Charlie Condon (baseball)

Charlie Condon
Charlie Condon
Georgia Bulldogs
	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
Career highlights and awards
	Golden Spikes Award (2024); SEC Player of the Year (2024); Dick Howser Trophy (2024);

Charles Merrill Condon (born April 14, 2003) is an American college baseball first baseman and outfielder for the Georgia Bulldogs.

Career

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.

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]

References

^ "Charlie Condon putting up big numbers for Georgia Bulldogs baseball team". Gwinnett Daily Post. 26 April 2023.
^ "UGA's Charlie Condon named Baseball America Freshman of the Year". Albany Herald. 5 July 2023.
^ "UGA's Condon Named Freshman Hitter Of The Year, Freshman All-American". Albany Herald. 13 June 2023.
^ "Georgia baseball's Charlie Condon stays hot with Team USA". Athens Banner-Herald.
^ "Georgia freshman, Walker alum Charlie Condon invited to Team USA camp". Marietta Daily Journal. 3 June 2023.
^ "Top 20 college prospects for '24 Draft". MLB.com.
^ "2024 Top 100 Draft Prospects". Baseball America. 28 November 2023.
^ Meyer, Craig (13 June 2024). "Georgia's Charlie Condon wins 2024 Dick Howser Trophy as top player in college baseball". Athens Banner-Herald.
^ Axisa, Mike (13 June 2024). "2024 MLB Mock Draft: Georgia's Charlie Condon just misses No. 1, two-way Florida phenom slips out of top five". CBS Sports.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)

[1] "Charlie Condon putting up big numbers for Georgia Bulldogs baseball team". Gwinnett Daily Post. 26 April 2023.

[2] "UGA's Charlie Condon named Baseball America Freshman of the Year". Albany Herald. 5 July 2023.

[3] "UGA's Condon Named Freshman Hitter Of The Year, Freshman All-American". Albany Herald. 13 June 2023.

[4] "Georgia baseball's Charlie Condon stays hot with Team USA". Athens Banner-Herald.

[5] "Georgia freshman, Walker alum Charlie Condon invited to Team USA camp". Marietta Daily Journal. 3 June 2023.

[6] "Top 20 college prospects for '24 Draft". MLB.com.

[7] "2024 Top 100 Draft Prospects". Baseball America. 28 November 2023.

[8] Meyer, Craig (13 June 2024). "Georgia's Charlie Condon wins 2024 Dick Howser Trophy as top player in college baseball". Athens Banner-Herald.

[9] Axisa, Mike (13 June 2024). "2024 MLB Mock Draft: Georgia's Charlie Condon just misses No. 1, two-way Florida phenom slips out of top five". CBS Sports.

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