Every year, USA Baseball awards one standout amateur baseball player with the Golden Spikes Award. The hype begins early, as USA Baseball announced its 2025 Preseason Watch List this past weekend. And needless to say, it’s a loaded list.

The Preseason Watch List includes some familiar names, including 2024 standouts Jace LaViolette, Cam Cannarella, Jamie Arnold, Tyler Bremner, and Wehiwa Aloy. All are expected to be 2025 first-round picks.

Arguably the most notable is LaViolette, a pure plus power hitter who cracked 29 home runs and is a key reason why the Aggies will start the season first in the nation.

Arnold, meanwhile, is likely the best pitcher available this summer, thanks to an impressive arsenal and deceptive delivery.

There are some names who college fans got awfully familiar with in 2024. Former Marist star Ethan Conrad is an impressive power hitter in his own right, and will look to replace some big shoes with Wake Forest. Conrad, like the other names mentioned above, is a probable Day 1 pick in Georgia.

Sophomores Jason DeCaro (North Carolina), Daniel Cuvet (Miami), AJ Gracia (Duke), and Drew Burress are also present on the Watch List.

The list also includes three high schoolers: Kayson Cunningham, Seth Hernandez, and Ethan Holliday.

Holliday is on the short-list for potential players who could go to Washington first overall in July, thanks to an impressive skillset and bloodlines. Ethan is the younger brother of Jackson Holliday and son of Matt Holliday.

Here’s a look at the full list of 2025 Golden Spikes Preseason Watch List players:

Name	School	Year	Position	Conference
Ben Abeldt	TCU	JR	LHP	Big 12
Wehiwa Aloy	Arkansas	JR	SS	SEC
Jamie Arnold	Florida State	JR	LHP	ACC
Aiva Arquette	Oregon State	JR	SS	Pac 12
RJ Austin	Vanderbilt	JR	UTL	SEC
Max Belyeu	Texas	JR	OF	SEC
Evan Blanco	Virginia	JR	LHP	ACC
Caden Bodine	Coastal Carolina	JR	C	Sun Belt
Tyler Bremner	UC Santa Barbara	JR	RHP	Big West
Brooks Bryan	Troy	JR	C	Sun Belt
Drew Burress	Georgia Tech	SO	OF	ACC
Easton Carmichael	Oklahoma	JR	C	SEC
Eric Colaco	Denison (DIII)	SR	OF	NCAC
Brandon Compton	Arizona State	R-SO	OF	Big 12
Cam Cannarella	Clemson	JR	OF	ACC
Ethan Conrad	Wake Forest	JR	OF	ACC
Kayson Cunningham	Johnson HS (TX)	SR	SS	N/A
Dean Curley	Tennessee	SO	SS	SEC
Daniel Cuvet	Miami	SO	3B	ACC
Jason DeCaro	North Carolina	SO	RHP	ACC
Harrison Didawick	Virginia	JR	OF	ACC
Nick Dumesnil	Cal Baptist	JR	OF	WAC
Jalin Flores	Texas	JR	INF	SEC
Henry Ford	Virginia	SO	1B	ACC
Gabe Gaeckle	Arkansas	SO	RHP	SEC
AJ Gracia	Duke	SO	OF	ACC
Gavin Grahovac	Texas A&M	SO	UTL	SEC
Grayson Grinsell	Oregon	JR	LHP	Big Ten
Seth Hernandez	Corona HS (CA)	SR	RHP/INF	N/A
Ethan Holliday	Stillwater HS (OK)	SR	INF	N/A
Marek Houston	Wake Forest	JR	SS	ACC
Ike Irish	Auburn	JR	C	SEC
Ben Jacobs	Arizona State	JR	LHP	Big 12
Kyle Johnson	Duke	SO	UTL	ACC
Jared Jones	LSU	JR	1B	SEC
Alex Lane	Northeastern	GR	1B/OF	CAA
Jace LaViolette	Texas A&M	JR	OF	SEC
Justin Lebron	Alabama	SO	SS	SEC
Anthony Martinez	UC Irvine	JR	1B	Big West
Mason McConnaughey	Nebraska	JR	RHP	Big Ten
Ethan Petry	South Carolina	JR	OF	SEC
Tre Phelps	Georgia	SO	INF	SEC
Dennis Pierce	East Stroudsburg (DII)	S-SR	UTL	PSAC
Ryan Prager	Texas A&M	R-JR	LHO	SEC
Zion Rose	Louisville	SO	OF	ACC
Nolan Schubart	Oklahoma State	JR	OF	Big 12
Austin Smith	San Diego	SR	LHP/OF/DH	West Coast
Kolten Smith	Georgia	JR	RHP	SEC
Luke Stevenson	North Carolina	SO	C	ACC
Brendan Summerhill	Arizona	JR	OF	Big 12
Devin Taylor	Indiana	JR	OF	Big Ten
Tanner Thach	UNCW	JR	1B	CAA
Gavin Turley	Oregon State	JR	OF	Pac 12
Kyle Walker	Arizona State	R-JR	2B	Big 12
Kyson Witherspoon	Oklahoma	JR	RHP	SEC

Last season, Georgia standout Charlie Condon won the Golden Spikes Award.