PROVIDENCE, R.I. - ECU's Jake Agnos and Tulane’s Kody Hoese have been named to the 40-man midseason Golden Spikes Award Watch List, USA Baseball announced Wednesday afternoon.
Agnos has started eight games posting a 4-2 record with a conference-high 69 strikeouts in 45.2 innings. He has allowed 17 runs (14 earned) on 39 hits while sporting a 2.76 ERA.
The Haymarket, Va., native has earned two American Pitcher of the week accolades. Agnos, who has tallied four quality starts, has worked into the sixth inning five times and the seventh on three occasions. He has registered seven-plus strikeouts in seven consecutive games heading into No. 8 ECU's weekend series at No. 1 UCLA and has tallied double-digit punch outs three times. Agnos leads The American in Ks Per 9 Innings (13.60) and total strikeouts (69), which also ranks 12th and 13th nationally.
Hoese was named National Hitter of the Week by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA) on April 9 and is the reigning American Player of the Week. On the year, Hoese leads The American in batting average (.410), hits (57), runs scored (43), home runs (17), RBIs (43), total bases (120) and slugging percentage (.863). His 120 total bases and 17 home runs lead the nation this season. Hoese has had 16 multi-hit and 13 multi-RBI games this year and has reached safely in 25-consecutive contests.
On Wednesday, May 15, USA Baseball will announce the semifinalists for the 2019 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 40 of the previous winners of the award, representing a group of more than 200 voters. As part of this selection process, all voters will be asked to choose three players from the list of semifinalists. On May 29, 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 2019. 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 42nd Golden Spikes Award will be named on Friday, June 14.
USA Baseball has partnered with the Rod Dedeaux Foundation to host the Golden Spikes Award since 2013. The Foundation was formed to honor legendary University of Southern California and USA Baseball Olympic team coach, Rod Dedeaux, and supports youth baseball and softball programs in underserved communities throughout Southern California.
The anticipated time line for the 2019 Golden Spikes Award announcements is as follows:
Wednesday, May 15: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists announced, voting begins
Sunday, May 26: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award semifinalists voting ends
Wednesday, May 29: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists announced, voting begins
Monday, June 10: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award finalists voting ends
Friday, June 14: USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award trophy presentation