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Daniel Jackson wins the 2026 Golden Spikes
Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 6/29/26 at 6:57 pm
Completes the award sweep, second UGA baseball player in three years to win the Spikes and the Howser (Charlie Condon, 2024)
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Posted on 6/29/26 at 7:57 pm to tylerdurden24
Well deserved and not at all a surprise.
Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:05 pm to tylerdurden24
Well done Rhino...
Posted on 6/29/26 at 8:51 pm to tylerdurden24
Much deserved. Congrats to him 
Posted on 6/29/26 at 11:28 pm to tylerdurden24
He earned it. Congrats Rhino.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 12:15 am to AlwysATgr
He was absolutely the best player in college this year. Congrats to him!
Posted on 6/30/26 at 6:13 am to tylerdurden24
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Daniel Jackson
an absolute unit. Congrats
Posted on 6/30/26 at 6:58 am to tylerdurden24
Dude was a boss. Definitely deserved. I was ecstatic when we got him to pop out to end the game our first match up in Omaha. I thought we were in deep shite with him up.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 6:59 am to Gimme Vaughn
Well done. 
Posted on 6/30/26 at 7:57 am to tylerdurden24
No surprise, congrat's to him, now off to the pros please. 
Posted on 6/30/26 at 8:05 am to tylerdurden24
But, you lost the Natty...
Posted on 6/30/26 at 8:06 am to tylerdurden24
His bio for 2026 on the UGA website is pretty damn impressive
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2026 (Junior/Georgia): Winner of the Golden Spikes Award as the top amateur baseball player in the nation, the Dick Howser Trophy as the top college baseball player in the country, also received the Buster Posey Collegiate Catcher of the Year Award, the Bobby Bragan Collegiate Slugger Award and named the 2026 Division I National Position Player of the Year by the American Baseball Coaches Association and Rawlings Sporting Goods, Invited to MLB Draft Combine
*Started all 67 games including 57 at catcher and 10 as a designated hitter as the Bulldogs went 53-14, reached the semifinals of the College World Series (CWS) and had a consensus national ranking of No. 3 in the final top 25 polls
*Georgia finished tied for third at the CWS after claiming the NCAA Athens Regional and Super Regional as the national No. 3 seed, won the SEC regular season title for the first time since 2008 and first-ever SEC Tournament crown
*Consensus 1st Team All-American who became only the third player in Division 1 history (and the first catcher) to register at least 25 home runs and 25 stolen bases in a season
*Only the third player in SEC history to capture the Triple Crown as he led the league with a .379 batting average, 32 home runs and a school record 87 RBI plus was 26-for-28 in stolen base attempts
*Led the nation in Total Bases (212) and Runs Scored (88) and finished second in Hits (100), Home Runs (32) and RBI (87)
*Named National Player of the Year by D1Baseball.com and Perfect Game
*Named SEC Player of the Year and First Team All-SEC by league coaches plus made SEC All-Tournament Team and named SEC Tournament MVP
*Selected to NCAA Athens Regional All-Tournament Team
*Fielded .997 in 593 total chances with just two errors and set a school record for a catcher with 549 putouts plus threw out 34 percent of base stealers (15-for-44)
*Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll
Posted on 6/30/26 at 8:17 am to IAmNERD
definitely deserved especially when he had to beat out a player like Cholowsky from UCLA who came in as the frontrunner
Posted on 6/30/26 at 8:30 am to IAmNERD
He and Condon both are/were special talents and wonderful people. My kids have gotten to interact with both in their time here and both were incredibly gracious with their time and humble to say the least; everything you hope to see in a baseball player, worthy heroes for aspiring young ball players!
Posted on 6/30/26 at 8:35 am to tylerdurden24
I legitimately don’t understand what kind of people downvote things like this! Good for that young man!!
Posted on 6/30/26 at 8:57 am to tylerdurden24
Now all we need is a Daniel Jackson for the basketball team.
Posted on 6/30/26 at 9:02 am to tylerdurden24
Thankful we wont have to face him again
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