CARY, N.C. – USA Baseball today announced the midseason watch list for the Golden Spikes Award presented by Chinook Seedery, naming Ole Miss’ Hunter Elliott to the list. Elliott is one of 45 amateur baseball players in the country in consideration for the prestigious award.
Elliott becomes the seventh Rebel ever to be named to the Watch List and the first since Jacob Gonzalez in 2023.
Elliott has a 5-0 record in seven starts this season, posting a 3.12 ERA and 47 strikeouts and a .217 batting average against. The Tupelo native has allowed the third-fewest runs in the SEC at just 12 in 34.2 innings of work. He is also ranked eighth in the conference in ERA, 10th in opponent batting average, 11th in strikeouts.
The redshirt junior has issued just three walks in three SEC starts while striking out 22 batters. He has posted at least seven punchouts in each conference game.
Elliott’s 47 total strikeouts and rate of 12.20 strikeouts per nine innings are both top 50 in the NCAA. His seven runners picked off are the most in the SEC and the most by a Rebel pitcher in the Bianco Era (since 2001).
Earlier this season, Elliott was named the Dick Howser Trophy National Pitcher of the Month by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association for the month of February.
Elliott made three starts in the opening month of the season, working at least five innings and picking up the win in each. He only allowed six total hits and did not allow a run, earned or otherwise, to score.
On February 14, Elliott made his first start since April of 2023 shutting out No. 21 Arizona over five innings in Texas. He allowed just two hits and struck out three Wildcats on the way to his first win since February of 2023.
The following weekend Elliott had everything working against Eastern Kentucky in his first start at Swayze Field in almost 700 days. He tied his career-high with 10 strikeouts over six innings, allowed just three hits and not issuing a single free pass. He faced just one batter over the minimum as he picked off two of the three baserunners he allowed.
Elliott is set to continue his campaign tonight against Kentucky at 6 p.m. on SEC Network.
2025 Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List
Wehiwa Aloy - JR - SS - Arkansas
Kade Anderson - SO - LHP - LSU
Jamie Arnold - JR - LHP - Florida State
Aiva Arquette - JR - SS - Oregon State
Max Bayles - JR - RHP - Santa Clara
Trey Beard - SO - LHP - Florida Atlantic
Tyler Bremner - JR - RHP - UC Santa Barbara
Drew Burress - SO - OF - Georgia Tech
Alex Calarco - SR - CF - Maryland
Cam Cannarella - JR - OF - Clemson
Roch Cholowsky - SO - SS - UCLA
Ethan Conrad - JR - OF - Wake Forest
Korbyn Dickerson - SO - CF - Indiana
Liam Doyle - JR - RHP - Tennessee
Joseph Dzierwa - JR - LHP - Michigan State
Hunter Elliott - R-JR - LHP - Ole Miss
Patrick Forbes - JR - RHP - Louisville
Dominic Fritton - JR - LHP - NC State
Seth Hernandez - SR - RHP/INF - Corona HS (CA)
Ethan Holliday - SR - INF - Stillwater HS (OK)
Marek Houston - JR - SS - Wake Forest
Grant Jay - JR - CF - Dallas Baptist
Jared Jones - JR - 1B - LSU
Gavin Kilen - JR - 2B - Tennessee
Aidan Knaak - SO - RHP - Clemson
Jace LaViolette - JR - OF - Texas A&M
Justin Lebron - SO - SS - Alabama
Logan Lunceford - JR - RHP - Wake Forest
Maximus Martin - JR - SS - Kansas State
Wes Mendes - SO - LHP - Florida State
Mason Neville - JR - CF - Oregon
Adam Paniagua - SR - C - Regis University (DII)
Liam Peterson - SO - RHP - Florida
Ethan Petry - JR - 1B - South Carolina
Marcus Phillips - JR - RHP - Tennessee
Ryan Prager - R-JR - LHP - Texas A&M
James Quinn-Irons - JR - CF - George Mason
Nolan Schubart - JR - OF - Oklahoma State
Luke Stevenson - SO - C - North Carolina
Brendan Summerhill - JR - OF - Arizona
Devin Taylor - JR - OF - Indiana
Joey Volini - R-JR - LHP - Florida State
Ryan Wideman - JR - CF - Western Kentucky
Kyson Witherspoon - JR - RHP - Oklahoma
Ryland Zaborowski - GR - 1B - Georgia
