Alabama Shortstop Justin Lebron Features on Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List

USA Baseball announced the midseason watchlist for the Golden Spikes Award, bestowed to the best player in amateur baseball, on Thursday. Sophomore Alabama shortstop Justin Lebron was one of 45 players to be recognized.

Lebron has already eclipsed his home run total from last season, with 13 through 30 games. He's currently batting .342 with 23 extra-base hits and 53 runs batted in. He leads the entire country in RBIs. His defensive range and arm are of the premium-grade variety.

The full Golden Spikes Midseason Watch List can be seen below, courtesy of USA Baseball. Lebron is not the only Southeastern Conference shortstop who was included. Alabama's Dave Magadan won the Golden Spikes in 1983. The Crimson Tide made it to the College World Series that year.

Magadan is, to date, the only Alabama player in program history to win the award. He posted an otherworldly .525 batting average during the campaign.

Wehiwa Aloy - JR - SS - Arkansas - SEC
Kade Anderson - SO - LHP - LSU - SEC
Jamie Arnold - JR - LHP - Florida State - ACC
Aiva Arquette - JR - SS - Oregon State - Pac-12
Max Bayles - JR - RHP - Santa Clara - WCC
Trey Beard - SO - LHP - Florida Atlantic - American
Tyler Bremner - JR - RHP - UC Santa Barbara - Big West
Drew Burress - SO - OF - Georgia Tech - ACC
Alex Calarco - SR - C - Maryland - Big Ten
Cam Cannarella - JR - OF - Clemson - ACC
Roch Cholowsky - SO - SS - UCLA - Big Ten
Ethan Conrad - JR - OF - Wake Forest - ACC
Korbyn Dickerson - SO - CF - Indiana - Big Ten
Liam Doyle - JR - RHP - Tennessee - SEC
Joseph Dzierwa - JR - LHP - Michigan State - Big Ten
Hunter Elliott - R-JR - LHP - Ole Miss - SEC
Patrick Forbes - JR - RHP - Louisville - ACC
Dominic Fritton - JR - LHP - NC State - ACC
Seth Hernandez - SR - RHP/INF - Corona HS (CA)
Ethan Holliday - SR - INF - Stillwater HS (OK)
Marek Houston - JR - SS - Wake Forest - ACC
Grant Jay - JR - CF - Dallas Baptist - C-USA
Jared Jones - JR - 1B - LSU - SEC
Gavin Kilen - JR - 2B - Tennessee - SEC
Aidan Knaak - SO - RHP - Clemson - ACC
Jace LaViolette - JR - OF - Texas A&M - SEC
Justin Lebron - SO - SS - Alabama - SEC
Logan Lunceford - JR - RHP - Wake Forest - ACC
Maximus Martin - JR - SS - Kansas State - Big 12
Wes Mendes - SO - LHP - Florida State - ACC
Mason Neville - JR - CF - Oregon - Big Ten
Adam Paniagua - SR - C - Regis University (DII) - RMAC
Liam Peterson - SO - RHP - Florida - SEC
Ethan Petry - JR - 1B - South Carolina - SEC
Marcus Phillips - JR - RHP - Tennessee - SEC
Ryan Prager - R-JR - LHP - Texas A&M - SEC
James Quinn-Irons - JR - CF - George Mason - Atlantic 10
Nolan Schubart - JR - OF - Oklahoma State - Big 12
Luke Stevenson - SO - C - North Carolina - ACC
Brendan Summerhill - JR - OF - Arizona - Big 12
Devin Taylor - JR - OF - Indiana - Big Ten
Joey Volini - R-JR - LHP - Florida State - ACC
Ryan Wideman - JR - CF - Western Kentucky - C-USA
Kyson Witherspoon - JR - RHP - Oklahoma - SEC
Ryland Zaborowski - GR - 1B - Georgia - SEC

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