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Nolan McLean
Cowboy Baseball Duo Lands On Golden Spikes Watch List
February 10, 2023 | Cowboy Baseball
CARY, N.C. – Oklahoma State's Nolan McLean and Juaron Watts-Brown have been named to the 2023 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List.
The Cowboy duo is on a list that includes 55 athletes from high school and college baseball; the Golden Spikes Award is presented annually to the nation's top amateur baseball player.
McLean was an All-American as a sophomore in 2022 after starring as a two-way player, and he spurned professional baseball to return to Stillwater after being selected in the third round of last year's Major League Baseball Draft by the Baltimore Orioles.
McLean slugged a team-high 19 home runs last season and hit .285 with 16 doubles and 47 RBIs while spending the majority of his time at third base.
On the mound, McLean made 23 relief appearances and posted a 2-1 record and five saves while recording 39 strikeouts in 25 1/3 innings.
In 102 career games in an OSU uniform, McLean has 27 home runs and 26 doubles while posting a .277 batting average and 67 RBIs.
Watts-Brown transferred to OSU after earning Freshman All-America honors at Long Beach State last season. The right-handed pitcher went 4-4 with a 3.68 ERA in 15 appearances, including 12 starts, for the Dirtbags and racked up 111 strikeouts in 73 1/3 innings.
During the month of May, Watts-Brown went 3-0 with a 1.64 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 33 innings, and he posted double-digit strikeout games in four of his last five starts of the season.
Watts-Brown's first collegiate season also saw him toss the first complete game no-hitter in LBSU history, and he set the school record for strikeouts per nine innings in a season with 13.62.
The Cowboy duo is on a list that includes 55 athletes from high school and college baseball; the Golden Spikes Award is presented annually to the nation's top amateur baseball player.
McLean was an All-American as a sophomore in 2022 after starring as a two-way player, and he spurned professional baseball to return to Stillwater after being selected in the third round of last year's Major League Baseball Draft by the Baltimore Orioles.
McLean slugged a team-high 19 home runs last season and hit .285 with 16 doubles and 47 RBIs while spending the majority of his time at third base.
On the mound, McLean made 23 relief appearances and posted a 2-1 record and five saves while recording 39 strikeouts in 25 1/3 innings.
In 102 career games in an OSU uniform, McLean has 27 home runs and 26 doubles while posting a .277 batting average and 67 RBIs.
Watts-Brown transferred to OSU after earning Freshman All-America honors at Long Beach State last season. The right-handed pitcher went 4-4 with a 3.68 ERA in 15 appearances, including 12 starts, for the Dirtbags and racked up 111 strikeouts in 73 1/3 innings.
During the month of May, Watts-Brown went 3-0 with a 1.64 ERA and 55 strikeouts in 33 innings, and he posted double-digit strikeout games in four of his last five starts of the season.
Watts-Brown's first collegiate season also saw him toss the first complete game no-hitter in LBSU history, and he set the school record for strikeouts per nine innings in a season with 13.62.
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