Brooks Wallace Award
Collegiate baseball award
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The Brooks Wallace Award is an award given by the College Baseball Foundation (CBF) to the best college baseball shortstop of the year.[1] The award has been given annually since 2004. Until 2008 the award was presented to the nation's most outstanding player; however, in 2009 the recipient list was changed to only include shortstops. It is named after former Texas Tech shortstop and assistant coach Brooks Wallace, who died of cancer in 1985 at the age of 27.[2]
Awarded forBest shortstop in college baseball
CountryUnited States
Presented byCollege Baseball Foundation
First award2004
Logo for the Brooks Wallace Award | |
| Awarded for | Best shortstop in college baseball |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Presented by | College Baseball Foundation |
| History | |
| First award | 2004 |
| Most recent | Dylan Carey, Nebraska |
| Website | Brooks Wallace Award |
Winners
| Year | Links to the article about the corresponding baseball year |
|---|---|
| Player | Name of the player |
| Position | The player's position at the time he won the award[a] |
| School | The player's college when he won the award |
| Class | The player's year in college when he won the award |
| Italics | Player was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year |
| ^ | Player won the Rookie of the Year Award[b] |
| § | Player also won the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy, and/or Johnny Bench Award in the same year |
| Year | Player | Position | School | Class | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Kurt Suzuki§ | C | Cal State Fullerton | Junior | [4] |
| 2005 | Alex Gordon§ | 3B | Nebraska | [5] | |
| 2006 | Brad Lincoln§ | P | Houston | [6] | |
| 2007 | David Price§ | P | Vanderbilt | [7] | |
| 2008 | Buster Posey§^ | C | Florida State | [8] | |
| 2009 | Ben Orloff | SS | UC Irvine | Senior | [9] |
| 2010 | Jedd Gyorko | West Virginia | Junior | [10] | |
| 2011 | Brad Miller | Clemson | [11] | ||
| 2012 | Zach Vincej | Pepperdine | [12] | ||
| 2013 | Alex Bregman | LSU | Freshman | [13] | |
| 2014 | Trea Turner | North Carolina State | Junior | [14] | |
| 2015 | Dansby Swanson | Vanderbilt | [15] | ||
| 2016 | Sheldon Neuse | Oklahoma | [16] | ||
| 2017 | Logan Warmoth | North Carolina | [17] | ||
| 2018 | Cadyn Grenier | Oregon State | [18] | ||
| 2019 | Grae Kessinger | Ole Miss | [19] | ||
| 2021 | Cal Conley | Texas Tech | Freshman | [20] | |
| 2022 | Brooks Lee | Cal Poly | Sophomore | [21] | |
| 2023 | Matt Shaw | Maryland | Junior | [22] | |
| 2024 | Griff O'Ferrall | Virginia | [23] | ||
| 2025 | Roch Cholowsky | UCLA | Sophomore | ||
| 2026 | Dylan Carey | Nebraska | Senior | [24] |
