On Tuesday, the College Baseball Foundation announced the top 100 candidates for its 2022 Brooks Wallace Award.
The award, sponsored by Mizuno, honors the nation’s top shortstop, and will be presented this summer by the College Baseball Foundation. It is named for former Texas Tech shortstop Brooks Wallace, a slick-fielding shortstop who played for the Red Raiders from 1977 to 1980. He passed away from Leukemia at the age of 27.
The watch list features five from HBCUs… Cameron Beaufort of Grambling State, Justin Cooper of Texas Southern, Cris Deguzman of Alabama State, Josh Hankins of Coppin State, and Trey Page of Delaware State.
Beaufort currently is hitting .301 with 7 home runs, 28 runs batted in, .549 slugging percentage, and a .421 on base percentage. Cooper’s stats for this season include a .267 batting average with 3 home runs and 24 runs batted in. Deguzman has a .317 batting average which includes 1 homer, 21 runs batted in, and 26 stolen bases. Hankins is batting .294 with 15 runs driven in and 12 stolen bases. Page, this season, is batting .375 along with six home runs, 21 RBI’s, a .682 slugging percentage and a .495 on-base percentage.
The award honors a DI players for his outstanding offensive and defensive play on the field during the season.
2022 Brooks Wallace Award Watch List (HBCU representatives shown in bold):
Name, School, Conference, Class
- Zach Agnos, East Carolina, AAC, Sophomore
- Maui Ahuna, Kansas, Big 12, Sophomore
- Evan Albrecht, Purdue, Big 10, Senior
- Jalen Battles, Arkansas, SEC, Senior
- Tommy Bell, Old Dominion, Conference USA, Senior
- David Bermudez, Manhattan, Metro Atlantic, Graduate
- Riley Bertram, Michigan, Big 10, Senior
- Tyler Bischke, New Orleans, Southland, Sophomore
- Benjamin Blackwell, Clemson, ACC, Junior
- Tim Borden, Georgia Tech, ACC, Sophomore
- Michael Braswell, South Carolina, SEC, Freshman
- Peter Brookshaw, N. Dakota State, Summit, Junior
- Eric Brown, Coastal Carolina, Sun Belt, Junior
- Cameron Bufford, Grambling, SWAC, RS-Sophomore
- Cole Caruso, USC-Upstate, Big South, Freshman
- Griffin Cheney, Georgia State, Sun Belt, Graduate
- Justin Cooper, Texas Southern, SWAC, Senior
- Tyler Cox, Dartmouth, Ivy League, Sophomore
- Andrew Ciufo, Georgetown, Big East, Junior
- Josh Day, Missouri, SEC, Senior
- Cris Deguzman, Alabama State, SWAC, Senior
- Dustin Dickerson, Southern Mississippi, Conference USA, Sophomore
- Brandon Dieter, New Mexico State, WAC, Junior
- Danny DiGeorgio, Rutgers, Big 10, Graduate
- Steve DiTomaso, George Washington, Atlantic 10, Junior
- Ty Dooley, Radford, Big South, Freshman
- Cade Doughty, LSU, SEC, RS- Sophomore
- Kevin Dubrule, Army, Patriot, Junior
- Trey Faltine, Texas, Big 12, RS-Sophomore
- Pascanel Ferreras, Western Carolina, Southern, Sophomore
- J.J. Freeman, Delaware, Colonial, Graduate
- Phillip Glasser, Indiana, Big 10, Senior
- Jacob Gonzalez, Ole Miss, SEC, Sophomore
- Peyton Graham, Oklahoma, Big 12, RS-Sophomore
- Jesse Hall, Troy, Sun Belt, Senior
- Josh Hankins, Coppin State, Mid-Eastern, Freshman
