The Big 10 Player of the Year and Big 10 Defensive Player of the Year, Cholowsky has been a mainstay for the Bruins this season. He enters the CWS hitting .367 with 23 home runs and 73 RBI. He tops the Big Ten in OPS (1.235), slugging percentage (.742), total bases (178) and runs scored (79) and ranks third in on-base percentage (.494). His 23 home runs are the most by a Bruin since 2000. He has 19 doubles and is 7-for-8 on stolen base attempts this season. Read More.

A two-time semifinalist for the award, O’Ferrall had an outstanding season both at the plate and in the field. He started all 63 games for the Cavs this season, hitting .324 with five home runs and 52 RBI to go with 22 walks and just 24 strikeouts in 284 at-bats. He also was one of the top defensive shortstops in the country this season, committing just four errors in 249 total chances for an impressive .984 fielding percentage. He committed just one error in his last 23 games this season.

Leading Maryland to back-to-back Big Ten championships and a third straight regional, starting shortstop Matt Shaw put together a historic season, earning him the 2023 Brooks Wallace Award, which honor's the nation's top shortstop.

For the last two seasons, no shortstop in the country has been as consistent while putting up impressive numbers as Brooks Lee. His numbers, that consistency and his belief in himself make Lee the 2022 winner of the Brooks Wallace Award, presented by the College Baseball Foundation to honor the nation’s top collegiate shortstop.

For his efforts, dedication and leadership in helping lead Texas Tech to the Super Regional, redshirt-freshman Cal Conley is the 2021 winner of the Brooks Wallace Award, honoring the nation’s top shortstop.

After a standout season at Ole Miss in which he was named a third-team All-American by Collegiate Baseball and was chosen as the first-team All-Southeastern Conference shortstop, junior Kessinger was named the 2019 Brooks Wallace Award winner.

The ever-steady Cadyn Grenier has been a fixture in the Oregon State lineup since arriving on campus. After a stellar junior campaign for the Beavers, Grenier was named the 2018 Brooks Wallace Award winner.

Junior shortstop Logan Warmoth received the 2017 Brooks Wallace Award after batting .336 with 10 home runs and 49 RBIs for North Carolina. Warmoth was also selected 22nd overall by the Blue Jays in the 2017 MLB Draft.

Oklahoma junior Sheldon Neuse was one of the top players in the country in 2016, hitting a team-leading .369 with 10 home runs, 30 extra-base hits and 48 RBIs while earning a first team All-Big 12 selection.

Vanderbilt junior Dansby Swanson led his team to the championship series of the College World Series, hitting a team-leading .335 with 15 home runs and 64 RBIs while committing just eight errors for a .974 fielding percentage.

Trea Turner earned the title of nation's top shortstop by batting .321 with 12 doubles, three triples and eight home runs in 2014. His .962 fielding percentage on defense also buoyed the Wolfpack.

Alex Bregman became the first freshman to win the Brooks Wallace Award after posting a .369 batting average and .939 fielding percentage for LSU. Bregman tallied 31 extra-base hits and 52 RBIs.

Zach Vincej, a junior from Saugus, Calif., finished with a .986 fielding percentage, taking part in 38 double plays with only four errors. He batted .339 with 39 RBIs and an OPS of .848.

Jedd Gyorko was tabbed a first-team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, finishing the 2010 campaign with a .381 batting average, a school-record 19 home runs, 57 RBIs, 28 doubles, 90 base hits, 71 runs scored and 177 total bases.

Jedd Gyorko was tabbed a first-team All-American by the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association, finishing the 2010 campaign with a .381 batting average, a school-record 19 home runs, 57 RBIs, 28 doubles, 90 base hits, 71 runs scored and 177 total bases.

Ben Orloff, a senior from Simi Valley (Calif.) High School, hit .358 with a team-high 91 hits and 62 runs scored. He started all 60 games while leading the Anteaters to a 45-15 record, including a 22-2 Big West record and conference championship. He had 18 stolen bases, 176 assists against just seven errors and .976 fielding percentage.

Buster Posey was among the top 10 in seven NCAA individual statistical categories in 2008 with a .463 batting average, 89 runs and 93 RBIs. He posted a .879 slugging percentage, .566 OBP and just eight errors in 68 games and 483 chances for a .983 fielding percentage.

David Price, a junior from Murfreesboro, Tenn., led the SEC in five different pitching categories and helped the Commodores to a school-best 54-13 season. He closed the year at 11-1 overall with 194 strikeouts in 133 1/3 innings pitched, going undefeated in his 17 starts.

Brad Lincoln, a 2006 consensus First-Team All-American, emerged as one of the nation's finest all-around players by compiling a sparkling 12-2 record with a 1.69 ERA and 152 strikeouts in 127 2/3 innings. He also hit .295 with 14 home runs and a team-leading 53 RBIs at the plate.

Alex Gordon started all 72 games in 2005, leading the Cornhuskers to a school-record 57 wins and the school's third College World Series appearance in five years. The third baseman hit .372 with 19 home runs and 66 RBIs. He also hit 22 doubles, stole 23 bases in 26 attempts, and slugged .715.

Maui native Kurt Suzuki hit a staggering .413 with 16 home runs and 87 RBIs in 2004, ending his Titans career in storybook fashion by knocking in the game-winning run in the College World Series finale over Texas go give Fullerton its fourth national championship.