DOVER, Del. --- Delaware State University shortstop DJ Miller has been added to USA Baseball’s 2014 Golden Spikes Award mid-season “watch list, ” honoring the top amateur baseball player in the country.

Miller is among 23 new players added to the list since its initial release on February 14, joining 27 others from the preseason watch list.

USA Baseball will announce its 30-man watch list for the 2014 Golden Spikes Award on May 8. The winner will be announced on July 17.

Miller is the only Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference player on the list.

He is second among all NCAA Division I players and tops in the MEAC with a .438 batting average this season. 

Miller is also 14th in the nation (No. 1 MEAC) in doubles at 0.44 per game,  17th in toughest-to-strikeout (No. 2 MEAC) at once every 19.2 at bats; and 24th in slugging percentage (No. 1 MEAC) at 0.635.

Past winners of the Golden Spikes Award include former and current major league standouts Will Clark (1985), Robin Ventura (1988), Jason Varitek (1994), J.D. Drew (1997), Mark Prior (2001), Jared Weaver (2004), Tim Lincecum (2006) and David Price (2007).