Charlie Condon | |
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Georgia Bulldogs | |
First baseman / Outfielder | |
Born: Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | April 14, 2003|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Charles Merrill Condon (born April 14,2003) is an American college baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Georgia Bulldogs.
Condon attended The Walker School in Marietta,Georgia. As a senior,he hit .432 and broke the Georgia HS all-time home-run record while adding a 1.310 OPS. Condon also played football and was the starting quarterback his final three years of high school.
After redshirting his first year at Georgia in 2022,Condon started all 56 games he played in 2023. [1] He finished the season,hitting .386/.484/.800 with 25 home runs and 67 runs batted in (RBI). He was named the Baseball America Freshman of the Year and the Freshman Hitter of the Year by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association (NCBWA). [2] [3] During the summer after the season,he played for the United States collegiate national team. [4] [5]
Condon entered his redshirt sophomore season in 2024 as a top prospect for the 2024 Major League Baseball draft. [6] [7]
During the 2024 season,Condon broke the NCAA BBCOR home run record with 37 total on the season. He led the nation in both home runs and batting average and was awarded the Dick Howser Trophy. [8] Heading into the 2024 MLB draft,Condon was a consensus top-5 prospect and ranked as the number one prospects by several publications. [9]
The Dick Howser Trophy is bestowed annually to the national college baseball player of the year. The award is named after former collegiate and Major League Baseball (MLB) player and manager Dick Howser,who died as the result of brain cancer on June 17,1987,at the age of 51. In that same year,the award was established by friends of Howser and presented to Mike Fiore,the inaugural winner. It is considered to be the Heisman Trophy of college baseball.
The Georgia Bulldogs baseball team represents the University of Georgia in NCAA Division I college baseball.
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