Auburn first baseman named to Golden Spikes award watchlist
An Auburn baseball player has been named to the Golden Spikes Award watchlist.
Sonny DiChiara, the first baseman for the Tigers and a recent transfer from Samford, has been named as one of 45 players on the midseason watchlist for the award, which is awarded to the best amateur player in baseball across both high school and college by USA Baseball. DiChiara is one of 11 SEC baseball players named to the watchlist.
DiChiara is certainly one to watch. He currently leads the country in batting average (.461) and on-base percentage (.616) and is second in slugging percentage (.921). His on-base percentage is 25 points higher than anyone else in the country. He also leads the team in home runs and is tied for first on the team in doubles.
Sonny's put himself in 𝗘𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘 company.
2016: @_agrier10
2017: @Casey_Mize, @kthompson_71
2018: @Casey_Mize
2019: @TannerBurns_7
2022: @SonnyDichiara #WarEagle | @USAGoldenSpikes— Auburn Baseball (@AuburnBaseball) April 5, 2022
He’s the sixth player since 2016 to make the midseason watchlist as an Auburn Tiger, the most recent one being pitcher former Auburn pitcher and current Cleveland Guardians player Tanner Burns.
With DiChiara’s streak of hot play, Auburn baseball has started the season 19-9 overall and 5-4 in conference play. The Tigers are currently coming off an in-conference series win against LSU last Saturday.
DiChiara will look to continue his so-far stellar production when Auburn takes on UAB on Tuesday and then begins a three-game in-conference series against the Vanderbilt Commodores beginning on Friday.
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