Bauer wins Golden Spikes Award

Trevor Bauer picked up one last win for UCLA on Friday afternoon, and it’s a big one.

Bauer was named the 2011 Golden Spikes Award winner in New York City, bestingVirginia’s Danny Hultzen and Texas’ Taylor Jungmann to add just another piece of hardware to the trophy room.

Bauer, who won Player of the Year honors from Collegiate Baseball and Pac-10 Pitcher of the Year honors, went 13-2 with 203 strikeouts, which set a new Pac-10 record. Bauer also threw nine straight complete games for the Bruins, finishing with 10 on the year, and leaves UCLA as the program wins, strikeout and innings pitched leader.

“Being mentioned with the past recipients of this award is an amazing honor and privilege,” Bauer said. “On a personal note, it’s validation of all the hard work, time, sweat and tears that have gone into getting me to this point in my career. But I could never have accomplished this without the help of my teammates, coaches, friends and parents who have been with me along the ride. I can’t thank them enough, and I don’t really know how to express the jubilation I’m experiencing right now.”