University of Tennessee Athletics
Tennessee Trio Named to Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
April 05, 2022 | Baseball
CARY, N.C. – Tennessee baseball had a program-record three players named to the 2022 Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list, which was released by USA Baseball on Tuesday afternoon. The award is presented annually to the top amateur baseball player in the country.
The Vols' entire weekend pitching rotation of Chase Burns, Chase Dollander and Drew Beam were named to the 45-player list of the nation's top amateur players from the high school and college ranks.
Of the 34 schools that had at least one player make the list, Tennessee, Texas and Vanderbilt tied for the most with three each.
The UT trio has been nothing short of spectacular as we've reached the midway point of the season, combining for a perfect 17-0 record and 1.52 ERA in 118.1 innings pitched.
Beam and Burns are both tied for first nationally with six victories this season and rank first and second, respectively, in the SEC in opponent batting average. Beam leads the conference and ranks fourth nationally in ERA (0.88), whole Burns ranks third in the SEC and 13th nationally at 1.15.
Dollander is right behind Beam and Burns in wins with five and leads the SEC in strikeouts with 60. His 14.09 strikeouts per nine innings rank 12th in the country. Dollander and Beam have both been named the SEC Pitcher of the Week already this season while Burns was named the conference's freshman of the week on March 28 following an 11-strikeout performance at then No. 1 Ole Miss.
 The complete 2022 Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list can be found at GoldenSpikesAward.com.
Per USA Baseball's Release:
On Tuesday, May 24, USA Baseball will announce the semifinalists for the 2022 Golden Spikes Award. The list of semifinalists will then be sent to a voting body consisting of baseball media members, select professional baseball personnel, current USA Baseball staff and the previous winners of the award, representing a group of more than 150 voters. As part of this selection process, all voters will be asked to choose three players from the list of semifinalists. On June 8, USA Baseball will announce the finalists, and voting for the winner will begin that same day.
Fan voting will once again be a part of the Golden Spikes Award in 2022. Beginning with the semifinalist announcement and continuing through the finalist round voting deadline, fans from across the country will be able to vote for their favorite player on GoldenSpikesAward.com.
The winner of the 44th Golden Spikes Award will be named on Friday, June 24, on ESPN. To stay up-to-date on the 2022 Golden Spikes Award visit GoldenSpikesAward.com and follow @USAGoldenSpikes on Twitter and Instagram.
The 2022 Golden Spikes Award timeline:
The Vols' entire weekend pitching rotation of Chase Burns, Chase Dollander and Drew Beam were named to the 45-player list of the nation's top amateur players from the high school and college ranks.
Of the 34 schools that had at least one player make the list, Tennessee, Texas and Vanderbilt tied for the most with three each.
The UT trio has been nothing short of spectacular as we've reached the midway point of the season, combining for a perfect 17-0 record and 1.52 ERA in 118.1 innings pitched.
Beam and Burns are both tied for first nationally with six victories this season and rank first and second, respectively, in the SEC in opponent batting average. Beam leads the conference and ranks fourth nationally in ERA (0.88), whole Burns ranks third in the SEC and 13th nationally at 1.15.
Dollander is right behind Beam and Burns in wins with five and leads the SEC in strikeouts with 60. His 14.09 strikeouts per nine innings rank 12th in the country. Dollander and Beam have both been named the SEC Pitcher of the Week already this season while Burns was named the conference's freshman of the week on March 28 following an 11-strikeout performance at then No. 1 Ole Miss.
 The complete 2022 Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list can be found at GoldenSpikesAward.com.
Per USA Baseball's Release:
On Tuesday, May 24, USA Baseball will announce the semifinalists for the 2022 Golden Spikes Award. The list of semifinalists will then be sent to a voting body consisting of baseball media members, select professional baseball personnel, current USA Baseball staff and the previous winners of the award, representing a group of more than 150 voters. As part of this selection process, all voters will be asked to choose three players from the list of semifinalists. On June 8, USA Baseball will announce the finalists, and voting for the winner will begin that same day.
Fan voting will once again be a part of the Golden Spikes Award in 2022. Beginning with the semifinalist announcement and continuing through the finalist round voting deadline, fans from across the country will be able to vote for their favorite player on GoldenSpikesAward.com.
The winner of the 44th Golden Spikes Award will be named on Friday, June 24, on ESPN. To stay up-to-date on the 2022 Golden Spikes Award visit GoldenSpikesAward.com and follow @USAGoldenSpikes on Twitter and Instagram.
The 2022 Golden Spikes Award timeline:
- May 24: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists announced, voting begins
- June 6: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists voting ends
- June 8: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists announced, voting begins
- June 14: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists voting ends
- June 24: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award trophy presentation
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