RJ Austin Named to Preseason Golden Spikes Watchlist: The Anchor, February 8, 2025

Yesterday, it was announced that Vanderbilt Baseball's RJ Austin has been named to the 2025 preseason Golden Spikes Award watchlist.

The Golden Spikes Award is given to the best player in college baseball throughout the course of the entire season. The 5-foot-11 Austin, who lists as a utility player on the official roster, comes into his junior season with plenty of MLB draft hype around him.

Austin led the team in batting average last season hitting .335 with 54 RBIs on 81 hits and swpied 28 stolen bases. He was named to the midseason Golden Spikes award watchlist in 2024, but just missed out on the award as it went to Charlie Condon of Georgia.

Today’s Commodores Schedule

Women's Track and Field: East Coast Invitational
Bowling: Storm Flyer Classic | 9:25 a.m.
Lacrosse: Vanderbilt @ Cincinnati | 11 a.m. | Live Stats
Men's Basketball: Vanderbilt vs. Texas | 12 p.m. | Live Stats

Yesterday’s Commodores Results

Men's Tennis: Vanderbilt 5, Northwestern 2

Did You Notice?

Vanderbilt Volleyball announced a four game spring schedule featuring several high level opponents.

March 7 vs. Tennessee at Brentwood High School in Nashville
March 28 vs. Louisville in Elizabethtown, Ky.
April 4 at Lipscomb
April 12 vs. Purdue in Indianapolis

Vanderbilt quarterback Diego Pavia took to social media to show off the hardware he earned this season. Pavia's social media post featured two different plaques from the SEC for earning Offensive Player of the Week.