SEC |
| Mackenzie | Wainwright | OF | Junior | Lenoir-Rhyne | SAC |
| Dax | Whitney | RHP | Sophomore | Oregon State | Pac-12 |
| Andrew | Williamson | OF | Junior | UCF | Big 12 |
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