CARY, N.C. - 2024 Golden Spikes Award winner Charlie Condon has been named a semifinalist for the AAU James E. Sullivan Award, which has been given out since 1930 to the nation's best athlete at the Olympic, Collegiate, or similar elite level.
Voting is now open and will close on Tuesday, February 25 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Fans can vote once a day, every day through the deadline. The winner of the award will be determined through a second voting period with the finalists in mid-March.
Vote for Charlie HERE.
Condon had a memorable collegiate career with the Georgia Bulldogs, raking in numerous national awards while breaking multiple records in just two seasons in Athens. As a redshirt freshman 2023, he won conference and national Freshman of the Year honors and collected All-America mentions from four major publications. He followed that up in 2024 by winning the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy, and the Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger of the Year Award, which are three of college baseball’s most prestigious awards. Additionally, he became the highest draft pick in Bulldog history that summer when he was selected third overall to the Colorado Rockies after leading the NCAA in four offensive categories and breaking the BBCOR-ear home run record with 37.
2024 Accomplishments
- Golden Spikes Award winner (first player from Georgia to win award)
- Dick Howser Trophy winner (first player from Georgia to win award)
- Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award winner (first player from Georgia to win award)
- SEC Player of the Year
- Named National Player of the Year by Baseball America, D1 Baseball and Perfect Game
- Consensus All-American
- First Team All-SEC (third base)
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Broke NCAA BBCOR-era record in home runs (37)
- Led nation in batting average (.443), slugging percentage (1.009), total bases (233), and OPS (1.565)
- Ranked top ten nationally in on-base percentage (.556) and runs scored (84)
- Finished top four in the SEC with 100 hits, 57 walks, and 20 doubles
- 3 overall draft pick to the Colorado Rockies (highest draft pick in Georgia history)
2023 Accomplishments
- National Freshman of the Year by Collegiate Baseball, Baseball America, D1Baseball.com and NCBWA
- Freshman Hitter of the Year by NCBWA and Collegiate Baseball
- NCBWA First Team All-American and Freshman All-American
- Collegiate Baseball Freshman All-American and Second Team All-American
- Baseball America and D1Baseball.com Second Team All-American
- ABCA/Rawlings All-Southeast Region First Team
- Bobby Bragan National Collegiate Slugger Award finalist; Golden Spikes Award and the Dick Howser Trophy semifinalist
- SEC Freshman of the Year
- Freshman All-SEC and Second Team All-SEC
- SEC Academic Honor Roll
- Member of the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team
- Posted one of the greatest freshman and overall seasons in school history, batting .386 with 25 home runs and 67 RBI to capture the team's Triple Crown
- Led the SEC with an .800 slugging percentage and finished second in batting at .386
- Set the SEC freshman home run record (25)
