05/28/2024
2022 Legion Baseball player of year named semifinalist for Golden Spikes Award
The American Legion
MAY 21, 2024
The 2022 American Legion Baseball George W. Rulon Player of the Year is a semifinalist for the Golden Spikes Award.
Brooks Bryan, a catcher for Troy University, is among 25 semifinalists for the Golden Spikes Award, presented annually to the top college baseball player in the nation.
Fan voting is available at GoldenSpikesAward.com through June 3. Finalists will be announced June 5, with fan voting open again June 5-21. The Golden Spikes Award will be presented June 22 on ESPN before Game 1 of the College World Series finals.
Bryan, who in 2022 helped lead Troy (Ala.) Post 70 to the state’s first American Legion World Series championship since 1967, leads the Trojans with 17 home runs and a .599 slugging percentage entering this week’s Sun Belt Conference tournament. He has a school record 82 RBIs this season, which is third nationally. Bryan had a 14-game RBI streak from April 13 through May 4, with 30 RBIs during that streak. Primarily a catcher, he was named first-team All-Sun Belt on Monday.