FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas pitcher Kevin Kopps is one of three finalists for the Golden Spikes Award.
Other finalists for USA Baseball’s national player of the year award are Vanderbilt pitchers Kumar Rocker and Jack Leiter. All three players — along with Texas Tech second baseman Jace Jung and Florida State catcher Matheu Nelson — were finalists for the Dick Howser Trophy, which Kopps won last week.
Along with the Golden Spikes, the Howser Trophy is one of the two most prestigious national player of the year awards. The Howser Trophy is voted on by baseball writers and the Golden Spikes is voted on by a panel of former award winners and MLB personnel.