- Casey Harford, Tennessee-Martin, OVC, Senior
- Cole Hebble, Massachusetts, Atlantic 10, Graduate
- Josh Hood, North Carolina State, ACC, RS-Junior
- Jack Housinger, Xavier, Big East, Senior
- Garrett Howe, Samford, Southern, Sophomore
- Jorden Hussein, Little Rock, Sun Belt, Graduate
- Jim Jarvis, Alabama, Sec, Junior
- Mitch Jebb, Michigan State, Big 10, Sophomore
- Ed Johnson, Tennessee Tech, OVC, Junior
- Blayne Jones, Dallas Baptist, Missouri Valley, Graduate
- Josh Kasevich, Oregon, Pac-12, Sophomore
- Luke Keaschall, San Francisco, West Coast, Sophomore
- Christian Knapczyk, Louisville, ACC, Sophomore
- Austin Knight, Charlotte, Conference USA, Junior
- Cortland Lawson, Tennessee, SEC, Junior
- Brooks Lee, Cal Poly, Big West, Sophomore
- Stanton Leuthner, Stony Brook, American East, Junior
- Jackson Loftin, Oral Roberts, Summit, RS-Junior
- Brad Malm, Albany, American East, RS-Senior
- David Marcano, New Jersey Tech, American East, Graduate
- Jake Mares, Saint Mary’s, West Coast, RS-Senior
- Nik McClaughry, Arizona, Pac-12, Junior
- Justin McConnel, Wright State, Horizon, RS-Junior
- Sean McLain, Arizona State, Pac-12, RS-Sophomore
- Ian McMillan, Houston, AAC, RS-Junior
- Mike McNamara, Kent State, Mid-American, Sophomore
- Taber Mongero, NC-Wilmington, Colonial, RS-Junior
- Santi Montiel, South Alabama, Sun Belt, Junior
- Brody Moore, Auburn, SEC, Senior
- Zac Morris, Virginia Military, Southern, RS-Sophomore
- Griff O’Ferrall, Virginia , ACC, Freshman
- Keshawn Ogans, California, Pac-12, Junior
- Josh Ohl, SIU-Edwardsville, OVC, Sophomore
- Trey Paige, Delaware State, Mid-Eastern, Sophomore
- John Peck, Pepperdine, West Coast, Sophomore
- Jack Pineda, Baylor, Big 12, Junior
- Dominic Pitelli, Miami, ACC, Sophomore
- Zach Prajzner, Notre Dame, ACC, Senior
- Bash Randle, Abilene Christian, WAC, Sophomore
- Jack Renwick, Wofford, Southern, Sophomore,
- Ryan Ritter, Kentucky, SEC, Junior
- Drew Roberts, Maryland-Balt. County, American East, Sophomore
- Kaeber Rog, Southern Illinois, Missouri Valley, Junior
- Tommy Sacco, TCU, Big 12, Senior
- Jordan Schaffer, Indiana State, Missouri Valley, RS-Senior
- Simon Scherry, Evansville, Missouri Valley, Sophomore
- Tanner Schobel, Virginia Tech, ACC, Sophomore
- Cody Schrier, UCLA, PAC-12, Freshman
- Michael Seegers, Iowa, Big 10, Sophomore
- Anthony Sherwin, Bucknell, Patriot, Sophomore
- Tyler Simon, Kennesaw State, Atlantic Sun, Senior
- Matt Shaw, Maryland, Big 10, Sophomore
- Dalton Shuffield, Texas State, Sun Belt, Senior
- Tilo Skole, The Citadel, Southern, Graduate
- Cole Tate, Georgia, SEC, Graduate
- Logan Thomason, Eastern Kentucky, Atlantic Sun, Junior
- Michael Turconi, Wake Forest, ACC, RS-Junior
- Drew Vogel, Murray State, OVC, Sophomore,
- Brock Watkins, BYU, West Coast, Sophomore
- Tyler Wilber, Southeast Missouri, OVC, Senior
- Jacob Wilson, Grand Canyon, WAC, Sophomore
- Kurt Wilson, Texas Tech, Big 12, Junior
- Taylor Young, Louisiana Tech, Conference USA, Senior
- Tyler Young, Lehigh, Patriot, Sophomore