Tennessee's Dean Curley has made the Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List. The Tennessee Volunteers are coming off of a historic season as they claimed the 2024 national title. The baseball program was littered with MLB talent in both the pitching staff and the batting lineup.

USA Baseball announced its Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List on Feb. 7, giving fans something to chew on as they await Division I college baseball’s Opening Day this Friday, Feb. 14. The watch list,

USA Baseball today announced the preseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award presented by Chinook Seedery, beginning the process of identifying the best amateur baseball player in the nation for the 2025 season.

South Carolina Gamecocks' Ethan Petry was included on the Golden Spikes Award watch list. The South Carolina Gamecocks start their college baseball season this week against Sacred Heart on Feb 14. The Gamecocks are coming off of a season in which they were a first-round exit in the postseason.

1. Jace LaViolette, OF, Texas A&M: LaViolette, a first-team All-American in 2024, is a projected top-three pick in the MLB Draft this summer and is the leader of the top-ranked team in the preseason. He checks a lot of boxes for a Golden Spikes Award winner.

LSU junior first baseman Jared Jones was named Friday by USA Baseball to the 2025 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List. The Golden Spikes

Alabama Crimson Tide starting shortstop Justin Lebron was named to the 2025 Golden Spikes Award preseason watch list on Friday.

Aloy, also named to last year’s preseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award, started all 60 games at shortstop for the Razorbacks in 2024, his first season at Arkansas after transferring from Sacramento State.