Awarded for | Best shortstop in college baseball |
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Country | United States |
Presented by | College Baseball Foundation |
History | |
First award | 2004 |
Most recent | Griff O'Ferrall, Virginia |
Website | Brooks Wallace Award |
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]