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Carson Benge & Nolan Schubart
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Cowboy Baseball Duo Named To Golden Spikes List
February 09, 2024 | Cowboy Baseball
CARY, N.C. – Oklahoma State's Carson Benge and Nolan Schubart are two of 55 players on the 2024 Golden Spikes Award Preseason Watch List it was announced today by USA Baseball.
The list includes both high school and college players for the award that is presented to the best amateur baseball player in the nation.
Benge and Schubart will be vying to become the second Golden Spikes Award winner in OSU Baseball history, joining Robin Ventura, who won award in 1988.
A two-way standout, Benge was a Freshman All-American and All-Big 12 First Team performer in his first collegiate season in 2023, and he was also a semifinalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award. The outfielder led the Cowboys with a .345 batting average to go along with seven home runs, 17 doubles and 43 RBIs. On the mound, the right-hander made 10 starts and was 2-2 with a 6.69 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 35 innings of work.
Schubart is coming off a standout season in which he earned multiple All-America and Freshman All-America honors and was the Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year and an All-Big 12 First Team honoree.
An outfielder, Schubart posted a .338 batting average and a team-high 20 doubles and added 17 home runs and 74 RBIs. Among all NCAA Division I freshmen in 2023, Schubart ranked second in RBIs, third in doubles, sixth in total bases (144), walks (43) and slugging percentage (.667) and seventh in homers.
OSU opens the season with a weekend series at Sam Houston beginning Feb. 16.
The list includes both high school and college players for the award that is presented to the best amateur baseball player in the nation.
Benge and Schubart will be vying to become the second Golden Spikes Award winner in OSU Baseball history, joining Robin Ventura, who won award in 1988.
A two-way standout, Benge was a Freshman All-American and All-Big 12 First Team performer in his first collegiate season in 2023, and he was also a semifinalist for the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year Award. The outfielder led the Cowboys with a .345 batting average to go along with seven home runs, 17 doubles and 43 RBIs. On the mound, the right-hander made 10 starts and was 2-2 with a 6.69 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 35 innings of work.
Schubart is coming off a standout season in which he earned multiple All-America and Freshman All-America honors and was the Big 12 Co-Freshman of the Year and an All-Big 12 First Team honoree.
An outfielder, Schubart posted a .338 batting average and a team-high 20 doubles and added 17 home runs and 74 RBIs. Among all NCAA Division I freshmen in 2023, Schubart ranked second in RBIs, third in doubles, sixth in total bases (144), walks (43) and slugging percentage (.667) and seventh in homers.
OSU opens the season with a weekend series at Sam Houston beginning Feb. 16.
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