Brooks Wallace Award


The Brooks Wallace Award is an award given by the College Baseball Foundation to the best college baseball shortstop of the year. 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. The current holder of the award is Grae Kessinger of the Ole Miss Rebels

Winners

YearLinks to the article about the corresponding baseball year
PlayerName of the player
PositionThe player's position at the time he won the award
SchoolThe player's college when he won the award
ClassThe player's year in college when he won the award
ItalicsPlayer was the first overall MLB draft pick in the same year
^Player won the Rookie of the Year Award
§Player also won the Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy, and/or Johnny Bench Award in the same year

YearPlayerPositionSchoolClassRef
2004CCal State Fullerton
20053BNebraska
2006PHouston
2007'PVanderbilt
2008CFlorida State
2009SSUC Irvine
2010SSWest Virginia
2011SSClemson
2012SSPepperdine
2013SSLSU
2014SSNorth Carolina State
2015'SSVanderbilt
2016SSOklahoma
2017SSNorth Carolina
2018SSOregon State
2019SSOle Miss